Launch HN: Alter (YC S25) – Access control for multi-user agents
Alter is a platform offering privileged access management for AI agents. It stores credentials in a vault and injects them into proxied requests so agents never see raw keys. Each agent gets its own identity and scoped grants, with policy evaluation, optional human approval for sensitive calls, and a tamper-evident audit trail. The page cites integrations with 140 providers and first-class LangChain, MCP, and AWS support. It states SOC 2 is in progress.
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Alter is a platform offering privileged access management for AI agents. It stores credentials in a vault and injects them into proxied requests so agents never see raw keys. Each agent gets its own identity and scoped grants, with policy evaluation, optional human approval for sensitive calls, and a tamper-evident audit trail. The page cites integrations with 140 providers and first-class LangChain, MCP, and AWS support. It states SOC 2 is in progress.
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- Credentials are stored once in a vault and injected per request, keeping them out of agent code and prompts.
- Each agent receives its own identity and scopes, with default-deny policy and optional human approval for risky calls.
- Every action is logged with the agent, policy result, and approver, and can be streamed to a SIEM.
- The page states SOC 2 is in progress and cites 140 integrations.
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Why this may matter
As agents act on behalf of many users, shared over-scoped API keys make it hard to know who did what. A per-agent identity and audit layer addresses this gap for teams facing security reviews.
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