The Authorization Infrastructure Event
AuthZed is turning five years old, and we're throwing a celebration! On Wednesday, August 20th, we're hosting "The Authorization Infrastructure Event" by bringing together experts in authorization and database technology to talk about where this space is headed.
What We Have Planned
You'll hear from industry experts who've been shaping how we think about authorization:
- Artie Shevchenko, Software Engineer at Canva
- Andy Pavlo, Professor, Databaseology, Carnegie Mellon University
- Andre Sanches, Software Engineer, Turo
And the AuthZed team will be sharing what we've been building—new product announcements, plus a peek into our lab:
- Jake Moshenko, CEO of AuthZed
- Irit Goihman, VP of Engineering at AuthZed
- Sohan Maheshwar, Developer Advocate at AuthZed
We’ll be announcing new products that I think will genuinely change how people approach authorization infrastructure and I’m particularly excited to finally share about what we've been exploring in our lab, experimental work that could shape the future of access control.
A Personal Reflection
It's hard to believe but five years have gone by so fast. Back when I joined Jake, Jimmy, and Joey as the first employee, they had this clear understanding of why application authorization was such a pain point for developers, the Google Zanzibar paper as their guide, and an ambitious vision: bring better authorization infrastructure to everyone who needed it.
Photo from our first team offsite in 2021. Not pictured: me because I'm taking the photo
Looking back at our journey, some moments that stand out:
- Our very first blog post introducing AuthZed to the world
- Open sourcing SpiceDB - making Zanzibar-style authorization accessible to everyone
- Publishing our annotated Zanzibar paper to help developers understand the concepts that drive our approach
- Launching AuthZed Dedicated for teams that needed enterprise-grade infrastructure
We've grown from that small founding team to a group of people who genuinely care about solving authorization the right way. Along the way, we've had the privilege of helping everyone from early-stage startups to large enterprises build and scale their applications without the usual authorization headaches.
Join Us
This event is our chance to share our latest work with the community that's supported us, celebrate how far we've all come together, and get a glimpse of what's ahead.
Whether you've been following our journey from the beginning or you're just discovering what we're about, we'd love to have you there. It's going to be the kind of event where you leave with new ideas, maybe some useful insights, and definitely a better sense of where authorization infrastructure is headed.
Want to share a birthday message with us? Record a short message here—we'd genuinely love to hear from you and share some of them during the event.
See you on August 20th!
