Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro bets on AI to offset US tariff woes

[SINGAPORE] The Trump administration’s policies have cast a shadow over Japanese cybersecurity firm Trend Micro, contributing to a slowdown in its first-quarter revenue, but the company believes that artificial intelligence (AI) offers longer-term promise that could more than make up for the current troubles.

“Even though everybody is pulling back their spending, nobody has stopped the exploration of AI,” said the company’s chief executive officer, Eva Chen, in an interview with The Business Times.

The company provides products and services for all cybersecurity layers such as endpoint devices like laptops, servers where data is stored and Internet networks. With a hand in all security layers, Trend Micro can keep up with innovation and industry changes quickly, including progress in AI, said Chen.