Cohere announced on Thursday (13) that it has completed the acquisition of AISLE, a vulnerability-discovery company, and acquired cubic, an AI code-review startup. With the two deals, the Canadian company adds cyber defense and secure software development to its sovereign AI platform. AISLE will operate as Cohere Cyber, and it is Cohere's fourth completed strategic transaction in 2026.
AISLE becomes Cohere Cyber
Founded in 2024, AISLE builds autonomous systems that find, validate and help remediate previously unknown vulnerabilities in complex production software, pairing foundation models with specialist security knowledge and large-scale code analysis. According to the company, its platform discovered more than 650 CVEs in the 14 months before its November 10 announcement — the day AISLE said the acquisition had formally closed and that it would serve customers as Cohere Cyber.
The proposed acquisition was announced on October 15, 2026. AISLE's three co-founders take leadership roles at Cohere: Ondrej Vlcek will become senior vice president of Cohere Cyber and lead the new cybersecurity business; Jaya Baloo will become Cohere's chief information security officer (CISO); and Stanislav Fort will become vice president of AI Security, joining core model research and training. Cohere also plans a substantial long-term investment in Prague, where AISLE is already present, making the city its worldwide base for AI cybersecurity and autonomous security systems.
cubic and secure coding
cubic uses AI to review code changes and interpret complex codebases, identifying bugs and security vulnerabilities and remediating issues automatically. According to Cohere, its review agents were built for enterprise environments, including on-premises and air-gapped deployments — the same controlled-infrastructure profile behind the AISLE addition.
Founder and CEO Paul Sanglé-Ferrière and his team will establish Cohere's secure coding vertical and work on integrating enterprise coding capabilities into the broader platform. For existing customers, cubic said the product will remain available and fully supported, with further improvements planned.
A wider sovereign AI portfolio
Cohere's earlier 2026 deals supplied other pieces of that expansion: Reliant AI, acquired on May 19, brought proprietary biomedical datasets and technology for healthcare and biopharma, and Aleph Alpha, with a business-combination agreement signed on September 16, expanded the company's European presence. The stated strategy is to pair Cohere's models with secure infrastructure, defensive cybersecurity and applications for specific workflows, while customers keep control of their data, infrastructure and operations.
The move reinforces Cohere's bet on sovereign AI for enterprises and governments in regulated environments: on the same day, the company announced its expansion in Japan, including a new local legal entity. Geekiki covered the Japan announcement in Cohere aposta no Japão com IA soberana e planeja abrir empresa local.
Sources
- Unite.AI — Cohere Acquires AISLE and Cubic to Add Cyber Defense and Secure Coding
- StorageNewsletter — Cohere to Acquire AISLE to Advance Cyber-Resilient Sovereign AI
- PR Newswire, via AAP — Cohere Deepens Commitment to Japan with Sovereign AI Investments
- Forbes — How Cohere's AI Chief Is Trying To Keep Governments And Enterprises Secure
Featured image: Cohere logo, via Wikimedia Commons (source: cohere.com; artwork: Pentagram Design; public domain).
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