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Aikido buys Israel’s Root to patch open source with AI

https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/07/root-founders.avif

A Belgian cybersecurity unicorn has bought an Israeli startup with an unusual trick. Its AI agents fix an open-source flaw without breaking the app that depends on it, something most security tools cannot do.

Aikido Security, based in Ghent, became Europe’s fastest cybersecurity company to reach a $1bn valuation in January. It has now acquired Root. Aikido did not disclose a price. Israeli outlet Calcalist reported a figure of between $70mn and $100mn. Aikido will also open a development centre in Israel. It plans to absorb all of Root’s roughly 25 staff, most of them in Tel Aviv.

The target is a problem every software company knows and few have solved. Open source is everywhere, and it is full of holes. Almost every application leans on open-source packages, which makes them a favourite way in for attackers. Log4Shell, the critical bug found in Log4j back in 2021, still runs...

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