Check Point Software Technologies has announced plans to acquire Lakera, an AI-native security firm with offices in Zurich and San Francisco, in a deal that underscores the growing importance of securing artificial intelligence systems. The transaction, expected to close in Q4 2025, will see Zurich become Check Point’s new Global Centre of Excellence for AI Security.
The move positions Check Point as the first cybersecurity vendor to offer an end-to-end AI security stack, covering the full lifecycle of AI – from models and agents to the underlying data.
“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.”
AI adoption is accelerating across industries, with large language models (LLMs), generative AI, and autonomous agents increasingly embedded into business workflows. This trend, however, is also creating new risks, including model manipulation, data exposure, and vulnerabilities in multi-agent collaboration. Analysts warn that as AI becomes more integrated into core systems; the attack surface expands significantly.
Lakera, founded by AI experts from Google and Meta, has established itself as a specialist in AI-native security. The company is trusted by Fortune 500 enterprises and leading technology firms, and its solutions include runtime protection, pre-deployment posture assessments, and continuous adversarial testing through its Gandalf dataset, described as the world’s largest AI adversarial network.
“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.”
Lakera’s platform is designed for scale, with detection rates above 98 percent, latency under 50 milliseconds, and false positives below 0.5 percent. Its research-driven approach, combined with continuous intelligence from adversarial data patterns, positions it as one of the more advanced players in a nascent but fast-evolving market.
For Check Point, the acquisition is part of a broader push to expand its AI security capabilities. The company already offers tools such as GenAI Protect, SaaS and API security, and machine learning-powered defences. Integrating Lakera’s technology into its Infinity architecture is intended to give enterprises a more comprehensive AI defence stack at a time when many are grappling with the risks of rapid adoption.
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