# Check Point AI Security

> Check Point AI Security combines Lakera’s runtime guardrails and red-teaming research with Check Point’s workforce, application, agent and network controls. It helps enterprises find AI use, inspect risky prompts and tool calls, prevent data leaks and enforce policy while AI systems run.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States; roots and AI research in Zurich, Switzerland
- **Founders:** David Haber (Co-founder and CEO of Lakera), Matthias Kraft (Co-founder and chief product officer), Mateo Rojas-Carulla (Co-founder and chief technology officer)
- **Products:** AI Guardrails (formerly Lakera Guard), AI Red Teaming (formerly Lakera Red), Gandalf, Workforce AI Security, AI Agent Security
- **Notable:** Gandalf had more than 1 million players and produced more than 80 million adversarial prompts, according to Check Point., Lakera raised USD 30 million in disclosed seed and Series A financing before acquisition., Check Point disclosed approximately USD 201.8 million total consideration for Lakera in its SEC filing.

## Products & services

- **AI Guardrails (formerly Lakera Guard)** — API and deployable runtime screening for prompt injection, unsafe content, data exposure, model outputs and agent tool interactions.
- **AI Red Teaming (formerly Lakera Red)** — Automated and expert-led testing of LLMs, RAG applications and agents, with remediation guidance.
- **Gandalf** — Public password-extraction game that exposes prompt-injection techniques and contributes adversarial research data.
- **Workforce AI Security** — Discovery, risk assessment, data protection and policy controls for employee use of AI tools.
- **AI Agent Security** — Inventory, risk assessment and runtime controls for agent prompts, tool calls, connected systems and actions.
- **AI Network Firewall** — AI-aware inspection and policy enforcement in Check Point firewall software R82.20.
- **AI Cloud Protect** — Security for AI cloud infrastructure and workloads, developed by Check Point.

## Achievements

- Gandalf had more than 1 million players and produced more than 80 million adversarial prompts, according to Check Point.
- Lakera raised USD 30 million in disclosed seed and Series A financing before acquisition.
- Check Point disclosed approximately USD 201.8 million total consideration for Lakera in its SEC filing.
- Check Point completed the Lakera acquisition on 2025-10-22.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Check Point announced AI Network Firewall as part of R82.20, adding AI-aware inspection to its firewall software.
- **2026-05** — Lakera and Check Point launched a five-session AI security readiness webinar series.
- **2025-10** — Check Point completed the acquisition of Lakera AI AG on October 22.
- **2025-09** — Check Point announced its agreement to acquire Lakera.

## Links

- Website: https://www.checkpoint.com/ai-security/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lakeraai
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/lakeraai
- GitHub: https://github.com/lakeraai
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/lakeraai/

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Last updated: 2026-09-29