Tech Blog – 1Password Locks in AI Security with Browserbase and US$100M Secondary Sale
In early October, Toronto-based 1Password, a platform that helps individuals and businesses securely manage digital identities, announced a new partnership and completed a major secondary sale, marking a significant step in the company’s ongoing growth.
1Password has teamed up with Browserbase, a cloud-based platform for AI agents that use web browsers without graphical interfaces, to tackle one of the most pressing challenges in the AI pipeline: secure authentication. Their new Secure Agentic Autofill plug-in allows AI agents running on Browserbase to log in to web services on a user’s behalf without exposing credentials.
The collaboration coincides with a US $100M secondary sale. The sale rewards long-standing employees and founders with liquidity, while attracting new equity from strategic investors. Leading the deal were Ryan Smith, founder of Qualtrics and owner of the NBA’s Utah Jazz, and Ryan Sweeney, partner at Accel, through their newly launched tech fund, Halo Experience Company – a $1 billion growth vehicle focused on transformative technology companies. Flume Ventures, backed by Scott McNealy and Manoj Apte, also participated.
The transaction upheld 1Password’s US$6.8B valuation from 2022, reflecting strong investor confidence in the company’s leadership, strategic execution and long-term growth prospects in the rapidly evolving digital security market. Amid discussions of a potential IPO, 1Password is reinforcing its role as the go-to platform for secure digital identities.
Author: Chloe Bechard, 2025-2026 Articling Student-At-Law
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