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AI security and compliance Supplier to the AI builders

Lakera

Zurich firm whose Lakera Guard and Lakera Red products protect AI apps from attacks and test them before launch.

Value
About $300M, the price Check Point is reported to pay (estimate, not officially disclosed)
Based in
Zurich, Switzerland
Listed
Private
Why it is winning

Its tools guard AI apps against prompt attacks, a risk for any company running a chatbot.

The risk to watch

The price is an estimate, and the sources do not confirm the deal has closed.

Money coming in

Who pays Lakera, and for what.

Money going out

Who Lakera pays to do what it does.

No suppliers of Lakera mapped yet.

Where it sits on the map

Competitors and neighbours

Google
GOOGL

Makes Gemini, the assistant built into Android, Search and Workspace.

25% of AI chip supply (Epoch AI)

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Palo Alto Networks
PANW

Large firewall and security company that bought Protect AI to add AI model security to its Prisma AIRS platform.

Next-generation security ARR of $8.13B, up 60% year on year (Q3 FY26, reported)

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Wiz

Cloud security platform that finds risks across a company's cloud accounts, now owned by Google.

Reported above $1B ARR during 2025, from unnamed sources (press)

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Check Point
CHKP

Israeli cyber firm that agreed to buy Lakera to add AI security to its products.

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Protect AI
Supplier

Startup that secures AI and machine learning models, now being bought by Palo Alto Networks.

Price not disclosed (Palo Alto deal announced Apr 2025)

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CrowdStrike
CRWD

Endpoint and cloud security company that is adding protection for AI agents and AI apps.

Ending ARR about $5.84B, up 25% year on year (quarter to 31 Jul 2026)

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Vanta

Automates compliance work, such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001 audits, for companies that sell software.

About $300M ARR (Apr 2026, Sacra estimate). A company profile says over $300M, not confirmed

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Credo AI
Supplier

Governance platform that helps companies track and document their AI models and the rules they follow.

No figure found

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Noma Security
Supplier

Startup that secures AI agents by watching what they do and what they are allowed to access.

About $400M (Globes, unnamed sources, not officially disclosed)

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Sources: en.globes.co.il

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