Okta to Expand AI Research and Development in Bangalore, Planning to Increase Staff by 50% Over the Next Three Years

Okta, a cloud-based identity and access management platform, recently announced a large-scale expansion in Bangalore, India, with significant investment to enhance its R&D capabilities and physical facilities in the region. The new facility will focus on developing critical identity security frameworks, aiming to accelerate AI-driven identity security advancements and support global and regional development.

Since 2023, Okta's team has grown to 700 employees. The company plans to increase its workforce in India by 50% by 2026, focusing on hiring talent in advanced engineering and product development to achieve large-scale protection for AI. This expansion highlights the importance of India as a global technology talent hub and is closely aligned with Okta's international growth strategy, aiming to double the company's revenue from $5 billion to $10 billion.

Shakeel Khan, Vice President and Country Manager for Okta India, said: "Our expansion in Bangalore aims to enhance our innovation capabilities in the AI field. The talent pool in India offers unique depth to address complex security challenges related to AI agents and expanding identity surfaces." He added, "This new facility will become an engine for building the future identity layer, ensuring Okta leads in safeguarding customer security in the AI era."

According to Okta's research, 91% of enterprises have already deployed AI agents, but only 10% have corresponding security plans. Without proper authentication, the failure rate of AI agent deployments is expected to reach 40% by 2027. In this context, Stephanie Barnett, Vice President of Okta for Asia-Pacific and Japan, noted: "Our data shows that more than half of organizations consider modern identity and access management the most critical defense mechanism in the AI era."

Therefore, as generative and agent-based AI rapidly rise, the security of modern identity management has become particularly important, making the protection of AI agents a top priority for businesses.

Key Points:

🔍 Okta plans to increase its workforce in India by 50% by 2026, focusing on hiring talent in the AI security field.  

💡 The new facility will help develop identity security frameworks and accelerate advancements in AI-related technologies.  

📊 Research shows that most enterprises lack security plans for AI agents, leading to potentially high failure rates in the future.