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  "markdown": "Founder, Palo Alto Networks.\n\nNir Zuk founded Palo Alto Networks in 2005. He was earlier an engineer at Check Point and NetScreen Technologies, and led software development in Unit 8200 of the Israeli Intelligence Corps.\n\n## What Nir builds\n\n- [Prisma AIRS AI Runtime Security API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/prisma-airs.md), graded B, 62.8/100, in Guardrails \u0026 safety filters. Hosted scan API from Palo Alto Networks that checks prompts, model responses and tool calls for prompt injection, sensitive data, toxic content, malicious URLs and code, and off-topic content against a security profile. Also reachable as a remote MCP server. Founder, Palo Alto Networks, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Rajiv Batra](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rajiv-batra/), Co-founder, Palo Alto Networks\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Nir Zuk?\n\nNir Zuk founded Palo Alto Networks in 2005. He was earlier an engineer at Check Point and NetScreen Technologies, and led software development in Unit 8200 of the Israeli Intelligence Corps.\n\n### What does Palo Alto Networks, Inc. make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Prisma AIRS AI Runtime Security API from Palo Alto Networks, Inc.. Hosted scan API from Palo Alto Networks that checks prompts, model responses and tool calls for prompt injection, sensitive data, toxic content, malicious URLs and code, and off-topic content against a security profile. Also reachable as a remote MCP server.\n\n### How are Nir's tools graded?\n\nPrisma AIRS AI Runtime Security API is graded B, 62.8 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/\n- https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/company/contact-sales\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto_Networks\n- https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/about-us/management\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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