Palo Alto Networks has confirmed that You will Buy the startup specialized in the protection of IA systems and models and Machine Learning applications Protect you. The terms of the purchase agreement are unknown, as well as the Price you will pay to take it, unless the agreement is expected to close during the first quarter of fiscal year 2026 of the company.
This step will serve to integrate Protect AI solutions into the Prisma Airs platform, which Palo Alto Networks has recently announced. In addition, the Protect AI professionals will also be integrated into its workforce.
Protect AI, founded in 2022 in Seattle (United States) is to help companies monitor the layers and components of their Machine Learning systems. Precisely, Palo Alto Networks has been reinforcing its AI systems for a while to deal with sophisticated cyberames. The adoption of AI models ecosystems, developed very quickly, has led to the risk of appearance of new vulnerabilities and forms of attack.
Several companies, among which is Palo Alto Networks, have been ensuring that this type of risks requires defense systems specifically for the threats driven by AI. Hence this operation is designed to boost its defenses in this aspect.
Precisely, Anand Oswald, vice president and head of Palo Alto Networksstressed that «As applications based on AI become a fundamental element for companies, they bring risks that traditional security tools cannot properly manage. By expanding our AI security capabilities to include innovative protection solutions for AI safety, companies will be able to create AI applications with comprehensive security. With the incorporation of the solution portfolio and the Team of Protect AI experts, Palo Alto Networks will be in a privileged position to offer a wide range of solutions that meet the current needs of their clients, in addition to being able to continue innovating in the development of new solutions necessary for this panorama of such dynamic threats«.
For its part, Ian Swanson, CEO of Protect AI, and one of its foundershe commented that «Uniting forces with Palo Alto Networks will allow us to expand our mission to make the IA panorama safer for users and organizations of all sizes. We are very excited about the opportunity to unite a company that shares its vision and provides the operational scale and the cybersecurity experience necessary to amplify its impact worldwide«.
