OpenAI in early talks to buy Trail of Bits, The Information reports

What happened

“Trail of Bits has committed their entire security research organization,” OpenAI wrote in June, when the two companies launched a joint project to fix open-source software. October 17, 2026 - 12:41 pm “Trail of Bits has committed their entire security research organization,” OpenAI wrote in June, when the two companies launched a joint project to fix open-source software. OpenAI is an artificial intelligence company based in San Francisco.

TNW found no public comment on the talks from either company. OpenAI is in early talks to buy Trail of Bits, a firm that finds and fixes security flaws in open-source software.

OpenAI OpenAI in early talks to buy Trail of Bits, The Information reports The firm finds and fixes flaws in open-source software and already works with OpenAI on Patch the Planet. The talks are early and could still fall apart, sources told The Information.

Valida Pau and Amir Efrati reported the talks for The Information on 13 October, citing people familiar with the matter. The talks are ongoing and could still fall apart, the people said.

The size of a possible deal is not known. OpenAI has sometimes paid in the low hundreds of millions of dollars in stock for small startups, and sometimes less, The Information reported.

TNW has not independently verified the report. The two companies have worked together since June.