Acquiring Company
Protect AI
Acquired Company
Laiyer AI
Seattle
BerlinSecurityCyber SecuritySecurityArtificial IntelligenceDescription
Protect AI, the leading artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) security company, has acquired Laiyer AI. With this acquisition, Protect AI will be offering a commercial version of Laiyer AI’s open source LLM Guard with expanded features, capabilities, and integrations within the Protect AI platform. This acquisition aims to deliver the industry’s most comprehensive end-to-end AI security capabilities and to empower customers in various sectors to develop safe, secure GenAI applications.
M&A Insights
Based on deal dataIntegration timeline
70% of M&A integrations take 12-24 months to complete
Tech stack consolidation
83% of merged companies consolidate technology vendors within first year
Post-acquisition investment
Companies increase IT spending by 23% on average after acquisitions
Success factor
M&A deals with strong technology integration plans are 2.5x more likely to succeed