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31 milestones, source-traced.

  1. Jul 24, 2024

    Funding: Lakera closed a $20 million Series A round led by Atomico, with participation from…

    Lakera closed a $20 million Series A round led by Atomico, with participation from Citi Ventures, Dropbox Ventures, and Redalpine.

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  2. Jul 24, 2024

    Funding: Lakera raised a $20 million Series A led by Atomico with participation from Citi…

    Lakera raised a $20 million Series A led by Atomico with participation from Citi Ventures, Dropbox Ventures, and redalpine; no valuation disclosed.

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  3. Aug 1, 2024

    Funding: Protect AI raised a $60 million Series B led by Evolution Equity Partners at…

    Protect AI raised a $60 million Series B led by Evolution Equity Partners at a reported $400 million valuation.

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  4. Aug 1, 2024

    Funding: Protect AI raised a $60.0M Series B led by Evolution Equity Partners at a…

    Protect AI raised a $60.0M Series B led by Evolution Equity Partners at a $400M pre-money / $460M post-money valuation, with new investors including 01 Advisors, StepStone Group, Samsung Electronics, Salesforce Ventures, and Okta Ventures.

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  5. Nov 20, 2024

    Funding: Prompt Security raised an $18M Series A led by Jump Capital, with participation from…

    Prompt Security raised an $18M Series A led by Jump Capital, with participation from Hetz Ventures, Ridge Ventures, Okta, and F5.

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  6. Nov 20, 2024

    Funding: Prompt Security raised an $18M Series A led by Jump Capital with participation from…

    Prompt Security raised an $18M Series A led by Jump Capital with participation from Hetz Ventures, Ridge Ventures, Okta, and F5, bringing total raised to $23M.

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  7. May 12, 2025

    Acquisition: Palo Alto Networks announced the acquisition of Protect AI in a deal valued at…

    Palo Alto Networks announced the acquisition of Protect AI in a deal valued at over $500 million (with some reports citing $700 million), expected to close later in 2025.

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  8. May 12, 2025

    Product Launch: Palo Alto Networks announced a new AI security platform called Prisma AIRS alongside the…

    Palo Alto Networks announced a new AI security platform called Prisma AIRS alongside the Protect AI acquisition announcement.

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  9. May 12, 2025

    Acquisition: Protect AI entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Palo Alto Networks,…

    Protect AI entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Palo Alto Networks, announced at RSA Conference 2025 with reported terms of $500M+ (speculated up to $700M).

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  10. Feb 5, 2026

    Snyk's 'ToxicSkills' research found ~36.8% of 3,984 scanned agent skills had at least one…

    Snyk's 'ToxicSkills' research found ~36.8% of 3,984 scanned agent skills had at least one security flaw; 76 were confirmed malicious.

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  11. Mar 23, 2026

    Product Launch: Palo Alto Networks launched Prisma AIRS 3.0 to secure Agentic AI and unveiled what…

    Palo Alto Networks launched Prisma AIRS 3.0 to secure Agentic AI and unveiled what it called the industry's most secure browser for agentic AI.

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  12. Mar 23, 2026

    Product Launch: Palo Alto Networks introduced Next-Generation Trust Security to automate digital resilience.

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  13. Mar 23, 2026

    Product Launch: Palo Alto Networks launched Prisma AIRS 3.0 to secure agentic AI with advanced controls.

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  14. Mar 23, 2026

    Product Launch: Palo Alto Networks unveiled the industry's most secure browser for agentic AI to support…

    Palo Alto Networks unveiled the industry's most secure browser for agentic AI to support secure AI agent interactions.

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  15. Apr 14, 2026

    Acquisition: Palo Alto Networks completed the acquisition of Koi to secure the agentic endpoint.

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  16. May 12, 2026

    Product Launch: Palo Alto Networks introduced Idira, a next-generation identity security platform built for the AI…

    Palo Alto Networks introduced Idira, a next-generation identity security platform built for the AI enterprise.

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  17. May 12, 2026

    Product Launch: Palo Alto Networks launched Idira, a next-generation Identity Security Platform built for the AI…

    Palo Alto Networks launched Idira, a next-generation Identity Security Platform built for the AI enterprise.

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  18. May 14, 2026

    Acquisition: Palo Alto Networks completed its acquisition of Koi to secure the agentic endpoint.

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  19. May 29, 2026

    Palo Alto Networks completed its acquisition of Portkey (an LLM gateway) in May 2026,…

    Palo Alto Networks completed its acquisition of Portkey (an LLM gateway) in May 2026, folding it into its AI-security stack.

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  20. May 29, 2026

    Acquisition: Palo Alto Networks completed its acquisition of Portkey to secure AI agents (announced April…

    Palo Alto Networks completed its acquisition of Portkey to secure AI agents (announced April 30, 2026).

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  21. May 29, 2026

    Acquisition: Palo Alto Networks completed the acquisition of Portkey to secure AI agents, following its…

    Palo Alto Networks completed the acquisition of Portkey to secure AI agents, following its April 30, 2026 announcement.

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  22. Jun 1, 2026

    HiddenLayer focuses on detecting and defending against attacks on machine-learning models.

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  23. Jun 1, 2026

    Lakera builds real-time guardrails against prompt injection and other LLM/agent attacks.

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  24. Jun 1, 2026

    Prompt Security provides runtime protection and governance for enterprise GenAI and agents.

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  25. Jun 1, 2026

    The EU AI Act's GPAI transparency and enforcement powers activate Aug 2, 2026, with…

    The EU AI Act's GPAI transparency and enforcement powers activate Aug 2, 2026, with the high-risk obligations deferred to Dec 2027.

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  26. Jun 1, 2026

    Agent identity, runtime guardrails, and red-teaming emerged as distinct 2026 sub-categories of AI security.

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  27. Jun 1, 2026

    As agents gain autonomy (executing code, making payments), securing them shifted from prompt-filtering toward…

    As agents gain autonomy (executing code, making payments), securing them shifted from prompt-filtering toward identity and action governance.

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  28. Jun 1, 2026

    Security vendors are consolidating the AI-control-plane (gateway + guardrails + identity) — exemplified by…

    Security vendors are consolidating the AI-control-plane (gateway + guardrails + identity) — exemplified by Palo Alto's Portkey + Protect AI roll-up.

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  29. Jun 1, 2026

    Palo Alto's Prisma AIRS — built in part on its Protect AI acquisition —…

    Palo Alto's Prisma AIRS — built in part on its Protect AI acquisition — is a leading agent/AI security platform.

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  30. Jun 9, 2026

    Partnership: Palo Alto Networks announced a partnership with Deutsche Telekom to deliver AI-driven security with…

    Palo Alto Networks announced a partnership with Deutsche Telekom to deliver AI-driven security with sovereignty controls for European regulated industries.

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  31. Jun 9, 2026

    Partnership: Palo Alto Networks announced a strategic partnership with Deutsche Telekom to deliver AI-driven security…

    Palo Alto Networks announced a strategic partnership with Deutsche Telekom to deliver AI-driven security with sovereignty controls for European regulated industries.

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Milestones merged from 0 curated events, 10 verified facts (with observed dates), and 21 business signals from the last 24 months. Deduped by date + label; curated entries take precedence.

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