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Palo Alto Networks

Santa Clara, California, United States• Founded 200510001+ employees

Palo Alto Networks is a cybersecurity company providing network, cloud, and security operations platforms to help organizations prevent, detect, and respond to cyber threats. Its portfolio spans next-generation firewalls, cloud security, and SOC automation, with increasing use of machine learning and generative AI to improve threat detection and analyst productivity.

AI Strategy

Operates as an AI and cloud based platform offering a suite of cyber security solutions.

Key AI Products

Prisma AIRS

Financials

Revenue
$2.47B (fiscal 2026 Q1 revenue, quarter ended Oct. 31)
Employees
10001+

Funding

Total Raised
$65.7M
Last Round
Series C
2018-08-15
Valuation
7950338 (post money valuation; unit not specified)

Business Focus

Cybersecurity platformsNetwork securityCloud securitySecurity operations (SOC)Threat intelligence

Competitive Analysis

Strengths

  • Broad, integrated security platform spanning network, cloud, and SOC
  • Large-scale telemetry and threat intelligence supporting ML-driven detection
  • Strong enterprise sales motion and channel ecosystem
  • Mature product suite (NGFW, SASE, XDR, SOAR) enabling consolidation

Challenges

  • Premium pricing and platform complexity can increase deployment/operational overhead
  • Intense competition in cloud security and XDR from fast-growing specialists
  • Integration and consolidation benefits depend on customer adoption across multiple PANW modules

Strategic Partnerships

Google CloudTechnology

Security integrations and joint solutions for cloud security and threat detection/response across Google Cloud environments.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)Technology

Prisma Cloud and other PANW offerings integrate with AWS services for cloud posture management, workload protection, and threat detection.

MicrosoftIntegration

Integrations with Microsoft ecosystems (e.g., identity and security tooling) to improve detection and response workflows.

IBMDistribution

Go-to-market and services partnerships via IBM/IBM Security ecosystem for deploying PANW security platforms.

Competitors

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