Teleport

Teleport is an infrastructure identity platform that gives engineering and security teams one cryptographic identity layer for humans, machines, and AI agents accessing servers, Kubernetes clusters, databases, and internal apps. It replaces shared secrets, VPNs, and standing privileges with ephemeral, just-in-time access, and is used by companies like Nasdaq, Discord, DoorDash, Elastic, and dbt Labs to cut audit time and shrink attack surface. The team serves more than 600 customers globally and has an active open-source community on GitHub. Culture-wise, Teleport writes things down, ships simple v1s, and frames itself as a small team where engineers get real autonomy.