Palo Alto Networks in talks to buy AI agent security startup Clutch for $500M
TechCrunch AI · rss · 2026-11-06
Palo Alto Networks is in talks to acquire AI agent security startup Clutch for roughly $500M, TechCrunch reports. Clutch, backed by Lightspeed and SignalFire, was last valued at $85 million — a 6x step-up that underscores how hot agent security has become.
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