What lightning strike does

Lightning Strike Inc., doing business as CyberLSI, is a Delaware C-Corp founded in 2022 by three co-founders — Minal Shanghavi (CEO), Rajesh K. Gupta (CTO), and Rajat Randev (COO & CFO) — that builds identity and access management software for enterprises. The company's core product, the CyberLSI Platform, is an identity control plane built around a patented engine that eliminates standing credentials (passwords, API keys, service-account secrets) by re-verifying every person, machine, and AI agent fresh at login and action time. Functional pillars include phishing-resistant single-tap biometric access for people, zero standing keys for service accounts and APIs, named accountability and real-time behavioral AI monitoring for AI agents, and sovereign data governance aligned to GDPR and HIPAA across multi-cloud deployments (AWS, Azure, GCP) and decentralized AI workload environments. A supporting marketing tool, the SSO Tax Calculator, is positioned to help prospects quantify the operational cost of credential sprawl.

The company monetizes through a SaaS subscription license (governed by an End User License Agreement last updated June 18, 2025) with additional professional services (integration, support, maintenance) handled under separate Master Services Agreements; no public pricing is disclosed. Go-to-market is enterprise-focused and proof-of-concept-driven, supplemented by a global channel partner program actively recruiting resellers and integrators. The three founders bring backgrounds spanning consulting (EY, IBM, PwC), manufacturing and fintech (Bank of America, Deere & Company, Fidelity Investments), and architecture (Rajat Randev's San Francisco practice). The company has not publicly disclosed external institutional funding, revenue figures, customer logos, or headcount beyond the three co-founders, which materially constrains financial diligence and suggests an early-stage commercial posture.

Strategically, CyberLSI is positioning for the convergence of human, machine, and AI agent identities — a market it argues has tipped to non-human majority (per cited Entro 2026 data) and where credential-related incidents dominate (per cited Sophos 2026 data). Its primary differentiation is architectural (no standing credential to attack) rather than feature-level, and the granted patent on the core engine is the most defensible IP signal in the disclosed materials. The combination of enterprise field sales, a partner channel, and a calculator-style demand-generation tool indicates a top-down enterprise motion rather than a self-serve or PLG approach.

Name

lightning strike

Legal name

Lightning Strike Inc.

Website

https://cyberlsi.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Lightning Strike Inc. (CyberLSI) develops a zero-standing-credential identity control plane that verifies every person, machine, and AI agent at login time, serving enterprises governing human and non-human identities across multi-cloud environments.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Identity and Access Management

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Identity Threat Detection & Response (ITDR) (HDAEAJAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Responsible AI, Security & Privacy Platforms (Safety, Guardrails, PII) (HDAEANAG), Data Access Governance & Entitlement Management (DSPM / CIEM-for-Data) (HDADAFAG), Attack Detection & Response for Cloud/SaaS (SOC for Cloud) (HDADAGAJ)

Keywords

• Identity and access management
• AI agent governance
• Machine identity security
• Credential verification
• Zero-standing-credential platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Not specified

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Software Platform Subscription: SaaS platform for secure login management accessible via subscription model. Grants non-exclusive, non-sublicensable license to use CyberLSI Services as permitted under the End User License Agreement. Professional services including integration, management, technical support, maintenance, and professional services available under Master Services Agreement.
2. Professional Services: Integration, technical support, maintenance, and professional services as agreed upon between CyberLSI and customer under Master Services Agreement.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Lightning Strike Inc. (dba CyberLSI) develops and sells an identity control plane software platform that eliminates standing credentials for humans, machines, and AI agents via a patented verification engine. The platform provides single-tap biometric-backed login for people, zero standing keys for machines/service accounts/APIs, and named human-accountability plus declared-purpose governance for AI agents, deployed across multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) and LLM/agent infrastructure.

Product overview

CyberLSI offers a unified identity control plane that eliminates standing credentials through a patented verification engine. The core CyberLSI Platform governs authentication for people (via biometric-backed mobile login), machines (via zero standing keys), and AI agents (via named accountability and declared purpose). Supporting the platform is the SSO Tax Calculator, a tool that helps organizations quantify the operational cost of credential sprawl.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CyberLSI Platform The identity control plane for humans and AI agents that eliminates standing credentials through a patented engine, providing single-tap biometric-backed access for people, zero standing keys for machines/service accounts/APIs/CI-CD pipelines, and named human accountability plus declared-purpose governance for AI agents across multi-cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) and decentralized AI workload environments.
• SSO Tax Calculator A demand-generation tool that calculates the hidden operational cost of standing credentials across enterprise applications, enabling organizations to quantify potential savings from moving to a zero standing-credential architecture.

Quantifiable outcome

• Eliminates standing credential attack surface entirely — no passwords to phish, no API keys that outlive their purpose
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cyberlsi

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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