16/09/2025

Cato Networks makes its first acquisition to extend leadership

Tel Aviv, Israel

Cato Networks, an Israel based leader in (Secure Access Service Edge) SASE, has acquired the relatively new business, Aim Security, an AI security innovator, also from Israel. This is Cato’s first-ever acquisition and it is expected that the move will further expand the Cato SASE Cloud Platform, enabling secure enterprise adoption of AI agents and public and private AI applications.

In addition to the acquisition, Cato also announced it has surpassed $300 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) and has extended its Series G financing round announced in June with an additional $50 million investment from Acrew Capital, bringing the total round to $409 million. The financing took place on the same terms and valuation.

AI transformation - the next frontier for SASE

AI is transforming businesses everywhere. At the same time, security, compliance, and privacy risks are introduced through new interaction models with enterprise data by people, AI agents, and AI models. With SASE becoming the de facto standard for a secure fabric connecting all enterprise resources, including employees, partners, locations, clouds, devices, and applications, SASE is uniquely positioned as a primary control point for all AI interactions.

“AI transformation will eclipse digital transformation as the main force that will shape enterprises over the next decade,” said Shlomo Kramer, CEO and co-founder of Cato Networks. “With the acquisition of Aim Security, we’re turbo-charging our SASE platform with advanced AI security capabilities to secure our customers’ journey into the new and exciting AI era.”

Founded in 2022 and backed by YL Ventures and Canaan Partners, Aim has been at the forefront of the enterprise AI security category and shapes how some of the world’s most advanced organisations, including those in the Fortune 500 and Forbes Global 2000, harness AI with trust, control, and confidence.

Aim extends the Cato SASE Cloud Platform by unlocking a powerful set of AI security capabilities. These capabilities address the complexity and unstructured nature of AI interactions—as well as the evolving AI attack surface—to detect and stop threats, attacks, risky or anomalous access, and data breaches.

By converging Cato’s global visibility and policy enforcement capabilities, on-premises and in the cloud, with Aim AI security capabilities and expertise, Cato claims it is now ready to secure customers’ AI transformation.

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