Infinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek Joshi · 2025-12-12 · 38 min
Rishi Bhargava is CEO of Descope, an identity management platform for customers and AI agents. They've raised $88M in funding from investors such as Notable Capital, Lightspeed, Unusual Ventures. The two previous he founded were acquired by Palo Alto Networks and McAfee. (00:01) Introduction (00:08) Origin story: why identity and passwords needed a rethink (02:59) Passwords vs passkeys explained in plain English (05:06) Why logging in is still painful (and why passwords persist) (09:06) Account takeovers explained: how hacks actually happen (11:59) Building security products: philosophy vs regular software (14:24) The ideal login experience: from frustration to seamless access (16:40) What is an AI agent? Defining agent identity simply (21:54) Good bots vs bad bots: trust, access, and control in an agent world (25:03) Breaches and blast radius: security before vs after Descope (27:55) Company building lessons from Demisto to Descope (30:15) AI trends that matter most for enterprise products (32:40) Rapid Fire Round - Where to find Rishi Bhargava: LinkedIn: - Where to find Prateek Joshi: Website: Research Column: LinkedIn: X:
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