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title: "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"
url: https://anawords.com/story/cohere-to-acquire-aisle-ai-security-cohere-cyber
published: 2026-10-16T15:57:48+05:30
updated: 2026-10-16T15:57:48+05:30
section: Safety & Trust
author: Mayank Sahu
checked: sources checked by AI, approved by editor
version: 1
---

# 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.

**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.[^1][^2] 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.[^1][^2]

## 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

- [Confirmed] Cohere and AISLE signed a letter of intent for Cohere to acquire AISLE. (source 1)
- [Confirmed] No price or terms were disclosed, and the deal has not closed. (source 1)
- [Confirmed] AISLE would become a new unit, Cohere Cyber. (source 1,2)
- [Company claim] AISLE’s systems found 18 of the 24 CVEs in curl’s latest release. (source 1,2)
- [Not known] The price and closing date.

## Sources

1. [AISLE: AISLE and Cohere to join forces](https://aisle.com/blog/aisle-and-cohere-to-join-forces) — official
2. [AI Weekly: Cohere signs LOI to buy AISLE](https://aiweekly.co/alerts/cohere-signs-loi-to-buy-aisle-the-ai-vuln-scanner-that-found-18-of-24-curl-flaws)