Palo Alto Networks Acquires Portkey to Build AI Gateway Control Plane for Autonomous Agents
May 1, 2026
Palo Alto Networks announced it intends to acquire Portkey, which provides centralized AI gateways for managing and protecting autonomous AI agents. The acquisition is intended to make Portkey the AI Gateway control plane for Palo Alto Networks’ Prisma AIRS platform, enabling runtime monitoring, routing, governance, and security for agentic AI traffic.
- Buyers
- Palo Alto Networks
- Targets
- Portkey
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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