IT之家 October 15 news: According to a report by The Information yesterday, sources say OpenAI is in preliminary talks to acquire Trail of Bits, a security research firm headquartered in New York, USA Trail of Bits。
The report says Trail of Bits is known for auditing software and blockchain systems, and the move marks OpenAI's expansion into professional cybersecurity services.
Sources say negotiations are still ongoing and no final agreement has been reached. Neither company has disclosed the potential acquisition price or financial structure, and both have refused to publicly confirm the discussions.
Trail of Bits has spent years deep in vulnerability research, adversarial testing, and code auditing.
IT之家 noted that OpenAI and Trail of Bits jointly launched the "Patch the Planet" project in June this year, aimed at identifying vulnerabilities in popular open-source software. The initiative combines AI-driven detection with expert human review, finding weaknesses and developing fixes, which are then publicly released to help maintainers across industries strengthen their code.
Trail of Bits has also integrated OpenAI's security-oriented models into its remediation workflows. These tools help researchers examine software defects and speed up every stage of patch development and review.
The report argues that as large language models are embedded into increasingly critical systems, security has become an urgent issue for the AI industry. Demand for rigorous code and infrastructure audits has grown accordingly, and a company with Trail of Bits' cross-domain experience could help OpenAI address threats across multiple environments.