Hush Security Launches Secretless Machine Access Platform, Ending the Need for Vaults

Read the full announcement from Hush Security here: https://www.hush.security/hush-security-emerges-from-stealth-with-secretless-machine-access-platform-ending-the-need-for-vaults/?utm_source=nhimg

TEL AVIV – September 10, 2025 – Hush Security, the first secretless, policy-based machine access platform, has officially launched with $11M in seed funding from Battery Ventures and YL Ventures, alongside early adoption from multiple Fortune 500 customers.

Hush is redefining machine identity security for the era of agentic AI, ephemeral workloads, and automated pipelines, replacing static secrets and vaults with just-in-time, runtime-enforced access policies.

Why It Matters

Traditional vaults and secret managers simply “store risk” and cannot keep pace with the velocity of modern, AI-driven infrastructure. Gartner predicts 40% of organizations will adopt secretless access by 2027, marking a major industry shift toward policy-driven security models.

Hush Security’s platform solves three critical pain points:

• Runtime Visibility & Discovery – Auto-discovers every workload, service, and AI agent, mapping machine identities from code to runtime.
• Runtime Posture Analysis – Prioritizes risks based on runtime behavior and blast radius, not static assumptions.
• Policy-Driven Prevention – Eliminates static credentials with just-in-time, right-sized access policies that dynamically adapt.

The Big Idea: Machine Access Without Credentials

“Vaults were built for an era where environments changed slowly. That era is over,” said Micha Rave, CEO & Co-Founder of Hush. “AI agents, ephemeral workloads, and automation have changed the game. We’ve eliminated the need for credentials entirely.”

By building on SPIFFE/SPIRE standards and adopting Zero Trust principles, Hush removes the operational overhead of secrets management, prevents credential theft attacks, and provides a unified, compliance-friendly security model that spans cloud, on-prem, and AI-driven workloads.

Market Timing & Customer Traction

Even before launch, Hush secured enterprise customers across multiple Fortune 500s. With $11M in funding, the company will scale engineering, expand global GTM, and help enterprises migrate to a secretless architecture with one-click remediation for existing secret sprawl.

Strategic Takeaways

• Secretless security is now mainstream-ready - Hush is betting that vault-based models will soon be obsolete as organizations adopt runtime, policy-enforced access.
• AI and ephemeral workloads accelerate the need - Legacy credential models cannot keep pace with dynamically scaling systems and autonomous agents.
• Compliance & Zero Trust alignment - By eliminating hardcoded secrets and enabling auditable, just-in-time access, Hush helps enterprises meet regulatory demands while reducing operational risk.