# Palo Alto Networks in Talks to Buy AI Security Startup Clutch for About $500 Million By John Kim Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/49935 Published: 2026-11-06T07:35:15.000Z Updated: 2026-11-06T07:35:15.000Z Section: Business > The Israel-based startup’s discussions with Palo Alto Networks are ongoing and may not lead to a deal. Palo Alto Networks is in talks to buy Clutch Security for about $500 million, a potential deal involving an Israel-based artificial intelligence security startup. The discussions are ongoing and may not lead to an agreement. The potential purchase would follow Palo Alto Networks’ [acquisition of CyberArk](), which it completed Feb. 11 in a transaction valued at about $25 billion in equity. That deal added capabilities intended to protect the identities of people, machines and AI agents. ## Links in this article - [acquisition of CyberArk](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/25668)