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Comment: I fixed the references and added URLs for the sanity of future reviewers.The article is obviously LLM-generated and all sources are either WP:CORPTRIV or completely irrelevant to the subject. 🍅 fx (talk) 14:41, 7 April 2026 (UTC)
- Comment: No links whatsoever in the references. This has gotta be LLM-generated, right? —pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 10:41, 4 April 2026 (UTC)
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Artificial intelligence security |
| Founded | 2019 |
| Founders | Yaron Singer; Kojin Oshiba |
| Fate | Acquired |
| Successor | Cisco Foundation AI |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California , United States |
Robust Intelligence was an American artificial intelligence security company that developed tools for testing, monitoring, and protecting AI models against security vulnerabilities and operational failures. Founded in 2019 by Yaron Singer and Kojin Oshiba, the company was headquartered in San Francisco, California. In August 2024, the company was acquired by Cisco.[1][2][3]
History
[edit]Robust Intelligence was founded in 2019 by Harvard computer science professor Yaron Singer and his former student Kojin Oshiba. The company grew out of Singer's research on adversarial machine learning and the vulnerability of AI models to manipulated inputs.[1][4]
In October 2020, the company emerged from stealth and announced $14 million in seed and Series A funding led by Sequoia Capital.[1] In December 2021, it announced a $30 million Series B round led by Tiger Global, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Harpoon Ventures, and Engineering Capital.[2][5]
The company's products included software for stress-testing artificial intelligence systems and a monitoring layer it described as an "AI firewall".[2][6]
Research
[edit]Robust Intelligence researchers, working with collaborators at Yale University, developed Tree of Attacks with Pruning (TAP), an automated method for testing the security of large language models. The work showed that smaller language models could be used to automate jailbreak attacks against larger systems, and it was later published at NeurIPS 2024.[6][7]
The company's research also examined security risks associated with fine-tuning foundation models and methods for extracting training data from AI systems.[4]
Acquisition by Cisco
[edit]In August 2024, Cisco announced its intent to acquire Robust Intelligence.[3][8]
Calcalist later reported that the acquisition price was $400 million, although Cisco did not publicly disclose the financial terms.[9]
Following the acquisition, Singer joined Cisco to lead Foundation AI, a group focused on artificial intelligence for cybersecurity. Several publications described Cisco's Foundation AI organization as being built around the team and technology acquired from Robust Intelligence.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Cai, Kenrick (October 21, 2020). "This Harvard Professor And His Students Have Raised $14 Million To Make AI Too Smart To Be Fooled By Hackers". Forbes.
- ^ a b c Lardinois, Frederic (December 9, 2021). "Robust Intelligence raises $30M Series B to stress test AI models". TechCrunch. Retrieved April 7, 2026.
- ^ a b Kovacs, Eduard (August 27, 2024). "Cisco to Acquire AI Security Firm Robust Intelligence". SecurityWeek. Retrieved April 7, 2026.
- ^ a b Farrar, Olivia (March 21, 2025). "Understanding AI Vulnerabilities | Harvard Magazine". www.harvardmagazine.com. Retrieved April 7, 2026.
- ^ Orbach, Meir (December 10, 2021). "The Israeli Harvard professor who raised $30 million from Tiger Global and Sequoia to eliminate risks of AI". Calcalist / CTech.
- ^ a b Vijayan, Jai (December 8, 2023). "Researchers Use AI to Jailbreak ChatGPT, Other LLMs". Dark Reading.
- ^ Mehrotra, Anay; Zampetakis, Manolis; Kassianik, Paul; Nelson, Blaine; Anderson, Hyrum; Singer, Yaron; Karbasi, Amin (October 31, 2024). "Tree of Attacks: Jailbreaking Black-Box LLMs Automatically". arXiv:2312.02119 [cs.LG].
- ^ Novinson, Michael (August 28, 2024). "Cisco Bolsters AI Security by Buying Robust Intelligence". www.bankinfosecurity.com. Retrieved April 7, 2026.
- ^ Shulman, Sophie (September 22, 2024). "Inside Yaron Singer's surprising $400M sale to Cisco". ctech. Retrieved April 7, 2026.
- ^ Columbus, Louis (May 2025). "Meta, Cisco put open-source LLMs at the core of next-gen SOC workflows". VentureBeat.
- ^ "Cisco automates AI-driven security across enterprise networks". Network World. Retrieved April 7, 2026.
- ^ "Cisco launches Foundation AI and introduces open-source security AI model". Techzine Global. April 28, 2025. Retrieved April 7, 2026.
- ^ Spring, Tom (April 29, 2025). "RSAC 2025 Keynote: Cisco open-sources AI security tools". SC Media. Retrieved April 7, 2026.
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