Microsoft will soon launch Project Perception, a new security product designed to help organisations identify and fix software vulnerabilities with artificial intelligence assistance. The product could debut as early as this month and is expected to combine AI models from Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic, allowing it to tackle different security tasks while keeping operating costs under control.
The move signals the company’s ambition to offer enterprises a cheaper alternative to specialized AI security tools while strengthening its position in the fast-growing cybersecurity market.
Unlike security tools that rely on a single AI model, Project Perception is expected to use what is known as a model router. According to The Information, this system would determine which AI model is best suited to a particular task before assigning the workload accordingly.
The approach would allow Microsoft’s own AI models, alongside those from OpenAI and Anthropic, to work together rather than independently.
Depending on the complexity of a software vulnerability, the platform could switch between models to analyse code, identify security weaknesses and automatically generate fixes.
If launched as reported, Project Perception would mark Microsoft’s latest effort to strengthen its enterprise security portfolio at a time when businesses are increasingly investing in AI-driven cyber defences to counter a rapidly evolving threat landscape.
The strategy is also intended to reduce costs. Anthropic’s cybersecurity-focused AI model, Mythos, has gained attention for its advanced bug-hunting capabilities but is considered expensive to deploy at scale. By routing requests across multiple models instead of relying solely on one, Microsoft reportedly hopes to offer customers similar capabilities at a lower price point.
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