In the upcoming fourth quarter of 2025, Check Point is set to finalize a USD 300 million purchase of Lakera, provided that usual requirements are met.
Check Point Acquires Lakera for $300 Million to Offer End-to-End AI Security Solution
In a significant move aimed at bolstering AI security for enterprises, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd has agreed to acquire Lakera, a global provider of AI-native security platforms. The deal, valued at approximately USD 300 million, is expected to close in Q4 of 2025, subject to customary conditions.
Lakera, founded in 2021 by AI experts with experience at Google and Meta, operates research hubs in Zurich and San Francisco. Its platform is reinforced by Gandalf, a leading adversarial AI network with over 80 million attack patterns. Lakera supports over 100 languages and reports high detection rates with low latency and minimal false positives.
The main objective of the acquisition is to offer an end-to-end AI security solution for enterprises. Lakera's flagship offerings, Lakera Red and Lakera Guard, focus on pre-deployment risk assessment and real-time runtime enforcement for large language models, AI agents, and multimodal workflows.
Check Point aims to address the rising risks in the AI field by combining its Infinity architecture with Lakera's runtime protection. This integration will enable security across the full lifecycle of AI models, agents, and data.
Threats such as data leakage, prompt injection, model manipulation, and risks from autonomous decision-making have become critical areas of concern for enterprises. As more and more businesses embed generative AI, large language models, and autonomous agents into core operations, expanding potential attack surfaces, the need for robust AI security solutions has never been greater.
Following the acquisition, Lakera will serve as the foundation for Check Point's Global Center of Excellence for AI Security. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025.
Lakera was co-founded by former Google and Meta AI experts, including David Haber, but the exact names of all founders have not been explicitly detailed in the sources. The company was acquired by Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
This acquisition marks a significant step forward in Check Point's strategy to provide a comprehensive security solution for enterprises adopting artificial intelligence at scale. The integration of Check Point's portfolio with Lakera's AI protection tools promises to deliver a robust and comprehensive solution to the growing challenges in the AI security landscape.
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