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Authorization that scales
👷‍♂️ Creators of https://spicedb.io
💫 Inspired by Google's https://zanzibar.tech
🧡 YC W21

Read about how OpenAI securely connects enterprise knowledge with ChatGPT by using AuthZed: https://authzed.com/customers/openai
What does Stardew Valley have to do with Fine-Grained Authorization?

Well, here's a post on building a RAG-enabled harvest logbook for your farm, inspired by Stardew Valley.

To build out the backend for this demo we got help from our friends at Motia

authzed.com/blog/buildin...
Download the Google Zanzibar white paper annotated by AuthZed and with a foreword by Kelsey Hightower.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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@authzed.com is at #KubeCon!

We'll be doing demos at the booth of our wonderful partner, Arm.

Booth 231 across from the Corner Store in Peachtree Plaza!
November 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Dibs is headed out to trick-or-treat as a Sandworm this year. Happy Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Sohan Maheshwar and Michel Murabito takes the stages at #cndb2025 talking about authorization with SpiceDB and AI driven developer experience (respectively) #CloudNativeBergen
October 28, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Solving the dual-write problem is not a trivial task.

Here's a deeply technical talk by Artie Shevchenko
on how Canva solves the dual-write problem when using SpiceDB

Watch it if terms such as "consistency, transactional outbox, & micro syncs" appeal to you 🤓

youtu.be/HAXQN1vNmeU
How Canva Solves the Dual Write Problem in Centralized Authorization Systems
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October 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Only few hours to go for the Pinecone 🤝 AuthZed webinar on 'Securing Your RAG Pipelines With Fine Grained Authorization'

Learn the basics of how RAG works, authorization for RAG, & a demo with Pinecone, LangChain, OpenAI, and SpiceDB

👉 Last chance to register → pinecone-io.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Secure Your RAG Pipelines With Fine Grained Authorization using SpiceDB. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Building enterprise-ready AI systems requires ensuring users can only augment prompts with data they're authorized to access. Fine-grained authorization in Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) can be ...
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September 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
OpenAI built connectors to process and search 37 billion documents for over 5 million business, with fine-grained authorization.

How did they achieve this and how can you build such scalable access control?

Watch this video to learn:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgB8...
How OpenAI Processes 37 Billion Documents with Fine-Grained Access Controls
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September 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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🔑 Join Sohan Maheshwar from @authzed.com and me for a webinar as we talk about securing enterprise AI systems with relationship-based access control (ReBAC).

We'll do a demo with Pinecone and SpiceDB and answer questions.

🗓 September 25
⏰ 9 am PT / 12pm ET
🔗 pinecone-io.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Revisit this blogpost on ReBAC by @jimmy.zelinskie.com
Oldie but a Goodie from @authzed.com introducing the concepts of ReBAC (Relationship-Based Access Control).

Conway's law is reversed w.r.t.&i.e. LDAP, ReBAC fixes that

> we can build systems that mimic the way people naturally organize their world to be most effective

authzed.com/blog/explori...
Relationship Based Access Control (ReBAC): Using Graphs to Power your Authorization System | AuthZed
Learn why authentication and authorization are distinct systems, and why relying on attribute-based permission systems can lead to security vulnerabilities. Discover how ReBAC can lead to more robust ...
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September 8, 2025 at 10:31 AM
We're keeping the Office Hours train rollin' here at AuthZed.

This week we're speaking to Yogish and Sriharsha from @awscloud about building Access Control with SpiceDB and Amazon Neptune.

Expect a lot of content about the AWS architecture for this usecase

youtube.com/live/9pompmG...
Access Control with SpiceDB & Amazon Neptune
YouTube video by AuthZed
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August 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
What's your database hot take featuring @jimmy.zelinskie.com

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What's Your Database Hot Take🌶️ feat. Jimmy Zelinskie #database #postgres
YouTube video by AuthZed
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August 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Can we define the permission system for @atproto.com in less than 50 LOC and have it be easy to understand?

This is an @authzed.com schema that could. (also, happy 5th birthday Authzed! 🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂)

#atdev #atprotodev
August 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Today was an absolutely packed day at @authzed.com
- we turned 5 years old
- we launched authzed cloud
- spicedb passed 6k GitHub stars
- we announced our ChatGPT case study

I'm going to go melt into the couch now
August 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The Authorization Infrastructure Event starts in 23 minutes!

psssh: if you sign up you get free Limited Edition Swag 🤩
AuthZed is turning 5! 🎉

We’re throwing the ultimate authorization event on Aug 20 – with product announcements, a peek into our "lab," and talks from some amazing folks including

@andypavlo.bsky.social
@iritgo.bsky.social
… & more!

Details and registration here:

authzed.com/authzed-is-5
AuthZed is 5 | The Authorization Infrastructure Event
We're turning 5! Join us virtually to celebrate 5 years of AuthZed and learn about the latest in authorization infrastructure.
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August 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
How can you use a Terraform Provider to automate your Permission System?

Well, that's what @veronicalg.bsky.social is going to tell us in this livestream later today.

It's Office Hours format so bring any questions you may have.

www.youtube.com/live/OlQ70bq...
Use Terraform Providers to Automate Your Permission System
AuthZed now has a Terraform and OpenTofu Provider for the AuthZed Cloud API! This provider automates the management of resources in AuthZed Dedicated environments: Service accounts for programma...
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August 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
What do you think will top the @owasp.org Top Ten list this year?

Using a combination of data from past CVEs, industry trends (hint: AI), and some good ol' vibes, here's a prediction for the updated list that's expected later this year.

youtu.be/YA-F4qnavE8?...
August 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
1) The countdown is on! We’re throwing the Authorization Infrastructure event of the year on August 20th. 🎉

authzed.com/authzed-is-5
AuthZed is 5 | The Authorization Infrastructure Event
We're turning 5! Join us virtually to celebrate 5 years of AuthZed and learn about the latest in authorization infrastructure.
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August 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Fun moment from yesterday's stream was when the Reactions ̶b̶u̶g̶ feature on MacOS repeatedly flashed the 👎 at inopportune moments lol
August 8, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Stream starting in 5 minutes. See you there?
We've built AuthZed Dedicated to run on AWS, Azure and GCP so we've naturally learnt a bunch of things along the way.

We're going to share those learnings with you on a livestream this Thursday

It's Office Hours format so bring any questions you have

www.youtube.com/live/CxodHTz...
Tales from the trenches - What we learned building infra on AWS, Azure and GCP
YouTube video by AuthZed
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August 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
We've built AuthZed Dedicated to run on AWS, Azure and GCP so we've naturally learnt a bunch of things along the way.

We're going to share those learnings with you on a livestream this Thursday

It's Office Hours format so bring any questions you have

www.youtube.com/live/CxodHTz...
Tales from the trenches - What we learned building infra on AWS, Azure and GCP
YouTube video by AuthZed
www.youtube.com
August 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
We were at @cnsmunich.bsky.social this past week talking about how Google Zanzibar works

Covered in this talk:

* Why ReBAC is cool
* What the Zanzibar Model, Language and API looks like
* How it achieves low latency and consistency

Watch the entire talk here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHDB...
July 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
AuthZed is turning 5! 🎉

We’re throwing the ultimate authorization event on Aug 20 – with product announcements, a peek into our "lab," and talks from some amazing folks including

@andypavlo.bsky.social
@iritgo.bsky.social
… & more!

Details and registration here:

authzed.com/authzed-is-5
AuthZed is 5 | The Authorization Infrastructure Event
We're turning 5! Join us virtually to celebrate 5 years of AuthZed and learn about the latest in authorization infrastructure.
authzed.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Friends don't let friends write custom authorization code.

Here's why:

🧠 Code Is Debt
🧍Authorization Is a Human Problem
⚙️ AuthZ Must Perform at Scale

Learn more here:

dev.to/sohan26/frie...
July 17, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Tired: AI Agents

Wired: Authorization for AI Agents

In case you missed it:

Here's how you can prevent Agentic AI from accessing unauthorized data: (demo & batteries included)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjKa...
Prevent AI Agents from Accessing Unauthorized Data
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July 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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As someone that normally avoids swag, @posetteconf.com gave out some really good speaker gifts! In general, it's a really well thought out and executed conference! It was a pleasure presenting there.
July 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM