# Cyber Company Profiles: Willow

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## At a Glance

- Website: [withwillow.ai](https://withwillow.ai/)
- Profile: https://cybercompanyprofiles.com/companies/willow
- Type: Security for AI
- Also known as: Webrix
- Market readiness: Established (25/40)
- Defensibility: Contested (13/21)
- Founded: 2024
- Funding: $7M total
- Last updated: 2026-07-16

## Executive Summary

Willow sells a governed gateway that gives every enterprise AI agent a scoped identity, routes its tool calls through one control point, and logs and can shut down what the agent does. One customer carries most of its public proof. With Willow, Wix built infrastructure supporting nearly 600 tools and over 300,000 weekly tool calls across about 5,000 users. Wix is also the founders' former employer, and two of its executives, co-founder Avishai Abrahami and president Nir Zohar, were early angel backers, so the flagship reference is relationship-linked. Willow does name a non-Wix customer, Innovid, but only Wix is quantified in public. Three former Wix engineers raised a $7 million seed led by Hetz Ventures in June 2026, and the signal to watch is a non-Wix account reaching that depth.

## Contents

- [Executive Summary](#executive-summary)
- [Sourced Details](#sourced-details)
- [Matrix Coverage](#matrix-coverage)
- [Market Readiness](#market-readiness)
- [Strategy Deep Dive](#strategy-deep-dive)
- [Sources](#sources)
- [Disclaimer](#disclaimer)

## Sourced Details

| Detail | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Identity and access platform for enterprise AI agents. Willow runs as a governed gateway that discovers the agents, tools, and MCP servers in use, issues each agent a scoped credential tied to a real user, and enforces runtime least-privilege with audit and containment. | [\[f1\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Founded | 2024 | [\[f2\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| HQ | Herzliya, Israel | [\[f3\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Funding | $7M total | [\[f1\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Latest funding | Seed, $7M (June 2026), led by Hetz Ventures | [\[f4\]](#company-detail-sources) |

### Products

| Product | What it does |
|---|---|
| Willow | Governed access gateway for enterprise AI agents that discovers agents, tools, and MCP servers, issues each a scoped credential tied to a real user, and enforces runtime policy with audit. |

## Matrix Coverage

Mapped to the [AI Defense Matrix](https://aidefensematrix.com) [\[f5\]](#company-detail-sources):

| Asset | Govern | Identify | Protect | Detect | Respond | Recover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Agent Identities |  | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |  |  |
| AI Orchestration Tools |  |  | ✓ |  |  |  |

Willow discovers every AI agent, tool, and MCP server including unapproved ones, issues each agent a scoped credential tied to a real user with least-privilege, and logs and can contain agent activity. These capabilities are mapped to the AI Defense Matrix.

## Market Readiness

How well the company can compete in its security market, scored across eight dimensions against public evidence.

**Established (25/40)**

Analyzed 2026-07-09. Scope: whole company.

| Dimension | Score |
|---|---|
| Problem Clarity | 3/5 |
| Capability Depth | 3/5 |
| Market Timing | 4/5 |
| Team Credibility | 3/5 |
| GTM Proof | 3/5 |
| Funding Efficiency | 3/5 |
| Category Clarity | 3/5 |
| Incumbent Defensibility | 3/5 |

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## Strategy Deep Dive

A closer look at the company's product strategy, measuring how [defensible](https://zeltser.com/scoring-security-product-strategy) it is against market forces and examining the [eight areas](https://zeltser.com/security-product-creation-framework) behind it.

### Defensibility

**Contested (13/21)**

Band guidance: reinforce or reposition. Analyzed 2026-07-16. Scope: whole company.

| Dimension | Score |
|---|---|
| Value Delivery | 1/3 |
| Switching Cost | 2/3 |
| Compliance Moat | 1/3 |
| Problem Complexity | 3/3 |
| Buyer Profile | 2/3 |
| Layer | 3/3 |
| Proprietary Data, Content, or IP | 1/3 |

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## Sources

### Company Detail Sources

Cited from the Sourced Details and Matrix Coverage rows.

| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| f1 | [SecurityWeek on Willow identity and access platform for AI agents](https://www.securityweek.com/willow-raises-7-million-for-securing-autonomous-ai-agents/) | press | 2026-07-06 |
| f2 | [webrix.ai domain registration record (RDAP), registered 2024-05-04, earliest verifiable Willow (formerly Webrix) footprint](https://rdap.org/domain/webrix.ai) | regulatory | 2026-07-06 |
| f3 | [Willow launch announcement dateline](https://withwillow.ai/blog) | official | 2026-07-06 |
| f4 | [Crypto Briefing on Willow seed round and investors](https://cryptobriefing.com/willow-raises-7m-secure-ai-agents/) | press | 2026-07-06 |
| f5 | [AI Defense Matrix Catalog mapping](https://catalog.aidefensematrix.com/products/willow/) | other | 2026-07-06 |

### Profile Analysis Sources

The sources the full Market Readiness analysis cites.

| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | [Willow homepage](https://withwillow.ai/) “One governed connection to any tool.” | official | 2026-07-06 |
| s2 | [Willow identity and access page](https://withwillow.ai/platform/identity-access) “Each agent receives a governed credential, scoped, time-bound, tied to a real user. Provision, suspend, and audit agents individually.” | official | 2026-07-06 |
| s3 | [Willow platform overview](https://withwillow.ai/platform) “One control plane for every AI agent, tool, and skill in your enterprise.” | official | 2026-07-06 |
| s4 | [Willow rebrand announcement, security controls](https://withwillow.ai/blog/meet-willow-formerly-webrix) “SSO with Okta and Azure AD. RBAC. SCIM. SOC 2.” | official | 2026-07-06 |
| s5 | [Willow rebrand announcement, enterprise positioning](https://withwillow.ai/blog/meet-willow-formerly-webrix) “Many competitors are open-source projects wearing enterprise badges. Willow is a managed enterprise platform from day one.” | official | 2026-07-06 |
| s6 | [Willow launch post, Wix production deployment](https://withwillow.ai/blog) “The platform is already running in production at Wix, powering ~5,000 weekly active users across engineering, product, design, HR, finance, and legal.” | official | 2026-07-06 |
| s7 | [Willow Wix case study, tools and tool-call volume](https://withwillow.ai/blog) “the AI Core team built the enterprise MCP infrastructure that now supports nearly 600 tools and 300,000+ weekly tool calls” | official | 2026-07-06 |
| s8 | [Willow launch post, sector expansion](https://withwillow.ai/blog) “Deployments are now expanding across cyber security, real estate, fintech, and adtech.” | official | 2026-07-06 |
| s9 | [SecurityWeek on Willow seed and stealth exit](https://www.securityweek.com/willow-raises-7-million-for-securing-autonomous-ai-agents/) “Willow (formerly Webrix) emerged from stealth mode on Thursday with an identity and access platform for enterprise AI agents and $7 million in seed funding.” | press | 2026-07-06 |
| s10 | [SecurityWeek on Willow runtime access control](https://www.securityweek.com/willow-raises-7-million-for-securing-autonomous-ai-agents/) “The platform integrates directly with established identity providers, such as Okta and Entra, assigning a verifiable identity to every operating AI agent. The platform controls exactly which internal endpoints an agent can reach and enforces least-privilege access rules at runtime.” | press | 2026-07-06 |
| s11 | [SecurityWeek on Willow deployment options](https://www.securityweek.com/willow-raises-7-million-for-securing-autonomous-ai-agents/) “Organizations can deploy the infrastructure through a software-as-a-service model, a dedicated cloud, or self-hosted setups, including fully air-gapped environments.” | press | 2026-07-06 |
| s12 | [Crypto Briefing on Willow founders](https://cryptobriefing.com/willow-raises-7m-secure-ai-agents/) “The founding team, Eyal Ben Ezra (CEO), Shalev Shalit (CTO), and Idan Chetrit (VP Platform), all came from Wix.” | press | 2026-07-06 |
| s13 | [Crypto Briefing on Willow seed round and investors](https://cryptobriefing.com/willow-raises-7m-secure-ai-agents/) “The round, announced June 4, was led by Hetz Ventures, with prior angel contributions from Wix Co-Founder Avishai Abrahami and Wix President Nir Zohar.” | press | 2026-07-06 |
| s14 | [Crypto Briefing on identity incumbents entering agent access](https://cryptobriefing.com/willow-raises-7m-secure-ai-agents/) “Larger identity management players like Okta and CyberArk have signaled interest in agent-related use cases, but their platforms were built for human identity first.” | press | 2026-07-06 |
| s15 | [Calcalist on enterprise agent adoption and incident data](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/bj9iwj1zge) “Today, 79% of companies already implement AI agents within their organizations, and 73% operate multi-agent systems... According to a survey published this year, 65% of companies reported incidents involving AI agents over the past 12 months.” | press | 2026-07-06 |
| s16 | [AI Defense Matrix Catalog listing for Willow](https://catalog.aidefensematrix.com/products/willow/) “Identity and access layer for AI agents that discovers every agent, tool, and MCP server, issues each a governed scoped credential tied to a real user, and logs and contains their activity.” | other | 2026-07-06 |
| s17 | [Willow pricing page](https://withwillow.ai/pricing) “Simple pricing for governed AI agent work. Start free, connect your tools in minutes, and scale when you're ready with skills, approvals, audit trails, and enterprise deployment options” | official | 2026-07-06 |
| s18 | [Trust-surface probe: trust.withwillow.ai, security.withwillow.ai, and the /trust and /security paths all returned HTTP 404 (ctx fetch, 2026-07-06)](https://trust.withwillow.ai/) | other | 2026-07-06 |
| s19 | [Willow homepage: Innovid customer testimonial (Assaf Grimberg, SVP Software Engineering) and a Trusted-by customer logo wall](https://withwillow.ai/) “Willow gave us a single platform to govern and secure our developers' local machines, especially around exposure to MCP servers and external skills. It improved our ability to control access and reduce risk.” | official | 2026-07-06 |
| s20 | [Willow homepage links public product documentation at docs.webrix.ai](https://withwillow.ai/) “Documentation Get up and running fast. Read the docs” | official | 2026-07-06 |
| s21 | [Willow pricing FAQ on the SOC 2 Type II attestation](https://withwillow.ai/pricing) “Is Willow SOC 2 certified? Yes. SOC 2 Type II. Documentation available on request.” | official | 2026-07-06 |

### Deep-Dive Sources

The sources the full Strategy Deep Dive cites.

| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | [Willow homepage](https://withwillow.ai/) “One governed connection to any tool.” | official | 2026-07-06 |
| s2 | [Willow identity and access page](https://withwillow.ai/platform/identity-access) “Each agent receives a governed credential, scoped, time-bound, tied to a real user. Provision, suspend, and audit agents individually.” | official | 2026-07-06 |
| s3 | [Willow platform overview, control plane surfaces](https://withwillow.ai/platform) “One control plane for every AI agent, tool, and skill in your enterprise.” | official | 2026-07-06 |
| s4 | [Willow rebrand announcement, security controls](https://withwillow.ai/blog/meet-willow-formerly-webrix) “SSO with Okta and Azure AD. RBAC. SCIM. SOC 2.” | official | 2026-07-06 |
| s5 | [Willow rebrand announcement, enterprise positioning](https://withwillow.ai/blog/meet-willow-formerly-webrix) “Many competitors are open-source projects wearing enterprise badges. Willow is a managed enterprise platform from day one.” | official | 2026-07-06 |
| s6 | [Willow launch post, Wix production deployment](https://withwillow.ai/blog) “The platform is already running in production at Wix, powering ~5,000 weekly active users across engineering, product, design, HR, finance, and legal.” | official | 2026-07-06 |
| s7 | [Willow Wix case study, tools and tool-call volume](https://withwillow.ai/blog) “the AI Core team built the enterprise MCP infrastructure that now supports nearly 600 tools and 300,000+ weekly tool calls” | official | 2026-07-06 |
| s8 | [Willow launch post, sector expansion](https://withwillow.ai/blog) “Deployments are now expanding across cyber security, real estate, fintech, and adtech.” | official | 2026-07-06 |
| s9 | [SecurityWeek on Willow seed and stealth exit](https://www.securityweek.com/willow-raises-7-million-for-securing-autonomous-ai-agents/) “Willow (formerly Webrix) emerged from stealth mode on Thursday with an identity and access platform for enterprise AI agents and $7 million in seed funding.” | press | 2026-07-06 |
| s10 | [SecurityWeek on Willow runtime access control](https://www.securityweek.com/willow-raises-7-million-for-securing-autonomous-ai-agents/) “The platform integrates directly with established identity providers, such as Okta and Entra, assigning a verifiable identity to every operating AI agent. The platform controls exactly which internal endpoints an agent can reach and enforces least-privilege access rules at runtime.” | press | 2026-07-06 |
| s11 | [SecurityWeek on Willow deployment options](https://www.securityweek.com/willow-raises-7-million-for-securing-autonomous-ai-agents/) “Organizations can deploy the infrastructure through a software-as-a-service model, a dedicated cloud, or self-hosted setups, including fully air-gapped environments.” | press | 2026-07-06 |
| s12 | [Crypto Briefing on Willow founders](https://cryptobriefing.com/willow-raises-7m-secure-ai-agents/) “The founding team, Eyal Ben Ezra (CEO), Shalev Shalit (CTO), and Idan Chetrit (VP Platform), all came from Wix.” | press | 2026-07-06 |
| s13 | [Crypto Briefing on Willow seed round and investors](https://cryptobriefing.com/willow-raises-7m-secure-ai-agents/) “The round, announced June 4, was led by Hetz Ventures, with prior angel contributions from Wix Co-Founder Avishai Abrahami and Wix President Nir Zohar.” | press | 2026-07-06 |
| s14 | [Crypto Briefing on identity incumbents entering agent access](https://cryptobriefing.com/willow-raises-7m-secure-ai-agents/) “Larger identity management players like Okta and CyberArk have signaled interest in agent-related use cases, but their platforms were built for human identity first.” | press | 2026-07-06 |
| s15 | [Calcalist on enterprise agent adoption and incident data](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/bj9iwj1zge) “Today, 79% of companies already implement AI agents within their organizations, and 73% operate multi-agent systems... According to a survey published this year, 65% of companies reported incidents involving AI agents over the past 12 months.” | press | 2026-07-06 |
| s16 | [Willow pricing page, tiered plans](https://withwillow.ai/pricing) “$0/month Up to 5 users Connect up to 5 integrations Unlimited tool calls Proxy MCP support only ... $15/seat For teams with advanced needs All free plan features included Unlimited team members ... Contact Us Custom solutions for large orgs” | official | 2026-07-06 |
| s17 | [Trust-surface probe: trust.withwillow.ai, security.withwillow.ai, and the /trust and /security paths all returned HTTP 404 (ctx fetch, 2026-07-06)](https://trust.withwillow.ai/) | other | 2026-07-06 |
| s18 | [AI Defense Matrix Catalog listing for Willow](https://catalog.aidefensematrix.com/products/willow/) “Identity and access layer for AI agents that discovers every agent, tool, and MCP server, issues each a governed scoped credential tied to a real user, and logs and contains their activity.” | other | 2026-07-06 |
| s19 | [Snowflake announces intent to acquire Natoma, a comparable MCP gateway](https://www.snowflake.com/en/news/press-releases/snowflake-announces-intent-to-acquire-natoma-providing-secure-connectivity-for-the-agentic-enterprise/) “today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Natoma, an enterprise Model Context Protocol (MCP) platform for AI agents” | official | 2026-07-06 |
| s20 | [Willow homepage: Innovid customer testimonial (Assaf Grimberg, SVP Software Engineering) and a Trusted-by customer logo wall](https://withwillow.ai/) “Willow gave us a single platform to govern and secure our developers' local machines, especially around exposure to MCP servers and external skills. It improved our ability to control access and reduce risk.” | official | 2026-07-06 |
| s21 | [Willow pricing FAQ on the SOC 2 Type II attestation](https://withwillow.ai/pricing) “Is Willow SOC 2 certified? Yes. SOC 2 Type II. Documentation available on request.” | official | 2026-07-06 |

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