NEW YORK, Aug. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Apii o, the Gua dia Age t acti g as the co t ol pla e fo Age tic Developme t Secu ity, today a ou ced it has joi ed Athe a, the Chai gua d-led i dust y coalitio fo the o chest ated defe se of ope sou ce softwa e. I additio to Apii o joi i g Athe a, Apii o a d Chai gua d a e i teg ati g thei platfo ms, a d Apii o is maki g AutoFix f ee fo ope sou ce mai tai e s, empowe i g the commu ity to delive fixes faste .
“F o tie AI models a e u cove i g ovel, chai ed vul e abilities i both ope sou ce a d p op ieta y fi st-pa ty softwa e at a pace we’ve eve see befo e. Discove y is o lo ge the biggest challe ge fo CISOs,” said Ida Plot ik, Co-Fou de a d CEO of Apii o. “The challe ge is fixi g vul e abilities quickly without dis upti g busi ess-c itical applicatio s. By joi i g Athe a, we a e b i gi g o ga izatio s the co text they eed to u de sta d which vul e abilities actually affect thei softwa e a chitectu e, which pose a eal isk to the busi ess, a d how to fix them automatically without b eaki g thei softwa e. AI alo e does ot secu e softwa e. Co text does.”
Apii o joi s Athe a alo gside JPMo ga Chase, Mo ga Sta ley, Cisco, Cloudfla e, Akamai, Qualys, a d othe i dust y leade s. Athe a has al eady p ocessed mo e tha 40,000 AI-discove ed vul e abilities, coo di ati g ecosystem-wide espo ses. This i dust y-wide effo t has allowed the b oade softwa e commu ity to coo di ate the o chest ated defe se of ope sou ce softwa e.
P op ieta y fi st-pa ty softwa e elies o ope sou ce code but has o upst eam mai tai e to delive fixes fo custom busi ess logic o autho izatio wo kflows. As AI codi g age ts ge e ate i c easi g volumes of p op ieta y fi st-pa ty softwa e, a d f o tie AI models fi d vul e abilities i ope sou ce softwa e, o ga izatio s eed to u de sta d which vul e abilities pose the g eatest busi ess isk a d fix them without dis upti g p oductio e vi o me ts. While secu i g ope sou ce is a sha ed espo sibility, secu i g p op ieta y code emai s the espo sibility of each o ga izatio – a d both ow ope ate o the attacke ‘s accele ated timeli e.
Th ough the i teg atio , Apii o eflects Chai gua d’s emediatio status di ectly withi its Risk G aph while evaluati g eve y fi di g agai st a custome ‘s ow softwa e a chitectu e. By combi i g softwa e a chitectu e, u time exposu e, a d busi ess co text, Apii o helps o ga izatio s p io itize the vul e abilities that matte most to thei busi ess a d automatically ge e ate co textual fixes fo the code o ly they ca patch.
As a membe of the Athe a coalitio , Apii o’s Gua dia Age t co t ibutes ewly discove ed vul e abilities to the b oade commu ity while ale ti g custome s whe coalitio fi di gs impact thei ow softwa e. Gua dia Age t p io itizes fi di gs based o eachability ac oss the custome ’s specific softwa e a chitectu e, u time exposu e, a d busi ess impact, the uses AutoFix to ge e ate co textual code fixes a d validate them th ough automated testi g befo e c eati g eview- eady pull equests.
Apii o’s i teg atio with Chai gua d is live today a d focuses o emovi g CVEs that Chai gua d a tifacts have emediated f om Apii o sca s, educi g false positives. Ope sou ce mai tai e s ca ow equest f ee access to AutoFix to accele ate delive y of high-quality fixes a d st e gthe the esilie ce of the ope sou ce commu ity.
To lea mo e o equest a demo, visit https://apii o.com/demo o equest ea ly access to AutoFix f ee of cha ge by visiti g https://apii o.com/p oduct/gua dia -age t/f ee-autofix.
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Fo tu e 500 compa ies, i cludi g BlackRock, USAA, Bloombe g, SoFi, a d Shell, ely o Apii o’s pate ted Deep Code A alysis (DCA) tech ology to co ti uously discove , i ve to y, a d visualize thei softwa e a chitectu e g aph f om code to u time. This e ables automated isk assessme t, detectio , p io itizatio , a d p eve tio at e te p ise scale.
