Okta CEO Todd McKinnon talks earnings beat ahead of investors call
On the April-quarter beat, McKinnon made the case that Okta itself runs on AI agents in its security operations - a product demo argued as an earnings story.
Todd McKinnon
Chairperson, CEO & Co-Founder, Okta, Inc. (OKTA)
The CEO view
Co-founded Okta in 2009 after running engineering at Salesforce, and has been CEO throughout. Has spent 2026 arguing that AI agents are identities that need discovery, governance and a kill switch - the pitch behind Okta for AI Agents, launched at the May 2026 Okta Showcase. Took the company public in April 2017 at $17 a share.
Podcasts, interviews & articles
5 recorded appearances
2026
The Rise of the Agentic Enterprise (And How to Secure It) | Okta CEO Todd McKinnon
The full argument for treating AI agents and other non-human identities as first-class accounts that have to be discovered, governed and revoked - the framing behind Okta's 2026 product line.
Okta's CEO on security in the AI era
McKinnon on letting agents 'run amok in systems' being the real enterprise risk, why identity is the control point, and - Nilay Patel pressing him - what AI does to a SaaS business model.
Okta CEO Todd McKinnon on AI agents, identity security, and why enterprise software categories are up for grabs
His sharpest version of the problem: enterprises are already putting agents into production with excessive permissions and no access controls, which is an exposure today rather than a future risk.
2025
Okta CEO Todd McKinnon: Federal vertical uncertainty turned out to be unwarranted
A year before the current print, McKinnon said the feared US federal spending slowdown had not materialised, and defended Okta's position against Microsoft on independence.