Cybersecurity company Aikido Security acquires Root, which has raised about $37.6M and develops an AI platform for securing open-source components (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)

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Aikido Security acquired Root to add AI-driven open-source component security to its cybersecurity platform.

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<a href="https://siliconangle.com/2026/06/30/aikido-acquires-root-patch-open-source-without-forced-upgrades/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260630/i18.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260630/p18#a260630p18" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Duncan Riley / <a href="http://siliconangle.com/">SiliconANGLE</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://siliconangle.com/2026/06/30/aikido-acquires-root-patch-open-source-without-forced-upgrades/">Cybersecurity company Aikido Security acquires Root, which has raised about $37.6M and develops an AI platform for securing open-source components</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Belgian cybersecurity company Aikido Security NV today announced that it has acquired Root.io Inc., a company that offers patching &hellip; </p>

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