What Cohere and AISLE proposed
On October 15, 2026, Cohere and AISLE announced that they had signed a letter of intent (LOI) for Cohere to acquire AISLE. The proposal would bring AISLE’s security research into a planned Cohere cybersecurity business called Cohere Cyber; the company changes described in the announcements depend on the transaction completing. Cohere and AISLE announced the LOI.
How AISLE’s security work fits the plan
AISLE describes a system that combines foundation-model capabilities with security expertise to examine code, validate potential vulnerabilities, filter false positives and produce patches for maintainers to review. Cohere’s plan is to connect that work with its AI-model development and secure deployment efforts.
Cohere says the proposed Cohere Cyber business is intended to serve enterprise and public-sector customers, including organizations deploying AI in private clouds, on their own premises or in air-gapped environments, systems isolated from external networks. These are planned capabilities, not established outcomes of a completed integration. Cohere’s announcement describes the intended scope.
Leadership and Prague plans
Cohere named AISLE co-founder Ondrej Vlcek as the planned leader of Cohere Cyber and future senior vice president. The announced roles also place AISLE co-founder Jaya Baloo as Cohere’s global chief information security officer and co-founder Stanislav Fort as vice president of AI security. AISLE says Fort would work with Cohere co-founder and chief technology officer Ivan Zhang to connect security research with core-model development and training.
AISLE says its Prague headquarters would become Cohere’s Prague office if the transaction completes. Cohere separately says it plans a substantial, long-term investment in the city. AISLE’s announcement describes the office change as conditional on completion.
Reported vulnerability findings and customer priority
AISLE and Cohere report that AISLE found more than 500 previously unknown vulnerabilities assigned CVEs, or Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures identifiers, across more than 100 codebases during its first year out of stealth. They also report that AISLE found all 12 vulnerabilities in an OpenSSL security release issued in January, and 18 of the 24 CVEs in curl’s latest release at the time of the announcement. The OpenSSL release year was not specified in the companies’ statements. AISLE and Cohere attribute these figures to AISLE’s work.
For AISLE customers, the co-founders’ stated focus is continuity and stronger products; the Prague office change depends on the transaction completing.
AISLE’s three co-founders say continuity for customers and partners remains a priority as the transaction progresses.
