Palo Alto Networks Announces Intent to Acquire Agentic Endpoint Company

Palo Alto Networks has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Koi, a company competing in the agentic endpoint security space. The move is expected to help Palo Alto Networks protect AI-native ecosystems in which modern AI agents and tools can actively read, write, and move data. Specific exploits include authentication bypass, API-based remote code execution, and the hijacking of credentials to weaponize trusted automation.

After the close of the acquisition, Koi’s agentic endpoint security will extend to Palo Alto Networks’ Prisma AIRS, the company’s AI security platform. This integration is expected to broaden coverage across critical AI-driven operations. Concurrently, it also promises to enhance Cortex XDR’s endpoint security solution providing significant visibility into the AI attack surface to improve security policy and malware prevention.

“AI agents and tools are the ultimate insiders,” said Lee Klarich, Chief Product & Technology Officer, at Palo Alto Networks. “They have full access to your systems and data, but operate entirely outside the view of traditional security controls. By acquiring Koi, we will be closing this gap and setting a new standard for endpoint security. We will give our customers the visibility and control required to safely harness the power of AI—ensuring that every agent, plugin, and script is governed, verified, and secure.”

“We founded Koi to secure the next frontier of risk,” said Koi CEO and co-founder Amit Assaraf. “Joining forces with Palo Alto Networks will allow us to scale our technology to the world’s largest organizations, delivering protection that makes work on the modern AI-native endpoint secure by design.”

Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Channel Impact^®
The acquisition is intended to help eliminate the AI security gap by establishing agentic endpoint security as the next frontier of enterprise risk reduction.