Beacon brings Haze Labs into its portfolio to advance AI safety in the real economy

Beacon, a holding company that acquires established technology businesses serving organizations such as campgrounds, labor unions and youth sports leagues, said it is bringing Haze Labs into its portfolio. Beacon described the transaction as its most important acquisition to date, while Haze CEO and co-founder Leonard Rich called it an exciting acquisition for both sides.

Haze Labs works on red teaming, guardrails, observability and evaluations for frontier AI labs and large enterprises; it identified OpenAI and Anthropic as early customers. Haze’s technology and talent are expected to support Beacon’s portfolio, as the companies argue that AI values should reflect the needs of real-economy businesses and their customers. Beacon also said its acquisition pace had accelerated from roughly one business every three weeks to one every 10 days.