Red Hat to acquire Chatterbox Labs: Frequently Asked Questions

Red Hat to acquire Chatterbox Labs: Frequently Asked Questions The Announcement Strategic Rationale Customer and Partner Impact About the author Red Hat More like this Looking ahead to 2026: Red Hat’s view across the hybrid cloud Resilient model training on Red Hat OpenShift AI with Kubeflow Trainer Technically Speaking | Platform engineering for AI agents Technically Speaking | Driving healthcare discoveries with AI Browse by channel Automation Artificial intelligence Open hybrid cloud Security Edge computing Infrastructure Applications Virtualization Share On December 16, 2025, Red Hat announced the acquisition of Chatterbox Labs , a pioneer in model-agnostic AI safety and generative AI (gen AI) guardrails. The following questions and answers provide additional context on the acquisition and what it means for Red Hat customers and partners. What is the news? Red Hat announced on December 16, 2025, that it has acquired Chatterbox Labs, a private company founded in 2011 that provides model testing and gen AI guardrails. Chatterbox Labs technology, known as the AIMI platform, delivers quantitative AI risk metrics to help organizations validate that their data and models are safe, transparent, and compliant with global regulations. Who is Chatterbox Labs? Founded in 2011 and headquartered in London with an office in New York City, Chatterbox Labs is a team of researchers and engineers focused on addressing the unintended consequences of AI. Their team brings a deep academic pedigree and more than a decade of experience in machine learning systems. Why is Red Hat acquiring Chatterbox Labs? As enterprises move AI from experimentation to production, the ability to monitor models for bias, toxicity, and vulnerabilities is critical. Guardrails and safety testing have become "table stakes" for modern MLOps and LLMOps platforms. This acquisition directly addresses the growing need for "security for AI. " By integrating Chatterbox Labs technology, Red Hat aims to provide a comprehensive enterprise open source AI platform that enables customers to run production workloads with confidence. How does Chatterbox Labs fit into the Red Hat AI portfolio? Chatterbox Labs complements Red Hat’s existing AI portfolio, including Red Hat AI Inference Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) and Red Hat OpenShift AI. Following the recent launch of Red Hat AI 3 , which introduced capabilities for agentic AI and Model Context Protocol (MCP), Chatterbox Labs adds a critical layer of safety and transparency for these advanced workloads.