Check Point Software Technologies is set to acquire Lakera, a Zurich and San Francisco-based startup specialising in AI-native security, in a move that highlights the growing urgency around safeguarding artificial intelligence systems. The deal, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025, will also see Zurich become Check Point’s Global Centre of Excellence for AI Security.
For Check Point, the acquisition represents a strategic step into a rapidly emerging market. The cybersecurity vendor says the integration of Lakera’s technology will make it the first company able to offer an end-to-end AI security stack, covering models, agents, and the data that powers them.
“AI is transforming every business process, but it also introduces new attack surfaces,” said Nadav Zafrir, CEO at Check Point Software Technologies. “We chose Lakera because it brings AI-native security, superior precision, and speed at scale. Together we are setting the benchmark for how enterprises adopt and trust AI.”
As organisations embed large language models (LLMs), generative AI, and autonomous agents into their operations, security challenges are multiplying. From model manipulation to data leakage and risks arising from autonomous decision-making, enterprises are under pressure to manage a new and complex attack surface.
Lakera has quickly established itself as a specialist in this field. Trusted by Fortune 500 companies and leading tech firms, the company combines pre-deployment security assessments, runtime protection, and continuous adversarial testing. Its AI platform is underpinned by Gandalf, billed as the world’s largest AI adversarial dataset, and is designed to deliver sub-50 millisecond latency with detection rates above 98 percent.
“Lakera was purpose-built for the AI era, with real-time runtime security and research at its core,” said David Haber, Co-Founder and CEO at Lakera. “Joining Check Point allows us to accelerate and scale our mission globally. Together we will protect LLMs, generative AI, and agents with the speed, accuracy, and guardrails enterprises need to embrace AI with confidence.”
Founded by former Google and Meta researchers, Lakera operates major AI R&D centres in Zurich and San Francisco. Its products, Lakera Red and Lakera Guard, are aimed at securing LLMs, AI agents and multimodal workflows, adapting constantly to evolving threats through continuous intelligence.
Check Point already offers AI-driven tools such as GenAI Protect and machine learning-powered defenses. By folding Lakera’s capabilities into its Infinity architecture, the company is aiming to provide what it calls one of the first complete AI security stacks available to enterprises.
The acquisition also signals a wider industry trend: as AI adoption accelerates, the need for purpose-built AI security solutions is moving from optional to essential.
