My guest today is Okta CEO Todd McKinnon. Okta is a platform that big companies use to manage security and identity across all the many apps and platforms their employees use. Most of us run into it as login management at work.
SaaS companies like Okta are under a lot of pressure in the age of AI, which Todd even said on an earnings call he's "paranoid" about. But you'll also hear Todd say that for Okta specifically, there's also a world of opportunity as the very concept of a digital "identity" has to expand into things that aren't really people. 

Links: 
<ul>
 <li>CEO ‘paranoid’ as vibe coders stir SaaSpocalypse fears | <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/05/okta_ceo_paranoid_as_vibe/">The Register</a>
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 <li>$300B evaporated. The SaaSpocalypse has begun | <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/donmuir/2026/02/04/300-billion-evaporated-the-saaspocalypse-has-begun/">Forbes</a>
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 <li>How AI assistants are moving the security goalposts | <a href="https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/03/how-ai-assistants-are-moving-the-security-goalposts/">Krebs on Security</a>
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 <li>What everyone’s missing about AI and development | <a href="https://www.crn.com/news/ai/2025/okta-ceo-on-what-everyone-s-missing-about-ai-and-software-development?itc=refresh">CRN</a>
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 <li>Agents run amok: Identity lessons from Moltbook’s experiment | <a href="https://www.okta.com/newsroom/articles/agents-run-amok--identity-lessons-from-moltbook-s-ai-experiment/">Okta</a>
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 <li>Breakup of IBM is Antitrust goal (1972) | <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1972/10/17/archives/breakup-of-ibm-is-antitrust-goal.html">New York Times</a>
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