Cato Buys Aim at a High Premium, Underscoring the Fierce Race to Secure AI

4 September, 2025

Cato Networks’ landmark $350 million acquisition of Aim Security underscores the global rush into AI security and positions the company at the forefront of the artificial intelligence era

[Photo: Cato Networks founder Shlomo Kramer. Credit: Leonid Yakubov]

Cato Networks announced the acquisition of Israeli cybersecurity start-up Aim Security, in a deal valued by financial media at around $350 million. The figure is striking for a company founded only in 2022 that had raised just $28 million to date.

The acquisition, Cato’s first, reflects the extraordinary buzz around AI security and the urgent need for larger companies to stay ahead of competitors.

Alongside the deal, Cato reported it has surpassed $300 million in annual recurring revenue and expanded its most recent funding round to $409 million with an additional investment from Acrew Capital. Shlomo Kramer, Cato’s co-founder and CEO, said the AI revolution is likely to eclipse the digital revolution. Integrating Aim’s technology into the Cato SASE Cloud, he added, will allow enterprises to adopt AI agents and public or private AI applications securely.

Aim Security has positioned itself as a pioneer in enterprise AI security, offering a comprehensive portfolio across three pillars: securing employee use of public AI applications, real-time protection of internal AI agents and applications via a dedicated firewall, and lifecycle security management for AI app development. The platform combines endpoint sensors to monitor usage, a unique engine that detects attacks in real time, and an AI-SPM system that identifies vulnerabilities during training. This gives Aim a full-stack security framework – from the individual employee all the way up to complex enterprise systems.

The deal represents an unusually high return for Aim’s investors, at an estimated 12–13 times total invested capital. Compared with other cyber acquisitions, the premium highlights the market’s urgency around AI security. Palo Alto Networks’ $650–700 million purchase of Protect AI and SentinelOne’s $250 million acquisition of Prompt Security illustrate a broader global push to lock down strategic positions in the space. For Cato, the Aim deal is more than just a technological upgrade – it’s a cornerstone of its strategy. As enterprises rapidly adopt AI while fearing potential risks, Cato can now offer them an integrated solution: a secure SASE-based network paired with a dedicated AI security layer.

The combination of Cato’s transparency and modular SASE platform with Aim’s all-encompassing security suite positions the company to emerge as a key player in the fast-developing AI security market in the coming years.

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