The Money TrailJune 15, 2026via TechCrunch Startups
As AI agents become employees, NewCore emerges with $66M to give them identities
Why it matters
As enterprises deploy autonomous AI agents at scale, identity and access management for non-human workers is emerging as a critical infrastructure gap—and a venture-backed category.
Key signals
- NewCore raises $66M in funding
- Focus: AI agent identity and access management
- Market thesis: Enterprise security shifting from people-centric to agent-centric models
- Timing: June 2026 — aligns with broader agent-as-employee deployment wave
- Business model implication: New compliance/security layer emerging in enterprise AI stack
The hook
$66M. That's what NewCore just raised to solve the problem nobody saw coming: managing AI agents like employees.
NewCore argues the next challenge in enterprise security will be managing AI agents, not people.