Checkmarx Purchases Tromzo to Boost AI Security Automation

Tromzo Acquisition Adds AI Team and Technology for Automated Security Remediation Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • December 9, 2025

Checkmarx purchased an artificial intelligence security startup run by Medallia's former security leader to accelerate the company's road map toward AI-powered autonomous application security.

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The New York-area application security vendor said its acquisition of Silicon Valley-based Tromzo will dramatically reduce manual workloads and improve the velocity of secure software development, said Checkmarx CEO Sandeep Johri. The deal will bolster Checkmarx's vision of empowering developers, automating remediation for AppSec teams and taking on vulnerabilities arising from AI and agent usage.

"In an enterprise, you can't just build a GPT wrapper, throw an LLM on top of something basic and get it to work," Tromzo co-founder Harshil Parikh told Information Security Media Group. "You ...