Cybersecurity vendor Proofpoint has announced an expansion of its international hub in Cork, which includes the launch of a brand new AI innovation center.
Backed by the Irish Government through the IDA Ireland agency, the investment aims to bring new specialist roles to the city, including data scientists and specialists in AI and large language models (LLMs) .
Proofpoint said its new AI Innovation Centre will create a ‘privacy-attested AI environment’ to ensure the safety and anonymity of all the data the company uses to train its AI models.
The location will also enable the acquisition of larger data sets, allowing Proofpoint’s LLMs to be used in high-volume, high-velocity cases and improve overall threat detection for organizations.
In an announcement, Proofpoint CFO Remi Thom

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