Check Point Software Technologies has completed its acquisition of Lakera, a Zurich-based AI-native security firm, in a deal that redefines how enterprises will secure the next generation of AI-driven systems. The merger creates the industry’s first unified AI Security Platform, designed to protect every layer of AI adoption — from data infrastructure and model development to agent behaviour and runtime security.
The acquisition positions Check Point as one of the only major cybersecurity vendors offering true end-to-end AI protection, combining its prevention-first architecture with Lakera’s expertise in adversarial testing and AI-native detection.
Securing the Internet of Agents
As AI agents begin performing autonomous decision-making across industries, Check Point said the new platform will secure “the entire AI lifecycle.” With AI expected to power trillions of automated interactions daily, the company warned that AI agents could soon replace humans as the weakest link in cybersecurity if left unprotected.
Lakera’s red-teaming community, Gandalf, will play a key role by simulating real-world attacks to continuously harden enterprise AI models. “The integration of Lakera’s AI-native guardrails with our Infinity architecture creates the foundation for AI Transformation Security — a new category that safeguards AI innovation at scale,” Check Point stated.
A New Market Frontier: AI Transformation Security
Industry analysts see the acquisition as Check Point’s move into a fast-growing domain bridging AI governance, cybersecurity, and compliance. According to Markets & Markets, the AI in cybersecurity market is expected to grow from USD 22.4 billion in 2023 to USD 60.6 billion by 2028, while Grand View Research projects it could reach nearly USD 94 billion by 2030.
By embedding prevention-first, AI-native security across applications and infrastructure, Check Point aims to address the risks of data manipulation, misinformation, and model exploitation that existing security tools weren’t built to handle.
“AI innovation without protection creates unacceptable operational and reputational risk,” the company said, adding that AI-native defense must evolve as fast as AI itself.
Expanding Check Point’s Market and Mission
Founded in Zurich, Lakera has built one of the most advanced AI risk prevention platforms in the world, protecting Fortune 500 companies and technology leaders from model manipulation and data poisoning attacks. Its real-time adaptive defense system evolves using insights from Gandalf’s global adversarial testing community.
For Check Point, this acquisition is both strategic and symbolic — signalling its transition from the Cloud Security era to the AI Security era. By uniting infrastructure-level prevention with AI-native detection and response, the company aims to make AI transformation inherently secure rather than reactive.
