The thesis
Fix identity. Everything else follows.
When every agent has a cryptographic identity of its own — not borrowed from a human, not shared with other agents — you get cost attribution for free. You get permission scoping. You get an audit trail. You can revoke access to a specific agent without touching anything else.
Identity is not the interesting problem. The interesting problem is what you can build once identity is solved. Spineforge solves identity + observability together — not split across two products with a gap between them.
Without Spineforge
With Spineforge
Who we build for
AI-native startups building agents for other businesses.
The companies in Spineforge's design-partner cohort are building AI agents that interact with enterprise customers — think the category of companies like Sierra, Harvey, Cognition AI, or Glean. Their enterprise customers ask “how do your agents authenticate?” on security questionnaires. Spineforge gives them a real, auditable answer.
These companies are referenced as examples of the category — they are not confirmed Spineforge customers or partners. Large regulated enterprises are not near-term design partners. Spineforge is built for AI-native builders first.
Team
Founders
Kushagra Chavel
Technical Co-Founder
Built the cryptographic identity layer and SDK architecture from scratch, turning the agent identity problem into a three-line integration. Focused on making Spineforge invisible to integrate but impossible to work without once you've used it.
Ram Sharma
Co-Founder
Engineering manager turned founder, with deep relationships across the AI-native startup ecosystem and the investor community. Bridges Spineforge's technical depth with the business and partnership conversations that put it in front of the right teams.
Building the identity layer for the agentic era.
Agents are running in production. Enterprise customers are asking security questions. Teams need answers. Spineforge is how builders answer those questions without slowing down.