Check Point Adds AI Application Defense With Lakera Purchase

Acquisition Pairs GenAI User Protection With Controls for AI Agents, Models, Apps Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • September 16, 2025

Check Point Software bought an artificial intelligence security startup founded by a longtime AI practitioner to provide end-to-end security for AI usage and applications.

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The Silicon Valley-based platform security behemoth said its acquisition of San Francisco-based Lakera will address the dual challenge of protecting employee AI usage and securing AI-powered applications. The companies aim to integrate Lakera's capabilities into Check Point's GenAI Protect product as well as the company's broader security infrastructure, including WAFs, network firewalls and email security.

"The scale and complexity of how these agents interact with each other is just beyond anything we've seen before," Lakera founder and CEO David Haber told Information Security Media Group ...