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Teleport Beams

Trusted runtime environments for AI agents in production infrastructure

open sourceupdated Apr 21, 2026

Teleport Beams provides cryptographically verified, policy-gated access for AI agents to interact with production infrastructure including servers, Kubernetes clusters, and databases. Launched at KubeCon EU 2026, Beams extends Teleport's zero-trust access platform with agent-specific runtime controls, audit trails, and policy enforcement to ensure AI agents operate within defined boundaries when deployed in production environments.

As autonomous AI agents increasingly need access to production infrastructure for tasks like deployment, monitoring, and incident response, Teleport Beams addresses the critical trust and safety gap. Traditional access management tools were designed for human operators with predictable behavior patterns. AI agents introduce new risks: they may hallucinate commands, leak sensitive data through unexpected API calls, or escalate privileges beyond intended scope. Beams solves this by providing cryptographically verified runtime environments where every agent action is authenticated, authorized against granular policies, and logged in an immutable audit trail. Each agent session receives short-lived cryptographic certificates rather than persistent credentials, limiting blast radius if an agent process is compromised.

The system integrates with Teleport's existing zero-trust access platform, which already protects servers, Kubernetes clusters, databases, and internal applications for thousands of organizations. Beams extends this with agent-specific capabilities: policy rules can restrict which commands an agent may execute, which network resources it can reach, and what data it may read or modify. Administrators define these policies declaratively, and Beams enforces them at the infrastructure level rather than relying on the agent's own safety mechanisms. This defense-in-depth approach means even a completely compromised or misbehaving agent cannot exceed its defined access boundaries. Integration with OpenTelemetry provides observability into agent behavior patterns over time.

Teleport has raised over $110 million including a $110M Series C, and the core platform has accumulated over 20,000 GitHub stars under Apache 2.0 license. Beams was launched at KubeCon CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 in March, reflecting the growing enterprise demand for AI agent governance. The feature is available on Teleport Enterprise and Cloud tiers, while the open-source core provides the foundational access management capabilities. The platform supports deployment across major cloud providers and on-premise infrastructure, with daily active development and a contributor community that has been building secure access tooling for over a decade.

Pricing

OSS core free (Apache 2.0); Beams on Enterprise/Cloud tier; Custom pricing

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Linux, Kubernetes, AWS/GCP/Azure; Servers, DBs, K8s clusters

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Comparisons

Teleport Beams vs Lakera: AI Security Approaches Compared

Teleport Beams and Lakera both address AI security but at different layers. Teleport Beams provides cryptographically verified runtime environments for AI agents accessing production infrastructure, while Lakera protects against prompt injection and content threats at the model interaction layer. Together they represent complementary defense-in-depth strategies for securing AI deployments.

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FAQ

What is Teleport Beams?

Teleport Beams provides cryptographically verified, policy-gated access for AI agents to interact with production infrastructure including servers, Kubernetes clusters, and databases. Launched at KubeCon EU 2026, Beams extends Teleport's zero-trust access platform with agent-specific runtime controls, audit trails, and policy enforcement to ensure AI agents operate within defined boundaries when deployed in production environments.

Is Teleport Beams free?

Yes — Teleport Beams is open source and free to use. OSS core free (Apache 2.0); Beams on Enterprise/Cloud tier; Custom pricing

Is Teleport Beams open source?

Yes — Teleport Beams is open source.

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