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Karan K.
Engineering @ WorkOS
Karan K. is a co-founder at Warrant, a startup that went through the Y Combinator program in S21. He is known for his passion for building software solutions that address real human problems. Karan's educational background includes studying Computer Science at UCLA and participating in the Y Combinator program.
During his career, Karan has held key roles in various organizations, including serving as part of the engineering team at WorkOS, being a co-founder at Warrant, working as a senior software engineer at AppLovin, and contributing as a software engineer at AppFolio, Inc.
Highlights
I’m excited to share that Warrant has been acquired by WorkOS! 🎉
When Aditya and I first discussed the idea of building Warrant three years ago, I had no idea just how life-changing the decision would be. The three months that followed were a whirlwind during which Aditya and I quit our jobs, started the company, and went through Y Combinator's S21 batch, setting out to solve an important, age-old problem for developers everywhere: authorization.
We started small. The first version of Warrant was a simple API for managing roles and enforcing permissions in any application. As we spoke to more and more developers, we gained insight into the many authorization use cases they were solving for at their respective employers. To empower developers to easily model even their most complex authorization scenarios with Warrant, we quickly rebuilt our system based on Zanzibar, the service Google built internally to serve the varying authorization needs of their own suite of products.
Today, companies around the world depend on Warrant to power authorization for their products. We serve millions of authorization requests daily for consumer and enterprise software products across multiple regions. It has been a real labor of love crafting a delightful experience for those who build with Warrant, and we plan to continue improving that experience with WorkOS.
Warrant will bolster a powerful suite of products that includes Enterprise Single Sign-On (SAML), Directory Sync (SCIM), User Management (CIAM), and Audit Logs (SIEM). With the addition of a global-scale, low latency authorization service, WorkOS is the best all-in-one developer platform for identity, authentication, and authorization.
I'm excited to join forces with the WorkOS team and continue our mission of providing developers with the best tooling and infrastructure for building application permissions!
Are there any folks in my network who: (1) work in IT, DevOps, or DevSecOps and/or (2) deal with access control / access management (IAM, IGA, etc.) challenges as part of their role?
If that applies to you and you're open to having a chat with me about (1) what you do, (2) the problems you're facing (related to IAM/IGA/etc.), and/or (3) any tools you're using to solve those problems, please DM me or comment below. I would really appreciate it!
