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Cisco in Talks to Buy AI Security Startup Astrix for at Least $250 Million

Cisco Systems is in talks to acquire Astrix Security, a five-year-old Israeli cybersecurity startup that sells software to monitor and secure AI agents, for between $250 million and $350 million, according to people with knowledge of the deal. That would represent at least a 25% premium to the startup’s last valuation of around $200 million, one of the people said. The deal talks come as the popularity of AI agents—AI software that can take actions on behalf of users on their...

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