Cohere signs a letter of intent to buy AISLE, the AI security start-up whose scanners found 18 of 24 flaws in curl’s latest release
AISLE would become Cohere Cyber, a new security unit. No price was disclosed and the deal has not closed.
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In short
Canadian AI company Cohere signed a letter of intent on 15 October 2026 to acquire AISLE, a start-up that uses AI to find software vulnerabilities. AISLE says its systems have found more than 500 new CVEs, including 18 of the 24 in curl’s latest release. No price was disclosed.
What was announced
AISLE said on 15 October 2026 that it and Cohere have “signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) for Cohere to acquire AISLE”.1 A letter of intent is not a final agreement, and the deal has not closed.1 No price or terms were disclosed.1
When the deal completes, AISLE will form Cohere Cyber, a new unit bringing security products to Cohere’s customers, and AISLE’s Prague headquarters will become Cohere’s Prague office.1
What AISLE does
AISLE builds AI systems that search code for security flaws. It says that since leaving stealth about a year ago it has found more than 500 previously unknown vulnerabilities that received CVE identifiers, across more than 100 codebases.12 It says it found all 12 vulnerabilities in OpenSSL’s January security release and 18 of the 24 CVEs in the latest release of curl, the widely used data-transfer tool.12
Who joins Cohere
- AISLE chief executive Ondrej Vlcek will lead Cohere Cyber as senior vice president.1
- Jaya Baloo will become Cohere’s global chief information security officer.1
- Stanislav Fort will become vice president of AI security, working with Cohere co-founder and CTO Ivan Zhang.1
Why it matters
AI models are increasingly used both to find and to exploit software flaws. Cohere, which sells AI models to businesses, says the aim is to bring autonomous security systems “closer to the development of frontier-class foundation models”.1
What is not known
The price, the expected closing date and whether regulators must approve.1
Fact ledger
How labels workQuestions readers ask
Has Cohere bought AISLE?
Not yet. They signed a letter of intent; the acquisition has not closed.
What is Cohere Cyber?
A new Cohere unit, to be formed from AISLE, that will sell security products to Cohere’s customers.
How much is Cohere paying?
The price has not been disclosed.