# Cisco in Advanced Talks to Buy AI Security Startup Astrix for Up to $350M

- slug: cisco-in-advanced-talks-to-buy-ai-security-startup-astrix-for-up-to-350m
- date: 2026-04-13
- category: Agentics

The agents running inside your network probably have credentials you do not know about, to systems nobody inventoried, that will still be active after the project ends. Cisco wants to own the tool that fixes that.

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