Check Point Software Technologies acquired Cyata, an Israeli start-up that discovers, governs and controls AI agents inside companies, the cybersecurity company said on February 12, 2026, as it reported its fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results.
Check Point did not disclose the price. Calcalist reported, citing estimates, that Check Point was paying about $150 million in total for Cyata, Cyclops and the team of a third start-up, Rotate, including about $85 million for Cyclops. That leaves Cyata's own price unknown.
Cyata's technology will be built into Check Point's AI Security platform. Check Point's annual report confirmed that it completed the acquisition of Cyata Security Ltd. in February 2026.
What Cyata built
Cyata was founded in Tel Aviv in 2024 by chief executive Shahar Tal, chief technology officer Baruch Weizman and R&D vice president Dror Roth, all graduates of the Israeli army's 8200 intelligence unit, according to Globes. Tal previously worked at Check Point and later in business development at Cellebrite.
Its software maps the AI agents operating in an organisation and links each one to a human owner. It assesses the permissions each agent holds, keeps a forensic record of what agents do, analyses their activity for risk and applies just-in-time access controls so that agents get permissions only when they need them.
Administrators can set guardrails for each agent, for example limiting it to an approved list of MCP servers, the connectors that let AI agents use outside tools and data. When an agent tries something it is not allowed to do, Cyata can block the action or pause the workflow and ask a person to approve it, SiliconANGLE reported.
Tal has argued that AI agents act on their own and at scale while nobody watches what they do. In Check Point's release, the company said Cyata delivers agent discovery across endpoints and SaaS applications, along with context on each agent's configuration and risk.
“Today's announced acquisition of Cyata further expands our AI security stack, enabling full discovery, governance, and control of AI agents as organizations accelerate their AI journeys.”
Why Check Point is buying
Check Point chief executive Nadav Zafrir said the company's strategy for 2026 centres on securing customers' use of AI across the enterprise. The Cyata purchase follows the acquisition of Lakera, an AI security company, which Check Point completed in the fourth quarter of 2025 for about $190 million in net cash.
Check Point said Cyata advances its plan to offer an end-to-end AI security platform for what it calls the agentic world, in which software agents carry out tasks with access to company systems and data.
Roi Karo, Check Point's chief strategy officer, told ISMG that companies are deploying autonomous agents without standard security controls. He said what Cyata built can run on all the endpoints in an organisation, and that Check Point will judge each acquisition by how much it speeds growth in the relevant part of its business rather than by standalone numbers.
The founders and the funding
Cyata came out of stealth in July 2025 with an $8.5 million seed round led by TLV Partners. Kedem Partners and private investors, including former Cellebrite chief executive Yossi Carmil, also took part, Globes reported. Globes reported that the company had about 20 employees when Check Point bought it; ISMG put the figure at 16.
The deal returns Tal to the company where he previously worked, this time as the founder of an acquired business.
Three deals in one day
Check Point announced three purchases alongside its results. Besides Cyata, it bought Cyclops, whose platform maps a company's cyber assets and ranks its security exposures, and hired the team of Rotate, which built a platform for managed service providers. All three are Israeli.
The deals came as Check Point reported fourth-quarter revenue of $745 million, up 6% from a year earlier, and security subscription revenue of $325 million, up 11%.
Investors reacted coolly to the results. SiliconANGLE reported that revenue was slightly below analysts' consensus while adjusted earnings of $3.40 per share beat forecasts, and Check Point's shares fell almost 7% on the day.
