At this year’s Pax8 Beyond 2026 conference, vendors across the channel unveiled new products, partnerships, and investments focused on helping managed service providers improve operations and scale more efficiently.
Several announcements centered on security, documentation, and service delivery, reflecting the challenges MSPs continue to face as customer expectations rise and operational demands increase.
Read our recap of Pax8’s announcements to catch up on additions to the marketplace’s capabilities for partners.
Here are some of the other biggest announcements from the event.
- Lexful closes a $7M seed round for next-gen documentation for MSPs
- Cavelo introduces AI security analyst to help address client risk
- Check Point rolls out new platform advancing ‘Secure AI’
- inforcer debuts threat detection and response solution
- MSP-aaS announces Pax8 partnership to modernize MSP service delivery
- What Beyond 2026 signals for MSPs
Lexful closes a $7M seed round for next-gen documentation for MSPs
Lexful, a secure IT documentation platform provider, announced it has closed an oversubscribed $7 million seed round led by Top Down Ventures and York IE.
Previewed in February with a limited set of integrations, Lexful is set to launch general availability in July with a full set of integrations and AI-native features to address longstanding MSP challenges, including tribal knowledge, outdated documentation, and broken search.
The company aims to transform IT documentation into real-time operational intelligence. Its platform automatically captures, maintains, and connects documentation, turning static records and institutional knowledge into contextual information that MSPs can quickly find and act upon.
“We built Lexful to fundamentally change how MSPs capture, use, and operationalize IT documentation and knowledge in the AI era,” said Pinar Ormeci, chief executive officer at Lexful.
“The momentum we’ve seen since our phased launch validates the urgency of the problem. This seed round reflects the work our team has put in and the power of an AI-native approach. This funding allows us to build on our AI-native documentation foundation as we accelerate our vision for what knowledge operations should look like in the AI era.”
Following the funding announcement, Lexful said it plans to accelerate research and development around AI agents and expand global operations with in-region data residency, among other priorities.
Cavelo introduces AI security analyst to help address client risk
Cavelo, a data security posture management (DSPM) provider, has launched Cora, an AI Security Analyst designed to help managed service providers (MSPs) and security teams identify, analyze, prioritize, and remediate cyber risk across client environments.
Built directly into the Cavelo360 platform, Cora enables security professionals to surface vulnerabilities and risks specific to their environments or clients without leaving the platform. The tool translates security data into guided recommendations that help teams understand not only where risk exists, but also how to address it.
“MSPs are overwhelmed with data but still struggle to understand where real risk exists,” said James Mignacca, chief executive officer at Cavelo.
“With Cora, we’ve turned security data into risk intelligence that works the way an MSP and their team needs it to, on demand. By quickly discovering risk, understanding how attackers could exploit it, and acting on remediation, teams can confidently do their job in a fraction of the time it would ordinarily take.”
According to Cavelo, Cora supports several key use cases:
- MSP and MSSP leaders: Helps translate complex security telemetry into understandable narratives and recommendations for clients.
- Senior engineers: Provides additional context for identifying patterns, prioritizing remediation efforts, and improving security posture across environments.
- Level 1 and Level 2 technicians: Reduces manual investigation time by surfacing prioritized insights and recommended next steps.
“What operators really need isn’t more dashboards or alerts. They need clear answers about where risk exists and what to fix first. Cora is built from that reality. It helps partners gain the visibility they need, prioritize action, and deliver security value their customers can actually see and understand,” said Larry Meador, channel chief at Cavelo.
Check Point rolls out new platform advancing ‘Secure AI’
Cybersecurity provider Check Point Software Technologies also announced a major expansion of its MSP platform at Beyond 2026.
The new offering, which is rolling out globally to Check Point partners, is designed to help MSPs secure AI adoption, streamline operations, and simplify the delivery of managed security.
The expansion, Check Point says, includes three major components:
- Securing AI and AI usage for MSPs
- A new multi-tenant MSP management platform with Management Control Plane (MCP) access
- Unified managed security bundles delivered through a simplified licensing model
Workface AI Security comes to MSPs
To address the growing security gap in AI use, Check Point is extending Workforce AI Security across its MSP ecosystem, enabling MSPs to discover AI use, govern employee interactions with AI tools, and protect sensitive data across emerging AI applications and agents.
The company also introduced a new multi-tenant MSP platform that provides centralized access to the Check Point product portfolio, native AI security capabilities, expanded PSA integrations, and a dedicated MSP experience team focused on partner support and enablement.
Security bundles target MSP offerings across SASE, DMARC, and more
In addition, Check Point unveiled new unified security bundles that combine email, endpoint, browser, and mobile security, SASE, Workforce AI, security awareness training, and DMARC into a single offering.
“As MSPs help customers navigate rapid AI adoption, there is growing demand for solutions that are easier to manage, consolidate fragmented tools, and support evolving security requirements,” said Oguo Atuanya, corporate vice president of vendor experience at Pax8.
“Check Point’s approach brings together AI security, centralized management, and simplified service delivery in a way that aligns with how partners want to scale and support their customers in the era of AI transformation.”
inforcer debuts threat detection and response solution
inforcer, a provider of Microsoft 365 multi-tenant management software for MSPs, has launched its Threat Detection and Response (TDR) solution, designed to help managed service providers identify threats, contain breaches, and prevent repeat attacks.
The new offering marks the company’s expansion from preventive, or “left-of-boom,” security into “right-of-boom” detection and response capabilities. According to inforcer, the addition positions its platform to support the full Microsoft 365 security lifecycle from prevention through incident response.
Now available in early access, inforcer TDR combines threat detection, incident management, and automated response capabilities within the company’s existing Microsoft 365 management platform.
Unlike many threat detection and response tools that focus primarily on identity-based threats, inforcer says its TDR platform continuously monitors telemetry across Microsoft 365 services, including Entra, Defender, Purview, Teams, and SharePoint, to provide broader visibility and context around potential attacks.
“At inforcer, we’re building the complete security platform MSPs can use for the long-term,” said Jamie Daum, chief executive officer of inforcer.
“We’re consistently innovating and expanding, so MSPs can innovate and expand alongside us. With Threat Detection and Response, inforcer is now the single, centralized platform for multi-tenant Microsoft 365 management across the entire security lifecycle, both left of boom and right of boom.”
MSP-aaS announces Pax8 partnership to modernize MSP service delivery
MSP-as-a-Service (MSP-aaS) also announced a new partnership with cloud marketplace provider Pax8 at Beyond 2026.
According to MSP-aaS, the collaboration extends the reach of its NOCDOC-powered MSP-as-a-Service operating model and introduces enterprise-grade operational support capabilities to Pax8 partners looking to scale without adding internal overhead.
The partnership combines Pax8’s marketplace and partner ecosystem with NOCDOC’s 24/7 service desk, NOC, SOC, and technical operations capabilities. The companies say the arrangement is designed to help MSPs address labor shortages, operational complexity, and margin pressures while supporting growth through a more flexible service delivery model.
“As a trusted partner to so many businesses across the channel, at Pax8, we’re always working to help our partners operate more efficiently and scale with confidence,” said Kathryn Almendarez Marsman, senior vice president of global alliances at Pax8.
“Bringing MSP-aaS into our Marketplace gives partners access to the kind of always-on operational support that is increasingly critical as they grow. It’s a practical step forward in helping them deliver consistent, high-quality service without adding unnecessary complexity to their business.”
White-label offering gives MSPs ownership of client relationships
The companies also announced that NOCDOC-delivered services will be offered as white-label solutions, allowing MSPs to maintain ownership of the customer relationship while expanding their operational and technical capabilities. In addition, the Pax8 help desk will be powered by NOCDOC and made available to Pax8 partners.
“By bringing MSP-aaS and NOCDOC to the Pax8 community, we’re extending access to a proven operating model that helps MSPs scale faster, deliver services more consistently, and grow profitably without the burden of building additional operational infrastructure,” said Juan Fernandez, chief executive officer of Summit Holdings.
What Beyond 2026 signals for MSPs
The announcements at Beyond 2026 highlight a channel in transition. Vendors are increasingly using AI, automation, and integrated platforms to help MSPs reduce operational complexity, strengthen security, and improve service delivery.
Whether through AI-driven knowledge management, guided security operations, or modernized service delivery capabilities, the common theme is helping MSPs scale more efficiently without increasing headcount.
For partners, success will depend on identifying which of these emerging capabilities can be translated into profitable, differentiated services for customers.
At Beyond 2026, Pax8 unveiled a Managed Intelligence Provider (MIP) Program, Marketplace enhancements, and new AI services to help partners scale. Read more about the announcements and Pax8’s vision for AI-enabled MSP growth.