Okta becomes a checkbox in AWS.

Your identity engine is still the best. Inside AWS's agent platform, it's a checkbox on a settings page.

The Buyer: Amazon offers 30% over market. We're buying your government authorizations. The rest is a bonus.

The Buyer: Developers will never notice. They tick the box and move on.

Outcome: Lost as a feature

Identity for one platform is a feature. You stayed in your lane, and a platform bought the lane.

One path that gets here

A · We'll sell agent security on every seatB · Stop fighting E7. Give every agent an IDB · We see every agent's every move. Use thatB · Identity only. Nobody does it better

Play it yourself

Other endings where you lose as a feature

All 10 endings · The thesis