Fortinet is acquiring Virtue AI, which specializes in runtime protection and automated validation of AI systems. The technology helps companies secure models, applications, and autonomous agents.
With this acquisition, Fortinet is expanding its “Security for AI” strategy. Virtue AI focuses on three areas: runtime protection, automated AI validation, and securing autonomous AI systems. This technology will be integrated into Fortinet’s existing portfolio, including the FortiGate Hyperscale Firewall.
Virtue AI extends Fortinet’s protection to models, applications, and agentic systems, from development through production. Among other things, the company brings red-teaming capabilities for agentic systems, testing autonomous agents across more than fifty sandbox environments and fourteen high-stakes domains. This includes simulated prompt-injection and MCP-based attacks on common agent frameworks.
In addition, Virtue AI provides visibility into agents and AI tools running in an environment, including the detection of unapproved AI applications. According to Fortinet, the automated validation process covers hundreds of attack vectors and more than a thousand risk categories. Real-time guardrails enforce policies regarding text, images, video, audio, and AI-generated code.
Growing market
“AI is fundamentally changing enterprise computing, and security must evolve just as quickly,” says Ken Xie, founder and CEO of Fortinet. According to him, the technology helps companies manage and protect AI systems throughout their entire lifecycle.
Virtue AI itself reportedly raised $30 million in seed and Series A funding in 2025. The company positions itself as an enterprise AI safety platform for security, governance, and compliance related to agentic systems.
Fortinet says it will combine Virtue AI’s capabilities with FortiGuard Labs threat intelligence within the AI-native Security Fabric. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
Tip: Fortinet is launching the FortiGate 1200G with FortiSASE Outpost