Corsha offers a patented Machine Identity Provider (mIDP) that provides strong cryptographic machine identities, dynamic authentication and authorization, and automated lifecycle management for millions of machine identities. Its platform delivers continuous verification across cloud, edge, air-gapped, hybrid, and industrial environments to enable zero-trust for machine-to-machine connections. The company emphasizes securing robotics, automation, and physical AI as operational systems become increasingly autonomous and interconnected. Corsha positions its mIDP as a foundational trust layer for manufacturing APIs, protocols, and industrial autonomous systems. The recent financing will be used to accelerate scaling of the platform and expand protections across robotics and industrial autonomous systems. Corsha is backed by multiple venture firms that participated in the disclosed round. Corsha is the first and only Machine Identity Provider (mIDP) built to secure communication across operational systems and critical infrastructure. The company uses multi-factor authentication and patented identity technology to protect machine-to-machine communications and bring zero trust to operational technology environments. Corsha leverages advanced behavioral analytics to detect unusual patterns and block adversaries from accessing OT, including within defense manufacturing and other critical infrastructure. The company works with partners such as the U.S. Air Force and focuses on non-human identity for mission systems. With Booz Allen's investment, Corsha will expand its R&D lab, scale its AI and machine-learning capabilities, and advance operations in critical manufacturing environments. Corsha provides an automated multi-factor authentication solution designed specifically for machine-to-machine API traffic. Its system generates one-time-use MFA credentials from a machine's dynamic identity and verifies them against a cryptographically verifiable distributed ledger, requiring a fresh credential for each API call to enable zero-trust access. The company describes its patented approach as "MFA++" and says it avoids a central secret repository by originating MFA on the machine itself. Founded in 2018 and based in Washington, D.C., Corsha secured the U.S. Air Force as its first customer in 2020, which the company cites as a strong validation. The startup has a team of about 10 employees and is on a rapid hiring spree. After closing a $12 million Series A, Corsha plans to expand its go-to-market efforts in the enterprise. Corsha develops an API security platform that provides enterprises security, visibility, and control for data in motion as it moves through APIs, offering a dynamic, fully automated multi-factor authentication (MFA) solution for API traffic with no human user involved. The platform leverages a private, permissioned distributed ledger network (DLN) to build dynamic machine identities and secure machine-to-machine communication. Corsha's solution is Kubernetes- and cloud-native, highly scalable, platform-agnostic, and available either as a cloud-managed service or for full self-hosting. The company announced it will use NSF SBIR Phase I grant funding to advance its DLN technology to achieve greater scale and performance. The article notes the SBIR Phase I program awards up to $256,000 and makes recipients eligible to apply for Phase II funding (up to $1,000,000) and potential additional matching funds (up to $500,000) with qualifying third-party investment or sales.

Total raised

$30M

Funding rounds

4

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Jul 2025