Mintive

Mintive is an agent identity and governance platform (formerly MintMCP) that gives every workplace AI agent its own credentials, delegated per-tool permissions, spend controls and an audit trail. Co-founder/CEO Jiquan Ngiam announced the public launch on October 29, 2026, alongside $11M total funding led by Cowboy Ventures (with Coatue and angels including Jeff Dean and Andrej Karpathy).

Official: mintive.com · Blog: Agent Identities · Launch: @JiquanNgiam · TechCrunch

Key points

1. Agent as principal: each agent authenticates to the Mintive gateway with its own short-lived token instead of borrowing a human's OAuth tokens.
2. Agent bundles: package multiple tool connections under one agent identity with per-connection delegated credentials (e.g. GitHub via one teammate, Linear via another).
3. MCP + LLM gateways: admins approve which MCP servers/actions are allowed, route models, and set spending limits; Agent Monitor logs every tool call.
4. Customers cited: Ro, Modern Treasury, University of Michigan, Coursera, Apax, Stability AI (~50 enterprises since Feb product start).
5. Founders: Jiquan Ngiam (Coursera #1 engineer / Google Brain) and Vijay Vasudevan (TensorFlow co-creator).

Why it matters

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How to try it

1. Visit mintive.com or the agent identities docs.
2. Create an agent bundle, bind MCP connectors with delegated credentials, and issue the agent its own gateway token.
3. Use the LLM gateway to set model routing and spend caps; review Agent Monitor for tool-call audit.

Enterprise sales / eval walks available for teams already running Claude Code, Cursor or other MCP agents.