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11 facts from 1 episode, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.
2009
Todd McKinnon said that in 2009 he expected a cloud version of everything in the technology stack, which shaped his decision to start Okta.
“I remember in 2009, I was looking at the world and and saying, Hey, you know, there's gonna be a cloud version of everything in the stack.”
2025
Todd McKinnon said he spent last year meeting Okta's hundred largest customers in person.
“Last year, I was in process of meeting, uh, meeting all our hundred largest customers in person.”
2025
Todd McKinnon said Okta's fall conference still featured the old pitch followed by agents, after which he decided to flip the focus to agents.
“We had our big conference in the fall, and, you know, it was like the last vestiges of the the old pitch, followed by the agents.”
2026
Okta's CEO was asked about the 'SaaSpocalypse' on a recent earnings call.
“Okta had earnings, you're on the call. They asked you about the SaaSpocalypse, which I I wanna talk about in detail”
2026
Todd McKinnon said Okta has about $3 billion in revenue, grew over 10% last year and has 20,000 customers.
“3 billion in revenue, um, growing over 10% last year, established brand, 20,000 customers”
2026
Todd McKinnon estimated the cybersecurity market at roughly $280 billion a year, with identity management about 10% of it.
“cyber is about 200 and eighty-ish $1 billion a year. Identity management is about, depending on whose number you believe, it's roughly 10% of that.”
2026
Todd McKinnon estimated software spending at about $1.2 trillion and the IT services market at about $1.8 trillion.
“1.2 trillion roughly. If you look at the amount of people, the services, the s IT services market, it's about 1.8 trillion.”
2026
Todd McKinnon said Okta's kill switch revokes everything the agent can access rather than blocking access to the agent itself.
“the access to to everything the agent can access, not access to the agent.”
2026
Todd McKinnon said about 40% of Okta's business is authenticating customers logging into websites and mobile apps.
“40% of our business is, uh, authenticating and validating customers logging into, you know, customer websites and mobile apps.”
2026
Todd McKinnon said mobile driver's licenses can be unlocked with biometrics and presented to websites as proof of being a real person.
“do a biometric authentication into your mobile driver's license, and then that becomes a very powerful thing to present to a website”
Undated
Todd McKinnon worked at Salesforce, where he managed a decent-sized team, before he started Okta.
“when I started Okta, you know, I'd worked at Salesforce and I had a, you know, decent-sized team there and felt like I was very decisive.”
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