Protect AI, the leading AI and ML security company, has acquired Laiyer AI, the developer of LLM Guard, an open-source project for protecting large language models (LLMs) from security threats and misuse.

LLMs, such as OpenAI’s GPT-4, are powerful tools for generating and understanding human language, with applications in various sectors. However, they also pose unique security risks, such as prompt injections, that can compromise data and decisions.

LLM Guard is a transparent and effective solution that detects, redacts, and sanitizes LLM inputs and outputs, while also providing observability and compliance tools.

LLM Guard has a high adoption rate and a low latency, making it a leader in the enterprise security sector for LLMs. Protect AI will offer a commercial version of LLM Guard with expanded features and integrations within its platform, which enables secure and compliant AI development and deployment.

“Protect AI is thrilled to announce the acquisition of Laiyer AI’s team and product suite, which significantly enhances our leading AI and ML security platform. These new capabilities will empower our customers in automotive, energy, manufacturing, life sciences, financial services, and government sectors to develop safe, secure GenAI applications,” said Ian Swanson, CEO of Protect AI.

“Our industry-leading platform now boasts advanced features and filters for governing LLM prompts and responses, elevating the end-user experience and reaffirming our commitment to safeguarding Generative AI applications.”

Neal Swaelens and Oleksandr Yaremchuk, Co-founders of Laiyer AI, said, “There’s a clear need in the market for a solution that can secure LLM use-cases from start to finish, including when they scale into production. By joining forces with Protect AI, we are extending Protect AI’s products with LLM security capabilities to deliver the industry’s most comprehensive end-to-end AI Security platform.”

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