Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) on Tuesday introduced that it has acquired Console, an AI-native platform designed to assist organizations construct agentic workflows and automate operational duties utilizing pure language.
The cybersecurity large mentioned Console will deepen the agentic capabilities of its Cortex platform, permitting safety groups to analyze indicators, prioritize work, and routinely take motion throughout enterprise environments.
Console’s know-how allows customers to explain an operational goal in pure language, with AI brokers then dealing with the evaluation and actions wanted to realize it. Palo Alto Networks says this might assist organizations resolve alerts, points, and requests at machine pace.
“By bringing Console into Palo Alto Networks, our prospects can have a direct dialog with knowledge and construct agentic workflows in pure language that helps alert and remediate points routinely,” CEO Nikesh Arora mentioned.
Monetary phrases of the transaction weren’t disclosed.
The acquisition announcement got here alongside Palo Alto Networks’ monetary outcomes for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026.
Income for the quarter ended July 31 elevated 34% yr over yr to $3.41 billion, whereas remaining efficiency obligations rose 34% to $21.2 billion.
The corporate reported a GAAP internet lack of $282 million, or 35 cents per diluted share, in contrast with internet earnings of $254 million within the year-ago quarter.
Palo Alto Networks mentioned it added practically $1 billion in internet new next-generation safety ARR in the course of the quarter. The corporate expects fiscal 2027 income of between $14.1 billion and $14.2 billion, representing progress of 23% to 24%.
