---
id: 2137
title: "Shift Acquisition"
source_domain: caido.io
source_url: "https://caido.io/blog/2025-07-16-shift-acquisition"
published_at: "2025-07-16 00:00"
tags: ["ai-security", "caido", "plugin", "acquisition", "plugins", "joseph-thacker", "shift", "payload-generation"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/2137"
lang: en
---

# Shift Acquisition

## Summary

Caido acquires the Shift plugin, an AI companion that crafts payloads, Match & Replace rules, and HTTPQL queries, making it free for paid users; creator Joseph Thacker joins as an AI advisor.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** caido.io
- **Published:** 2025-07-16 00:00
- **Original:** https://caido.io/blog/2025-07-16-shift-acquisition
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/2137