Rapid7, an AI-powered cybersecurity company, announced it has acquired Kenzo Security, an agentic AI security platform, to enhance its Command Platform and accelerate the shift toward fully autonomous, machine-speed security operations.
The acquisition is aimed at transforming Rapid7’s managed detection and response offerings from AI-assisted workflows into AI-driven systems capable of proactively identifying and responding to threats. Kenzo Security’s technology brings a multi-agent AI architecture and a data-centric approach designed to unify fragmented security data and automate complex investigations.
Rapid7 said the move addresses a major limitation in current security operations, where organizations are only able to investigate a fraction of the alerts generated across their environments. By integrating Kenzo’s platform, the company expects to significantly expand coverage and improve the speed and consistency of threat detection and response.
Kenzo Security’s platform uses a network of specialized AI agents operating across an entity-centric data mesh to investigate alerts, correlate signals, and execute dynamic response workflows. The system is designed to continuously ingest and analyze data across endpoints, identities, cloud environments, SaaS platforms, and third-party sources without requiring additional human effort.
According to the companies, customer deployments of Kenzo’s technology have demonstrated substantial performance gains, including a 94% reduction in investigation time and an increase in alert coverage from 12% to 100%. These improvements are intended to reduce manual workloads for security teams while strengthening overall cyber resilience.
The integration will also introduce features such as full machine-speed alert investigation, scalable and dynamic threat analysis, transparent and auditable AI decision-making, and configurable workflows where human analysts define key decision points while AI handles execution.
Rapid7 said the acquisition aligns with its broader strategy to deliver preemptive cybersecurity operations that can keep pace with increasingly sophisticated, AI-enabled attackers. The company does not expect the transaction to have a material impact on its revenue, annual recurring revenue, profitability, or free cash flow.
Kenzo Security’s leadership emphasized that the combination will expand the reach of its AI platform while improving outcomes through access to Rapid7’s global customer base and data ecosystem.
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“Reactive security models have reached their limits. Attackers are using AI to move faster, attack surface complexity is accelerating, and security teams are expected to improve outcomes without additional resources. Kenzo Security advances our mission to enable security operations that preempt attackers with predictive precision and machine-scale.”
Corey Thomas, CEO of Rapid7
“We built Kenzo Security as a revolutionary AI platform designed to help organizations manage security in ways that were not possible before. In customer deployments, we’ve seen investigation time shrink from hours to minutes, and instead of sampling or prioritizing a subset, the platform scales to investigate every alert end-to-end.”
Partha Naidu, Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder of Kenzo Security
“Our vision for AI-powered cybersecurity is in lockstep with Rapid7’s data-centric approach. Our integrated models will act as a continuous engine that improves outcomes in real time, while the reach of Rapid7’s global customer base will accelerate the accuracy and effectiveness of Kenzo’s technology. I’m excited about the results that we will deliver together.”
Harish Singh, CEO and Co-Founder of Kenzo Security
