Enterprise-Ready-As-A-Service: WorkOS

Crossing the enterprise-readiness chasm

Scott Belsky, the chief product officer at Adobe and founder of Behance, wrote a deeply-considered post, 8 Themes For The Near Future Of Tech, in which he lays out at least a hundred ideas and product descriptions. Here’s just one sample:

More and more niche functions of the enterprise will become multi-player, powered by a next generation of highly specialized, AI-bolstered, enterprise companies with consumerized product experiences.

From procurement and security to financial planning and design, functions of a company that were once siloed to particular teams are being transformed by SaaS tools that are collaborative-by default, easier to use, and inclusive of stakeholders across the company. Those of you who co-invest with me know my obsession with this space. From companies like Globality for procurement, Sora for HR interactions, Meter for wifi and IT, Welcome for hiring, closing, and onboarding new employees, there are many approaches and the list goes on. These types of products will fundamentally change how big companies operate across functions while transforming the quality of life for employees. And to help fuel this transformation, WorkOS is building enterprise-readiness as a service, enabling new companies to start selling to enterprise customers with just a few lines of code, with the value proposition “Single Sign-On (SSO) to your app in minutes.” And Scarf is building tools for open source developers to service and…