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Protect AI

AI and ML security platform for protecting AI systems

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Acquired★4.7rating137 viewsPricing · FreemiumStable

What happened to Protect AI?

Protect AI was acquired by Palo Alto Networks in 2025.

Palo Alto Networks completed its acquisition of Protect AI on Jul 22, 2025; the technology now feeds its Prisma AIRS platform.

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The FalcoScan Intel PanelProtect AI · Security
Data updated 1 November 2026
Opportunity
High
Band
Saturation
Open
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Stable
Market trend
Rating
4.7
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Protect AI does

Protect AI secures machine learning models and AI infrastructure from attacks like model theft, poisoning, and adversarial inputs. The platform scans ML pipelines, model registries, and AI APIs for security vulnerabilities.

How Protect AI compares with its closest alternatives

None of the 5 closest alternatives has a free plan, but Protect AI does. Only Pentera lists a starting price, $10000 a month. All 5 offer an API, as Protect AI does. Protect AI offers a web app. Of the alternatives, all 5 offer a web app. Protect AI was founded in 2022; the alternatives were founded between 2013 and 2015, 5 of them earlier. Protect AI is based in Seattle, United States; 1 of its 5 alternatives is in the United States too, and the others in the United Kingdom and Israel.

Market position · Security

How Protect AI compares in Security

Protect AI has high opportunity and sits in the top third of 361 live Security tools on FalcoScan. Across Security, the average opportunity score is 70.4 and the average saturation score 33. FalcoScan rates Protect AI's own market position as open. 121 of the 361 operating Security tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 1 shutdown in the category.

Protect AI compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
Protect AIFounded 2022 · Seattle, United StatesHighOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIStable
DarktraceFounded 2013 · Cambridge, United KingdomHighOpenPaid—NoYesWeb, APIHot
Darktrace AI CyberFounded 2013 · Cambridge, United KingdomHighOpenPaid—NoYesWeb, APIHot
PenteraFounded 2015 · Petah Tikva, IsraelHighOpenPaid$10000/moNoYesWeb, APIHot
Pentera Pentesting AIFounded 2015 · Petah Tikva, IsraelHighOpenPaid—NoYesWeb, APIHot
Rubrik Security CloudFounded 2014 · Palo Alto, United StatesHighOpenPaid—NoYesWeb, APIHot

Exact opportunity and saturation scores for all 6 of these, and where each ranks in Security.

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Protect AI exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
ClassificationAnomaly DetectionAgents
Industry Verticals
EnterpriseFinancial ServicesTechnology
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Questions

Protect AI: common questions

Is Protect AI still running?

Protect AI was acquired by Palo Alto Networks in 2025. Palo Alto Networks completed its acquisition of Protect AI on Jul 22, 2025; the technology now feeds its Prisma AIRS platform.

Who acquired Protect AI?

Palo Alto Networks acquired Protect AI in 2025 (paloaltonetworks.com).

Source: paloaltonetworks.com ↗

Is Protect AI free?

Protect AI has a free tier, with paid plans.

What are the best alternatives to Protect AI?

The closest alternatives to Protect AI that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Darktrace, Darktrace AI Cyber, Pentera, Pentera Pentesting AI, and Rubrik Security Cloud.

Where is Protect AI based?

Protect AI is headquartered in Seattle, United States.

Does Protect AI have an API?

Yes. Protect AI offers an API.

Who is Protect AI for?

Protect AI is built for ai engineers, security teams, and mlops teams.

How do I sign in to Protect AI?

Sign in on Protect AI's own website, paloaltonetworks.com. FalcoScan reviews Protect AI but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Protect AI directly.

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