The Information reported on October 13, 2026, that OpenAI was in early talks to acquire Trail of Bits, a software security firm. The report described preliminary acquisition discussions.
Patch the Planet connects the companies on open-source security
Trail of Bits describes Patch the Planet as a joint initiative with OpenAI to help critical open-source software address vulnerability research moving at machine speed.
Dealroom says the June 2026 effort paired OpenAI’s Codex and GPT-5.5-Cyber with Trail of Bits engineers. It reports that the collaboration found hundreds of bugs in one week and merged 37 patches.
