There’s a tension that nearly every modern engineering team wrestles with: how to give developers the freedom to build and ship at speed without leaving security and compliance hanging by a thread. For years, companies have tried to solve this through a patchwork of access solutions, juggling speed on one side and control on the other. Now Hoop.dev is stepping forward with the claim that this tradeoff no longer needs to exist.
Hoop.dev, founded by Andrios Robert and backed by an engineering team that seems intent on dismantling old assumptions, just announced its seed round led by Venture Guides with participation from Y Combinator. The company positions itself not merely as another access tool, but as the only platform that makes secure access frictionless—something of a bold statement in a space where complexity and user frustration are the norm. Their pitch is clear: in a world where AI-driven coding agents and stricter regulatory oversight are colliding, you can’t afford delays or compromises.
The heart of Hoop’s approach is embedding security controls directly into developer and agent workflows. Think approvals that feel instantaneous, sensitive data masked without extra steps, and compliance evidence automatically generated in the background. The promise here isn’t just “security by design,” but security that fades into invisibility for the developer—letting them code, test, and ship without being interrupted by access bottlenecks or clunky context switching.
What makes this more than marketing flair is the reaction from early adopters. At PicPay, a leading fintech player, the engineering team found themselves drowning in access requests and compliance headaches. With Hoop.dev, they’ve cut through that clutter, freeing developers from the mental overhead of permissions management and allowing them to focus on performance and product. Meanwhile, administrators enjoy full oversight, from session reviews to centralized logs, giving them confidence in both governance and reliability.
Venture Guides’ Anton Simunovic describes Hoop as that “rare platform” that earns love across the aisle—developers, DevOps, security, and compliance. That’s not a claim you hear every day. His reasoning is straightforward: as AI agents ramp up coding speed but amplify risk, Hoop’s granular, least-privilege model keeps innovation safe and compliant without throttling momentum.
There’s a wider context here too. Enterprises everywhere are staring down the double bind of velocity and oversight. Regulators demand more proof, AI accelerates code but raises risk, and users expect features yesterday. Hoop.dev is angling itself as the bridge between these forces. If it delivers on its claims, it could reshape not just how companies secure access, but how fast they can bring ideas from draft to production.
The seed funding is more than fuel for growth—it’s a signal that investors see this access problem not as a niche pain point but as a bottleneck with massive implications for security, compliance, and the adoption of AI in software delivery. Hoop.dev isn’t just pitching a tool; it’s pitching a new paradigm where access and security don’t slow you down, they get out of the way.
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