This effort, supported by AWS, GMI Cloud, and the AI startup ecosystem, will enable more companies to deliver AI solutions their customers can trust.
dallas, May 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — TrendAI™, the enterprise cybersecurity business of Trend Micro Inc. (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), announced today at Computex an initiative aimed at enabling a wide range of AI solution providers to build, validate, and bring secure by design AI to market faster. The program combines AI security expertise, technical enablement, and go-to-market support to help partners safely accelerate without building deep AI security expertise on their own.
Learn more about the TrendAI™ Inception program below.
https://resources.trendmicro.com/TrendAI-Inception-Partner-Program.html
Rachel Jin, TrendAI™ Chief Platform and Business Officer: “AI is moving into production faster than most organizations are prepared to secure it. But as customer interest grows, so too does scrutiny of threat actors. Many AI builders lack dedicated security teams or experience defending AI systems at scale. We offer unique expertise that helps bring solutions to market faster, enabling companies to turn innovation into real, enterprise-ready outcomes.”
AI startups may innovate rapidly, but enterprise customers buy based on trust, governance, and security maturity. trend AITM It helps bridge that gap.
The program is designed to help emerging AI providers accelerate their AI maturity across the entire AI stack, including models, pipelines, agents, and data, through technical enablement, AI security benefits, and partner-focused benefits.
- AI red or purple teaming service (with preferred partner discounts) — conducted by TrendAITM Experts validate the resiliency of AI applications against prompt injection, jailbreak, system prompt leakage, and tool abuse scenarios, and benchmark against OWASP LLM Top 10 and MITER ATLAS frameworks using validation reports. Ship with confidence — secure by design.
- free credits — 6 months of free access to TrendAI Vision One™ AI Security to test and validate in your development or PoC environment.
- Integration and realization — Reference architectures, SDKs/APIs, and integration examples for popular AI development frameworks.
- Customer-ready security assets — White papers and solution briefs to help you communicate the value of AI security to your customers.
- AI security advisory and mentorship : Structured training and expert guidance covering AI security best practices, threat awareness, and implementation recommendations for development teams.
- Co-marketing and awareness To customers— Expand your reach and connect with customers looking for qualified AI partners by collaborating on TrendAI™ Spark events and listing in the TrendAI™ Partner Locator.
TrendAI™ partners, including GMI Cloud, are building and deploying platforms that power the next wave of AI-powered innovation. The Inception program was designed in direct response to requests from AI startups that require reliable security validation to accelerate enterprise adoption.
Alex Yeh, Founder and CEO of GMI Cloud: “As enterprises move AI from experimentation to large-scale deployment, security is becoming a critical part of the AI infrastructure stack.At GMI Cloud, we are focused on providing scalable AI infrastructure and inference platforms built for real-world enterprise adoption.We also recognize that AI brings new attack surfaces across models, agents, data pipelines, and inference workflows. By combining infrastructure and TrendAI™’s decades of cybersecurity expertise, we help our customers deploy AI with greater confidence. We deliver more secure, scalable, and enterprise-ready AI deployments by strengthening governance and operational reliability.”
Robin Wong, COO of Ontonics Lab Co., an AI-native industrial intelligence startup backed by LCY Group and Eternal Materials.“At Ontonics Lab, cybersecurity is a fundamental part of our product design philosophy. As an AI-native platform serving industry, we must ensure the highest standards of security, reliability, and trust from day one. TrendAI™’s Purple Teaming experts validate our architecture, uncover vulnerabilities that may have been overlooked, and help harden our platform before launch. This independent TrendAI™ Validation strengthens customer trust and provides a clear competitive advantage when delivering AI-native solutions to industrial companies. ”
As part of TrendAI Vision One™ AI Security, Inception Program partners will have access to an AI security package that includes data and security posture management, real-time scanning tools, secure access, agent SIEM, and more.
To learn more about the Inception program, visit Trend Micro’s COMPUTEX Taipei event booth. https://go.trendmicro.com/tw/business/COMPUTEX2026_event/
About TrendAI™
TrendAI™, Trend Micro’s global AI security leader and enterprise business unit, provides organizations with complete AI visibility and integrated security to inspire trust, drive innovation, and eliminate risk. Trusted by the largest enterprises and governments in 185 countries, TrendAI™ protects your entire organization, from identity to infrastructure to data. Leveraging world-leading threat and attack intelligence, the world’s Fortune 500 companies rely on TrendAI™ to reduce risk and stop threats up to three months in advance. AI Don’t be afraid.
Source: Trend AI
