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Lakera

AI red teaming and guardrails, now part of Check Point

Human-led engagementsAutomated platformAgents and toolsRuntime guardrails

Lakera, maker of the Gandalf prompt injection game, was bought by Check Point and is now its AI security research center in Zurich. It still sells an expert-led AI red teaming service, with each engagement led by AI security engineers, plus automated red teaming, runtime AI Guardrails and agent and MCP discovery. Its docs map to OWASP LLM Top 10 and MITRE ATLAS.

Best for: Check Point customers who want human-led red teaming and guardrails from one vendor.

Acquired by Check Point (closed Oct 2025)

  • ✓ Maps to OWASP
  • ✓ Maps to MITRE ATLAS
  • – Maps to the EU AI Act
  • ✓ SOC 2 or ISO 27001
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Facts checked November 9, 2026 against the sources listed below. Lakera does not pay to appear here.

1 Legal nameLakera
2 HeadquartersZurich, Switzerland (also San Francisco)
3 Founded2021
4 TeamNot disclosed
5 What they testLLM apps, Agents and tool use, RAG, Multimodal, Prompt injection and jailbreaks, Data leakage, Bias and harms, MCP servers
6 FrameworksOWASP LLM Top 10, MITRE ATLAS
7 CertificationsSOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001:2022, HIPAA (per trust center)
8 Published pricesNot disclosed
9 Customers and partnersTestimonials or logos from Dropbox, Pearson, Hinge Health and NU. Says it works with Snyk on agent security research and with NVIDIA on a case study.

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Worth knowing before you sign

  • Product names are changing under Check Point (Lakera Guard is now “AI Guardrails”).
  • Acquisition price not officially disclosed (about $300M reported).
  • Testing and guardrails come from the same vendor; ask how findings stay independent.

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Sources

  1. Check Point press release: acquisition
  2. Check Point Q3 2025 results: closing date
  3. Vendor: AI red teaming services
  4. Vendor docs: AI Defense Plane
  5. Vendor: trust center

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