TLDR: Zscaler, a leader in cloud security, has acquired SPLX, an innovative AI security pioneer, to integrate advanced AI asset discovery, automated red teaming, and governance into its Zero Trust Exchange platform. This strategic move aims to secure the entire AI lifecycle for enterprises, addressing the rapidly expanding attack surface created by significant AI infrastructure investments.
San Jose, California – November 3, 2025 – Zscaler, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZS), a prominent cloud security provider, today announced its acquisition of SPLX, an innovative AI security pioneer. This strategic move is set to significantly enhance Zscaler’s Zero Trust Exchange™ platform by integrating advanced capabilities in AI asset discovery, automated red teaming, and comprehensive governance. The acquisition aims to provide organizations with robust tools to secure their artificial intelligence investments from the initial development phases through to full deployment.
Jay Chaudhry, CEO, Chairman, and Founder of Zscaler, emphasized the importance of this acquisition, stating, “Today marks an important step in advancing Zscaler’s role as the trusted partner helping organizations securely adopt AI. AI is creating enormous value, but its full potential can only be realized when it can be secured.” He further elaborated that by combining SPLX’s technology with the intelligence of the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange and its native data protection, which classifies, governs, and prevents the loss of sensitive data across prompts, models, and outputs, Zscaler will secure the entire AI lifecycle on one unified platform. This integration is expected to strengthen Zscaler’s industry leadership and instill confidence in customers to safely embrace AI technologies.
The acquisition comes at a critical time as AI drives record infrastructure investments, projected to exceed $250 billion by the end of 2025, according to Goldman Sachs. This rapid expansion has created a vast new attack surface and increased risks associated with ‘shadow AI’ sprawl. SPLX’s technology is designed to confront these challenges by offering AI risk assessment, automated attack simulations (including over 5,000 attack simulations), runtime guardrails for protecting sensitive data, and compliance tools for AI governance.
Kristian Kamber, CEO and co-founder of SPLX, echoed Chaudhry’s sentiments, stating, “Zscaler and SPLX share a vision to confront the vast new attack surface created by rapidly expanding AI infrastructure investments. By joining forces, we’ll bring our innovation to one of the most trusted security platforms in the world, securing AI innovation at the speed organizations are adopting it.” The combined solution will help organizations address security concerns related to AI models, agents, and large language models (LLMs) through continuous discovery, risk assessment, and remediation capabilities.
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While the financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, Zscaler’s strong financial position, evidenced by a current ratio of 2.01 and a robust Altman Z-Score of 7.42, indicates its capability to seamlessly integrate this acquisition. The company has demonstrated impressive growth, with revenue increasing 23.31% over the last twelve months to $2.67 billion, and its stock has seen positive responses, with a 43.68% price return over the past six months and 81.36% over the past year. This acquisition reinforces Zscaler’s commitment to securing the evolving AI landscape for its enterprise clients.
