Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) platform provider Cato Networks has acquired Aim Security, which provides a platform to help enterprises leverage AI with reduced risk.
Founded in 2022 to help organizations with the secure deployment of generative-AI utilities, Aim emerged from stealth in January 2024 with $10 million seed funding. The company raised an additional $18 million in June 2025.
The move is Cato’s first-ever acquisition and will expand the Cato SASE Cloud Platform, enabling secure enterprise adoption of AI agents and applications.
Aim’s security solution spans three AI security use cases, including securing employee use of public AI applications, securing private AI applications and AI agents, and securing the agentic AI development lifecycle.
“AI transformation will eclipse digital transformation as the main force that will shape enterprises over the next decade,” said Shlomo Kramer, CEO and co-founder of Cato Networks. “With the acquisition of Aim Security, we’re turbo-charging our SASE platform with advanced AI security capabilities to secure our customers’ journey into the new and exciting AI era.”
Aim’s research team recently uncovered the first reported CVE of a zero-click AI vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Copilot, dubbed “EchoLeak” (CVE-2025-32711).
Aim Security was founded by Matan Getz (CEO) and Adir Gruss (CTO), both alumni of the IDF intelligence Unit 8200 where they broke and built AI systems – including developing a major data science defensive AI project for the unit.
Cato said customers with current AI security requirements can deploy Aim today, and that it will offer Aim capabilities as part of the Cato SASE Cloud Platform in early 2026.
In addition to announcing the acquisition of Aim, Cato said it has surpassed $300 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) and has extended its Series G financing round (announced in June) with an additional $50 million investment from Acrew Capital, bringing the total amount of the Series G round to $409 million.
Cato has raised a more than $1 billion in funding to date.
*Updated to correct amounts of Series G funding and total amount raised.
