Yesterday, Check Point announced that it had entered into an agreement to acquire Lakera, an AI-native security platform for Agentic AI applications. It has been revealed that the acquisition has cost $300m. By joining forces with Lakera, Check Point sets a new standard in cybersecurity, becoming able to deliver a full end-to-end AI security stack designed to protect enterprises as they accelerate their AI journey.
In an effort to accelerate innovation, businesses are increasingly integrating large language models, generative AI, and autonomous agents into their core operations. However, this also widens their security vulnerabilities. The risks range from data leaks and model manipulation to new threats introduced by multi-agent collaboration and autonomous decision-making. Customers, too, are sceptical of the security of agentic AI. New research by Salt Security found that 62% of consumers believe chatbots are more vulnerable to manipulation by hackers than their human counterparts. Clearly, organisations have a long way to go to secure AI and win over consumer trust. A real-time, AI-native security approach is no longer optional – it’s essential for business survival.
Nadav Zafrir, CEO at Check Point Software Technologies, said: “AI is transforming every business process, but it also introduces new attack surfaces. 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.”
Check Point already secures AI transformation through GenAI Protect, SaaS and API security, advanced data loss prevention, and machine learning-powered defenses for applications, cloud, and endpoints. With Lakera, Check Point extends these capabilities to deliver one of the industry’s first end-to-end AI security stack. By combining Lakera’s runtime protection with the AI-powered Check Point Infinity architecture, enterprises can secure the full lifecycle of AI – models, agents and data – enabling them to innovate with confidence, at scale, and without compromise.
“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 AI experts from Google and Meta, Lakera was engineered specifically for AI-native environments. The company operates major AI R&D centres in Zurich and San Francisco. Its flagship solutions, Lakera Red and Lakera Guard, provide pre-deployment posture assessments and real-time runtime enforcement to protect LLMs, AI agents, and multimodal workflows. Lakera’s platform combines advanced runtime protection with continuous red teaming, reinforced by Gandalf, a worldwide leader of adversarial AI network. This unique approach ensures evolving defences that stay ahead of emerging AI threats, giving enterprises confidence to deploy AI securely and at scale. Lakera is trusted by Fortune 500 enterprises worldwide and powered by a team of 11 PhDs, ensuring both technical rigor and enterprise-grade resilience.
The platform has a strong track record of performance at scale, with a detection rate of over 98% and low latency. This allows it to protect AI applications without affecting their speed or accuracy. Using a database of over 80 million adversarial patterns, the platform continuously adapts to new AI threats. It also supports more than 100 languages, providing global coverage.
Upon closing, Lakera will form the foundation of Check Point’s Global Center of Excellence for AI Security, accelerating AI security research, innovation, and integration across the Check Point Infinity Platform.
The transaction is expected to close in Q4 2025, subject to customary closing conditions.
