Palo Alto Networks brings Consul into its agentic software strategy

Palo Alto Networks says Consul is now part of its broader organization after the companies explored combining Palo Alto Networks’ security and IT-operations data and backends with Consul’s AI-native, agent-first software. Palo Alto Networks characterizes Consul’s approach as rare and important to the future of software, while saying the combination could produce a strong customer offering.

Consul says it began about three years ago in IT and expanded into HR, legal, security and finance. It chose to work with a larger company serving major enterprises as a way to expand beyond IT, and expects the relationship to provide more resources for a broader product roadmap. The detailed roadmap and precise structure of the relationship were not specified.