Descope operates a drag-and-drop identity platform designed to help organisations build secure authentication and identity journeys without custom code. The platform serves customers, partners, AI agents, and MCP servers, addressing a category that spans traditional identity management and emerging agentic identity requirements. Over 1,000 organisations use the platform, including GoFundMe, Databricks, GoodRx, Navan, and You.com.
Founded in 2022 by an eight-person team with over 30 years of combined enterprise security experience, Descope is led by entrepreneurs who previously created Demisto, a SOAR company acquired by Palo Alto Networks for $2.3 billion. The company is a member of the FIDO Alliance and maintains a commitment to open source participation, reflecting its developer-first philosophy.
The platform abstracts away the complexity of authentication and identity management, allowing engineering teams to configure secure journeys through a visual interface rather than writing specialised code. This approach targets both established enterprises managing compliance-heavy identity requirements and startups and developer-facing product companies seeking to reduce security and identity work from their engineering roadmap.
