--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "c8887ca360d6cf5c583727798a104b9b11a955d9f6e8cbb445b51fae24fe47f7" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/c8887ca3?lang=en" title: "Sources: OpenAI is in early talks to buy Trail of Bits, which finds and fixes vulnerabilities in open-source software; founded in 2012, it has 40+ employees (The Information)" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-10-13T23:20:01.000Z" category: "Industry" topics: ["openai","open-source"] source_urls: ["https://www.techmeme.com/261013/p47"] summary: "OpenAI is in early talks to buy Trail of Bits, a company founded in 2012 with over 40 employees that finds and fixes vulnerabilities in open-source software, according to The Information." --- # Sources: OpenAI is in early talks to buy Trail of Bits, which finds and fixes vulnerabilities in open\-source software; founded in 2012, it has 40\+ employees \(The Information\) > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-10-13T23:20:01.000Z **Category:** Industry **Topics:** openai, open\-source ## Summary OpenAI is in early talks to buy Trail of Bits, a company founded in 2012 with over 40 employees that finds and fixes vulnerabilities in open\-source software, according to The Information\. ## Sources - [Story source]()