Cybersecurity firm Check Point Software Technologies has signed deals to acquire three Israeli startups to double down on local technology to protect companies’ cloud networks and applications from artificial intelligence-driven hacking attacks.
The value of the deal was not disclosed, but is estimated to be around $150 million.
“AI advances are happening faster than most security teams can keep up,” said Roy Caro, Check Point’s chief strategy officer. “As AI changes the way we work and carry out attacks, Check Point believes organizations need to rewire security for the AI era. It’s not about adding more tools, it’s about rethinking how security is designed and operated when AI is used by both attackers and defenders.”
“As AI becomes central to business operations, new assets and attack surfaces, including applications, models, and autonomous agents, require dedicated AI security that protects, rather than limits, innovation,” Caro said.
To help businesses and organizations improve the security of their computer networks and workspaces, Check Point announced Thursday the acquisition of three early-stage startups. cybersecurity companies Cyclops Security and Rotate;
“Our strategy for 2026 is focused on securing our customers’ AI transformation across the enterprise,” said Nadav Zafrir, CEO of Check Point. “The acquisition of Cyata announced today further expands our AI security stack and enables complete discovery, governance, and control of AI agents as organizations accelerate their AI journeys.”
Tel Aviv-based Cyata was founded in 2024 by CEO Shahar Tal, an alumnus of the IDF 8200 elite intelligence unit. Dr. Ross, CTO. Baruch Weizman, vice president of research and development, and a small team of security researchers, engineers, and digital forensics experts participated. The startup was founded in July with $8.5 million in seed funding led by TLV Partners. Cyata says its software platform addresses the security gap created by AI agents and digital employees having unrestricted access to enterprise systems without governance, oversight or identity management.
The platform continuously scans both desktop and cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) environments to track all AI identities and their permissions, assess risk, and map each to a human owner and permissions. As AI agents rapidly become part of the enterprise workforce, this platform is designed to give security and IT teams visibility and control over non-human actors.
Founded in 2022 by CEO Eran Zilberman, CTO Elay Gueta, and CPO Biran Franco, Cyclops is a developer of a contextual cybersecurity search platform that leverages generative AI to gather information to answer critical and timely questions about the state of an organization’s security data across workspaces and applications, addressing vulnerabilities and cyberthreats.
Founded in 2023 by CEO Ro’ee Margalit and CTO Avidan Barak, Rotate is a developer of a comprehensive cybersecurity platform for protecting the digital assets run by businesses and their employees from email, devices, data, and external applications.
Check Point, whose shares are traded on the Nasdaq, has a market capitalization of about $19 billion. It was founded in 1993 by IDF Unit 8200 veterans Gil Schwed, Marius Nacht, and Shlomo Kramer. Over the past seven years, Check Point has acquired 24 startups around the world, including 11 in Israel.
Check Point’s string of acquisitions comes after Santa Clara, Calif.-based cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks completed its $25 billion acquisition of Israel’s CyberArk to strengthen its cyber services with identity security against emerging AI threats.
