Canadian AI lab Cohere said on Thursday it signed a letter of intent to buy cybersecurity startup AISLE. The deal aims to boost threat detection for enterprise clients. Cohere said, "Increasingly capable AI systems are transforming both cybersecurity and the threats organizations face." This move follows their $20 billion merger.
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Cohere has taken a significant step in the cybersecurity arena by signing a letter of intent to acquire AISLE, an AI-driven startup focused on detecting software vulnerabilities. This move comes after Cohere's substantial $20 billion merger with Aleph Alpha. By integrating AISLE's capabilities, the aim is to elevate cybersecurity measures for both enterprise and public sectors, enhancing their threat detection potential.
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Canadian AI lab Cohere said on Thursday it had signed a letter of intent to buy AISLE, a San Francisco-based cybersecurity startup that uses AI to detect vulnerabilities in software.
The tie-up would add cybersecurity to the business entity Cohere is assembling through its merger with Germany's Aleph Alpha, a combination reported to be worth about $20 billion, and extend its European footprint with AISLE's engineering hub in Prague.
Cohere said the acquisition reflected its continued investment in Europe and would deepen its presence across the region, strengthening European AI.
The deal is aimed at boosting the combined group's security and threat detection capabilities for enterprise and public sector clients, with private deployment available on the customer's own system.
"Increasingly capable AI systems are transforming both cybersecurity and the threats organizations face, and defensive capabilities must advance just as quickly," Cohere said.
AISLE was founded in 2025 by Ondrej Vlcek, former CEO of Czech antivirus maker Avast, with co-founders from Google DeepMind and Anthropic.
AISLE said its AI found more than 500 new bugs in widely used software in its first year, including 12 vulnerabilities in OpenSSL, a free program that encrypts internet traffic for banks, governments and messaging apps, which were fixed after their discovery.
The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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