OpenAI pursues acquisition of Trail of Bits security firm that fixes open-source vulnerabilities
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OpenAI is pursuing an acquisition of Trail of Bits, a security company known for finding and fixing vulnerabilities in open-source software, The Information reported on Oct. 13 local time. OpenAI is in early talks with the company, though the discussions could fall apart, the report said, citing sources. Trail of Bits, founded in 2012, supports maintenance of open-source projects and recently began a patching initiative with OpenAI.
- Writer Chi-gyu Hwang
- published 2026-10-14 14:12:44
- updated 2026-10-14 14:13:03
OpenAI is pursuing an acquisition of Trail of Bits, a security company that specialises in finding and fixing security vulnerabilities in open-source software, The Information reported on Oct. 13 local time.
OpenAI is holding early acquisition talks with Trail of Bits, the report said. The size of the deal is not known. Talks are ongoing and could fall apart, The Information said sources told it.
This year, OpenAI and Anthropic have competed over developing specialised AI to find software vulnerabilities. Trail of Bits would help OpenAI expand its security business, The Information said.
Trail of Bits, founded in 2012, has also supported maintenance of open-source projects.
Trail of Bits launched a software patch project, Patch the Planet, with OpenAI in June. Trail of Bits employees are using OpenAI Codex and security-focused models to find and fix bugs in open-source projects such as Python. Dan Guido (댄 귀도), Trail of Bits' CEO, said, "Thanks to Codex, we were able to deliver in a day what would have taken weeks."
OpenAI has also recently hired Dally Rajic (달리 라직), a former executive at Google-owned cloud security company Wiz, as chief revenue officer.
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