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OpenAI acquires Promptfoo to secure its AI agents
Publisher description: This deal underscores how frontier labs are scrambling to prove their technology can be used safely in critical business operations.
TechCrunch | Mar 9, 2026 | Tim Fernholz
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OpenAI announced Monday it has acquired Promptfoo, an AI security startup founded in 2024 to protect LLMs from online adversaries. The frontier lab said in a blog post that once the deal closes, Promptfoo’s technology will be integrated into OpenAI Frontier, its enterprise platform for AI agents. The development of independent AI agents that perform digital tasks has generated excitement about productivity gains.
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