F5 is acquiring enterprise AI security pioneer CalypsoAI for $180m in cash, to flesh out its AI protection strategy.
CalypsoAI offers real-time threat defence, red-teaming at scale, and data security to enterprises racing to deploy generative and agentic AI. These capabilities will be integrated into the F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP), to create the “most complete solution for securing AI inference”, maintains F5.
CalypsoAI claims to provide the “only full-lifecycle platform to secure AI models and applications at the inference layer”, deploying its Agentic Warfare technology to protect organisations from evolving adversaries.
Trusted by global enterprises including Palantir and SGK, CalypsoAI’s team of experts are doing the hard miles to ensure security keeps pace with AI innovation, we are told.
Dublin, Ireland-based CalypsoAI was founded in 2018, and has secured over $40m in venture funding from investors including Paladin Capital Group, Lockheed Martin Ventures and Hakluyt Capital. F5 will now acquire all issued and outstanding shares of CalypsoAI, a private company.
“AI is redefining enterprise architecture, and the attack surface companies must defend,” said François Locoh-Donou, president and CEO of F5. “Traditional firewalls and point solutions can’t keep up. The addition of CalypsoAI will give enterprises the confidence to innovate faster and better protect critical data as they rely on F5 to deliver and secure apps, APIs, and AI models across their environment.”
“Enterprises want to move fast with AI while reducing the risk of data leaks, unsafe outputs, or compliance failures,” added Donnchadh Casey, CEO of CalypsoAI. “Our customers rely on us to pressure test AI systems at scale, set inference layer guardrails that adapt as models change, and to gain visibility and auditability across their AI estate. F5 and CalypsoAI are more than the sum of their parts: high performance application delivery and AI security that enable businesses to deliver innovation faster, without increasing risk.”
