OpenAI in Early Talks to Acquire Trail of Bits

Oct 15, 2026
OpenAI is reportedly in early talks to acquire software security firm Trail of Bits. The companies already work together on an initiative that finds and fixes vulnerabilities in open source projects.

OpenAI is in early talks to acquire Trail of Bits, The Information reported, according to AI Weekly. The possible deal has no disclosed value, and the talks could end without an agreement.

Trail of Bits is a New York software security firm founded in 2012, with more than 40 employees. The companies have worked together since June on Patch the Planet, which combines Trail of Bits engineers with OpenAI's Codex and GPT-5.5-Cyber models to find vulnerabilities in open source software.

The initiative produced 37 accepted patches for projects including cURL, Python and Go during its first week. According to the report, OpenAI is trying to build a sizable cybersecurity business.

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