Check Point acquires Israeli AI startup Deepchecks’ team and technology to advance AI
Check Point acquires Israeli AI startup Deepchecks’ team and technology to advance AI
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Publish Date: 2026-05-19 13:12:00
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Check Point is accelerating its push into artificial intelligence with another acquisition in Israel, buying the team and intellectual property of startup Deepchecks as the cybersecurity veteran attempts to reinvent itself for an era increasingly shaped by autonomous AI systems.
The acquisition, announced alongside the launch of Check Point’s new “Agentic Network Security Orchestration” platform, is estimated by industry sources at between $10 million and $20 million, although the companies did not disclose financial terms. It marks Check Point’s fourth acquisition of an Israeli cybersecurity startup this year, following deals for Cyclops Security, Cyata and the acqui-hire of Rotate earlier in 2026.
According to PitchBook, Deepchecks has raised $14 million since its founding in 2019 from investors including Alpha Wave Ventures, Hetz Ventures, and Grove Ventures. The company was founded by CEO Philip Tannor and CTO Shir Chorev.
Check Point said Deepchecks’ technology and engineering team would help accelerate development of autonomous AI agents designed to manage enterprise network security operations with minimal human intervention. Deepchecks developed a platform focused on AI evaluation, monitoring and observability, areas that have become increasingly important as companies deploy AI agents into production environments.
Check Point framed the acquisition as part of a broader shift away from traditional firewall-centric security management, an area the company pioneered more than three decades ago but which has become increasingly difficult to manage manually in sprawling hybrid-cloud environments.
The company’s new platform is built around what it calls a “Network Knowledge Graph,” a continuously updated model of a customer’s network environment that maps traffic flows, assets and dependencies in real time. Check Point says the system allows AI agents to autonomously create firewall policies, tighten access permissions, troubleshoot failures and…
