Fortinet acquires Virtue AI to expand automated testing and guardrails for AI security
Fortinet is acquiring Virtue AI, whose platform automates red-teaming and compliance oversight for AI models, conversational apps, and autonomous agents. It simulates enterprise scenarios to test tool use and multi-step workflows, and applies real-time runtime guardrails across text, code, audio, video, and images. Fortinet plans to use Virtue’s agent protection, governance, and continuous AI validation; deal terms were undisclosed and said to be immaterial to Fortinet.
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