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SplxAI, the leader in offensive security for agentic AI, today announced enhancements to the SplxAI Platform with the addition of Agentic Radar, the company’s recently launched open-source project. The innovative open-source tool is the first to provide complete visibility into agentic AI workflows and their vulnerabilities, enabling CISOs and security teams to proactively mitigate AI risks and meet compliance requirements. SplxAI will be hosting 1:1 meetings at the RSA Conference to showcase this new capability.
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Agentic Radar maps the dependencies in agentic AI workflows and components using static code analysis to expose missing security measures within them. Designed to help security teams and AI engineers understand how their AI agents interact with tools, external components, and each other, Agentic Radar enables enterprises to proactively secure their agentic AI systems before they can be exploited. With the addition of Agentic Radar, SplxAI’s Platform now secures the full lifecycle of agentic AI, from development to deployment.
“Agentic Radar started as an open-source initiative to provide the broader security community with a foundational problem-solving tool for agentic AI workflow transparency and security,” said Kristian Kamber, CEO & Co-founder, SplxAI. “Agentic systems have complex workflows and often interact with multiple tools, making transparency and security assessment challenging. This tool simplifies the process by offering a structured view of workflows, tools, and potential risks. We saw immediate traction and success with the open-source project and received 405 stars on GitHub. This project has provided incredibly valuable feedback from developers, researchers and security professionals as we’ve moved toward incorporating the tool in SplxAI’s continuous automated red teaming platform for agentic AI.”
Agentic Radar will be embedded within the SplxAI Platform, the most comprehensive platform for offensive AI security, continuously adapting to secure even the most sophisticated multi-agent systems used throughout enterprise environments. The new tool offers a suite of powerful features that improve transparency and security in agentic AI systems.
The Agentic Radar Open-Source Project supports the leading frameworks for developing agentic workflows, including OpenAI Agents SDK, CrewAI, LangGraph and n8n, with more available soon.
The launch of the enhanced SplxAI Platform follows the close of the company’s $7 million seed funding round, which it is using to accelerate the development and adoption of the industry’s only continuous automated red teaming platform for agentic AI. Agentic Radar will be available within SplxAI’s Platform in 30 days.
About SplxAI
SplxAI is the most comprehensive platform for offensive AI security, continuously adapting to secure even the most sophisticated multi-agent systems used throughout enterprise environments. Founded in 2023, many large enterprises rely on SplxAI’s automated, scalable solution to detect, triage, and manage risks to their business-critical AI agents in real-time, enabling them to deploy AI at scale without introducing new vulnerabilities. To learn more, visit us at splx.ai.
After identifying all external tools, APIs, and services integrated into agentic AI workflows, Agentic Radar provides a visual graph that illustrates how these components interact within the system. Agentic Radar also detects and lists all MCP servers used by the system's agents. It then detects potential vulnerabilities in agentic AI workflows and maps them to leading AI security frameworks like OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications and OWASP Agentic AI Threats and Mitigations Guide. Finally, Agentic Radar delivers clear and actionable recommendations to mitigate risks and strengthen the security of agentic AI systems. The results of Agentic Radar's workflow assessments are delivered in an HTML report for easy access and distribution.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett shocked an arena full of his shareholders Saturday by announcing that he wants to retire at the end of the year.
Buffett said he will recommend to Berkshire Hathaway’s board that Greg Abel should become CEO at the end of the year.
"I think the time has arrived where Greg should become the Chief Executive office of the company at year end,” Buffett said.
Abel has been Buffett's designated successor for years, and he already manages all of Berkshire's noninsurance businesses. But it was always assumed he wouldn't take over until after Buffett's death. Previously, the 94-year-old Buffett has always said he has no plans to retire.
Buffett announced the news at the end of a five-hour question and answer period and didn't take any questions about it. He said the only board members who knew this was coming were his two children, Howard and Susie Buffett. Abel, who was sitting next to Buffett on stage, had no warning.
Many investors have said they believe Abel will do a good job running Berkshire, but it remains to be seen how good he will be at investing Berkshire's cash. Buffett also endorsed him Saturday by pledging to keep his fortune invested in the company.
“I have no intention — zero — of selling one share of Berkshire Hathaway. I will give it away eventually,” Buffett said. “The decision to keep every share is an economic decision because I think the prospects of Berkshire will be better under Greg’s management than mine.”
Thousands of investors in the Omaha arena gave Buffett a prolonged standing ovation after his announcement in recognition of his 60 years leading the company.
CFRA research analyst Cathy Seifert said it had to be hard for Buffett to reach this decision to step down.
“This was probably a very tough decision for him, but better to leave on your own terms,” Seifert said. “I think there will be an effort at maintaining a ‘business as usual’ environment at Berkshire. That is still to be determined.”
In many respects, Abel has already been running much of the company for years. But he hasn't been managing Berkshire's insurance operations or deciding where to invest all of its cash. He will now take those tasks on, but Vice Chairman Ajit Jain will remain to help oversee the insurance companies.
Investment manager Omar Malik of Hosking Partners in London said before Buffett’s announcement that he wasn’t worried about Berkshire’s future under Abel.
“Not really (worried). He’s had such a long time alongside Warren and a chance to know the businesses,” Malik said about Abel.
The question is will he allocate capital as dynamically as Warren? And the answer is no.
“But I think he’ll do a fine job with the support of the others,” Malik said.
Cole Smead of Smead Capital Management said he wasn't surprised Buffett is stepping down after watching him Saturday because the 94-year-old wasn't as sharp as in past years. At one point, he made a basic math mistake in one of his answers. At other points, he got off track while telling stories about Berkshire and his investing without answering the question he was asked.
Abel is well regarded by Berkshire's managers and Buffett has praised his business acumen for years. But he will have a hard time matching Buffett's legendary performance, and since he doesn't control 30% of Berkshire's stock like Buffett does, he won't have as much leeway.
“I think the challenge he’s going to have is if anyone is going to give him Buffett or (former Vice Chairman Charlie) Munger’s pass card? Not a chance in God’s name," Smead said. Buffett always enjoyed a devoted following among shareholders.
Buffett has said that Abel might even be a more hands-on manager than he is and get more out of Berkshire’s companies.
“I think we’ll get a more hands-on manager and that could be that a good thing,” Steven Check, who runs Check Capital Management, said beforehand. But he said Abel also knows that those managers enjoy the freedom to run their businesses and Abel isn’t going to do anything to turn them off.
Earlier, Buffett warned Saturday about the dire global consequences of President Donald Trump's tariffs while telling the thousands of investors gathered at his annual meeting that “trade should not be a weapon” but "there's no question that trade can be an act of war.”
Buffett said Trump's trade policies have raised the risk of global instability by angering the rest of the world.
“It’s a big mistake in my view when you have 7.5 billion people who don’t like you very well, and you have 300 million who are crowing about how they have done,” Buffett said as he addressed the topic on everyone's mind at the start of the Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting.
While Buffett said it is best for trade to be balanced between countries, he doesn't think Trump is going about it the right way with his widespread tariffs. He said the world will be safer if more countries are prosperous.
“We should be looking to trade with the rest of the world. We should do what we do best and they should do what they do best,” he said.
Buffett said he just doesn't see many attractively priced investments that he understands these days, so Berkshire is sitting on $347.7 billion in cash, but he predicted that one day Berkshire will be “bombarded with opportunities that we will be glad we have the cash for.”
Buffett said the recent turmoil in the markets that generated headlines after Trump's tariff announcement last month “is really nothing.” He dismissed the recent drop in the market because he's seen three periods in the last 60 years of managing Berkshire when his company's stock was halved. He cited when the Dow Jones industrial average went from 240 on the day he was born in 1930 down to 41 during the Great Depression as a truly significant drop in the markets. Currently the Dow Jones Industrial Average sits at $41,317.43.
“This has not been a dramatic bear market or anything of the sort," he said.
Buffett said he hasn't bought back any of Berkshire's shares this year either because they don't seem to be a bargain either.
Investor Chris Bloomstran, who is president of Semper Augustus Investments Group, told the Gabelli investment conference Friday that a financial crisis might be the best thing for Berkshire because it would create opportunities to invest at attractive prices.
“I’m sure he’s praying that the trade war gets worse. He won’t say that publicly, but Berkshire needs a crisis. I mean Berkshire thrives in crisis,” Bloomstran said.
The meeting attracts some 40,000 people every year who want to hear from Buffett, including some celebrities and well-known investors. This year, Hillary Rodham Clinton also attended. Clinton was the last candidate Buffett backed publicly because he has shied away from politics and any controversial topic in recent years for fear of hurting Berkshire’s businesses.
Haibo Liu even camped out overnight outside the arena to be first in line Saturday morning. Liu said he worries that this year could be Buffett’s last meeting since he is 94, so he made it a priority to attend his second meeting.
“He has helped me a lot,” said Liu who traveled from China to attend. “I really want to express my thanks to him."
FILE - Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Greg Abel checks out the flight simulators offered by one of Berkshires companies, Flight Safety as he toured the exhibit hall Friday, May 3, 2024, in Omaha, Neb. ahead of Saturday's meeting. (AP Photo/Josh Funk, File)
FILE - Berkshire Hathaway shareholders line up to take selfies with Greg Abel Friday, May 3, 2024, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Josh Funk, File)
FILE - Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Greg Abel poses for pictures with shareholders while touring the booths Berkshires companies set up, Friday, May 3, 2024, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Josh Funk, File)
FILE - Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Greg Abel is seen at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Neb., on May 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
FILE - Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett speaks during an interview with Liz Claman on Fox Business Network's "Countdown to the Closing Bell," May 7, 2018, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
Nicolas Bustamante of San Francisco, CEO of fintool.com, holds a sign reading, "We miss Charlie Munger," alongside several others as shareholders arrive outside CHI Health Center Omaha for the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting Saturday, May 3, 2025, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)
Sean DeFendi of Virginia Beach, left, watches over the GEICO Gecko as he uses the Flight Safety International flight simulator in CHI Health Center Omaha for the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting Saturday, May 3, 2025, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)
Kevin Gao of San Francisco sorts through his bag of Squishmallows from the Jazwares booth in CHI Health Center Omaha for the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting Saturday, May 3, 2025, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)
Marcy Gomez of Pasadena, Cal., does yoga with fellow See's Candies employees before doors open to shareholders at CHI Health Center Omaha for the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting Saturday, May 3, 2025, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)
Boxes of See's Candies featuring an image of Warren Buffett at a campsite with See's Candies' namesake Mrs. See in CHI Health Center Omaha for the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting Saturday, May 3, 2025, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)
Squishmallows in the likeness of Warren Buffett, left, and Charlie Munger sit on display and for sale in the Jazwares booth at CHI Health Center Omaha for the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting Saturday, May 3, 2025, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)
Shareholders arrive outside CHI Health Center Omaha for the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting Saturday, May 3, 2025, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)
Shareholders wait in line outside CHI Health Center Omaha for the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting Saturday, May 3, 2025, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)
From front, shareholders Haibo Liu, Liyang Jiang and Cheng Guo of China rest in sleeping bags outside CHI Health Center Omaha for the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting Saturday, May 3, 2025, in Omaha, Neb. The group arrived at 11 p.m. the night before to retain a spot at the front of the line. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)
