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Bay vs Socure

Bay is an AI agent security platform that gives enterprises visibility into every agent across devices, browsers and cloud workloads, and control over what those agents do in real time. Socure sells an identity and risk platform designed to make risk decisions in real time across the user journey. CISO Tribune files both under AI model and agent security. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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Bay vs Socure: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
BayBay is an AI agent security platform that gives enterprises visibility into every agent across devices, browsers and cloud workloads, and control over what those agents do in real time.bay.ioSocureSocure sells an identity and risk platform designed to make risk decisions in real time across the user journey.socure.com
What it sells
  • Bay[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]Bay is an AI agent security platform covering agents on devices, in browsers and in cloud workloads. Bay returns allow, ask, steer or block decisions on agent actions at runtime.
  • Lighthouse[6]Lighthouse is Bay's embedded agentic system that drafts policy from an organization's own agent activity.
  • Wave[3]Wave is the ephemeral binary Bay uses to deploy through an existing MDM or EDR.
  • RiskOS[1][4][15]RiskOS is used to build a risk stack that covers fraud, compliance and trust.
  • Sigma First-Party Fraud[7]Sigma First-Party Fraud is used with cross-institution intelligence to expose hidden risk and stop abuse.
  • Socure Verify[1][8]Socure Verify automates the customer onboarding process.
  • Predictive DocV[1][9]Predictive DocV combines patented fake ID detection, biometric verification and Level 2 liveness.
  • Digital Intelligence[1][10]Digital Intelligence binds an identity with associated devices, online behavior and historical consumer interactions.
  • Global Watchlist Screening with Monitoring[13]Global Watchlist Screening with Monitoring uses AI and machine learning for matching and compliance processes.
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Headquarters
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Ownership and funding
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Named customers
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Recent news
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  • August 11, 2026Socure was named to the 2026 Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies for the fifth consecutive year.[14]
  • June 25, 2026Socure appointed Mark Carter as its Chief Information Security Officer.[17]
  • May 7, 2026Socure appointed Chung-Man Tam as Chief Product Officer and Pablo Abreu as its first Chief AI and Innovation Officer.[16]
  • February 3, 2026Socure launched SocureGov RiskOS, a government-focused identity and fraud platform that is now FedRAMP Moderate authorized.[15]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
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  • G2: listed, seen November 10, 2026[18]
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Who it fits
Not written yetFrom its own pages, Socure sells to customers whose problems range from workforce to prediction markets. Socure's cross-industry consortium data covers organizations across financial services, gaming and eCommerce. Graph Intelligence is aimed at fraud and data science teams. Digital Intelligence is aimed at financial institutions.
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November 5, 2026November 5, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Bay and Socure are both filed under AI model and agent security.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Bay's primary category is AI model and agent security; Socure's is Identity verification.
  • Bay is also filed under Endpoint management and application control and Workforce AI usage security. Socure is also filed under Fraud prevention.
  • Bay lists Bay, Lighthouse and Wave. Socure lists RiskOS, Sigma First-Party Fraud, Socure Verify, Predictive DocV, Digital Intelligence and 1 more.
  • Socure is privately held.

What it sells: Bay

What Bay does[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Bay maps every agent, MCP server, extension, model and skill on devices on its first scan. Bay builds a contextual entity graph of the users, MCP servers, SaaS apps and access connected to each agent. Bay deploys with one script through an existing MDM and does not require a proxy. Bay keeps full transcripts of prompts, actions and MCP calls.
What Lighthouse does[6]
Lighthouse drafts policy from an organization's own agent activity. Users answer 7 questions about risk appetite, and Lighthouse recommends a setting for each question and builds the policy. Bay replays 30 days of agent history to show what a policy would do before enforcement.
What Wave does[3]
Bay is agentless and deploys through an existing MDM or EDR using Wave, an ephemeral binary. There is no persistent agent to maintain and no proxy in the path.

What it sells: Socure

What RiskOS does[1][4][15]
Socure Launch is a self-serve entry point into RiskOS. RiskOS includes a dynamic workflow builder with a no-code interface, third-party data integrations and real-time testing.
What Sigma First-Party Fraud does[7]
A dispute abuse model and real-time risk score identify identities likely to exploit dispute processes across organizations. Instant alerts are sent when a consumer's risk profile changes.
What Predictive DocV does[1][9]
Predictive Document Verification (DocV) 3.0 includes a capture experience, a forensic engine and data extraction. DocV can be combined with Socure's full stack of identity, fraud and compliance solutions.
What Digital Intelligence does[1][10]
Digital Intelligence can be integrated through a RESTful API interface and client-side SDKs for iOS, Android and JavaScript. Device intelligence gathers device attributes, history, velocity metrics and risk indicators to identify compromised devices, proxies, VPNs and more.
What Global Watchlist Screening with Monitoring does[13]
Customers can screen, monitor and disposition customers in real time against sanctions, enforcement lists, politically exposed persons databases, adverse media information and custom lists. All parties in a payment can be screened in a single API call in real time.

Questions about Bay and Socure

What do Bay and Socure sell?
Bay sells Bay, Lighthouse and Wave. Socure sells RiskOS, Sigma First-Party Fraud, Socure Verify, Predictive DocV, Digital Intelligence and 1 more.
Are Bay and Socure in the same category?
They share AI model and agent security. Bay's primary category is AI model and agent security and Socure's is Identity verification.
Who owns Bay and Socure?
Socure is privately held.
Who are Bay and Socure sold to?
From its own pages, Socure sells to customers whose problems range from workforce to prediction markets.
What have Bay and Socure announced recently?
August 11, 2026: Socure was named to the 2026 Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies for the fifth consecutive year.

About Bay

Bay is an AI agent security platform that gives enterprises visibility into every agent across devices, browsers and cloud workloads, and control over what those agents do in real time. Bay describes AI endpoint security as protection for the AI agents, coding assistants and MCP servers running on employee devices. Bay was founded by three engineers who spent their careers in endpoint and API security. Bay is a Series A stage company.[2][3]

Teams run agents like Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI and GitHub Copilot in clusters, cloud workspaces and hosted sessions.[5]

Bay finds and maps agents first. On the first scan, Bay maps every agent, MCP server, extension, model and skill on devices, including ones nobody approved. Bay finds every agent, extension, CLI tool, MCP server, skill and model on employee devices. Bay builds a contextual entity graph of how everything connects: the user behind each agent, the MCP servers and SaaS apps it touches, and the access it holds. Bay scans every agent, package, extension, MCP server and skill for malicious indicators before approval. In the browser, Bay brings shadow AI into view, covering chatbots, extensions and embedded SaaS agents. In cloud environments, Bay discovers agents across virtual machines, Kubernetes, Coder workspaces and hosted sessions.[1][3][5][6][7]

Lighthouse, Bay's embedded agentic system, drafts policy from an organization's own agent activity. Users answer 7 questions about risk appetite, and Lighthouse recommends a setting for each question and builds the policy. Policies can be scoped by IdP group, device or runtime, and can set which MCP servers can read or write. Before enforcement, Bay replays 30 days of agent history to show what a policy would do before any user is affected. Bay also lets teams run any policy in simulation mode to see what it would allow, ask or block. At runtime, Bay enforces guardrails inline with the agentic action and returns allow, ask, steer or block in milliseconds. Bay can also prevent prompt injection attempts at runtime.[6]

Bay keeps records of agent activity. Bay keeps full transcripts of prompts, actions and MCP calls, traceable to the person behind each session. A metadata-only mode in Bay keeps prompts on the device when they must not leave it. Bay ties every prompt and agent action to a real identity, corporate or personal. Bay logs every policy change and agent action with who approved it and whether a person or an agent took it. Every decision in Bay is logged against the policy behind it, ready for auditors. Bay connects to an identity provider, so every policy applies to the right people and groups.[5][6][7][8]

Bay also checks configuration. Bay checks how every agent and AI tool is set up, across devices and cloud workloads, so risky settings can be fixed before an agent puts them to use. Bay spots bypass-permissions mode, sandboxes switched off and unrestricted tool access, rates how serious each one is and shows how to fix it. Bay finds the credentials, tokens and secrets that agents and MCP servers can read.[9]

Bay deploys with one script through an existing MDM and does not require a proxy to route traffic through. Bay deploys through an existing MDM or EDR using Wave, an ephemeral binary, so there is no persistent agent to maintain. Bay tells corporate AI accounts from personal ones, including in personal Chrome profiles. Bay's enterprise customers include Micron Technology, Peloton and ClickUp.[1][2][3][6][7][8]

Bay on the record

Sources

Bay full record

  1. [1]bay.ioBay · bay.io · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Security Researcher — Careers at BayBay · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]AI Endpoint Security — BayBay · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]About — BayBay · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Cloud Workspaces — BayBay · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Platform — BayBay · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Browser — BayBay · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]AI Governance & Compliance — BayBay · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]AI Security Posture — BayBay · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A

Socure full record

  1. [1]socure.comSocure · socure.com · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Strategic growth investment fravity acquisitionSocure · socure.com · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Identity Verification Platform for AI Risk Decisioning | SocureSocure · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]RiskOS®: Data Orchestration Platform & Risk Decisioning | SocureSocure · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Third-Party Fraud Detection Software | Sigma Identity Fraud V4.5Socure · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Synthetic Identity Fraud Detection | Sigma Synthetic V4.5 | SocureSocure · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Sigma First-Party Fraud Detection Software | SocureSocure · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]KYC Verification Software | Socure VerifySocure · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Document Verification Software for Onboarding | SocureSocure · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Device Intelligence Software for Fraud Prevention | SocureSocure · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Identity Graph Intelligence: Actionable Insights for Fraud PreventionSocure · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Email Risk Score Software for Fraud Teams | SocureSocure · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]Sanctions Screening Software for Compliance | SocureSocure · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Socure Named to Inc. 5000 for Fifth Consecutive YearSocure · published August 11, 2026 · Tier A
  15. [15]Socure Launches SocureGov RiskOS® for Government FraudSocure · published February 3, 2026 · Tier A
  16. [16]Socure Names New CPO and Chief AI OfficerSocure · published May 7, 2026 · Tier A
  17. [17]Socure Reinforces Security-First Strategy with Chief Information Security Officer AppointmentBusiness Wire · published June 25, 2026 · Tier A
  18. [18]RiskOS - Socure ReviewsG2 · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier C

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