CrowdStrike acquires Fiddler AI and Dreadnode for nearly $500M
Original title: CrowdStrike to shell out nearly $500M for 2 AI security startups as the market for securing agents takes off
The purchases expand CrowdStrike's capabilities for monitoring and testing AI agents and models.
CrowdStrike is buying Fiddler AI and Dreadnode to strengthen AI security features. Fiddler AI offers observability for enterprise AI agents, while Dreadnode automates security testing for AI models and apps. The total cost is approximately $495 million, with integrations planned into the Falcon platform.
- $400 million for Fiddler AI
- $95 million for Dreadnode
- Focus on AI agent monitoring and testing
- Vendors
- CrowdStrike
- Products
- Falcon platform
- Organizations
- Fiddler AIDreadnode
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CrowdStrike said it will buy Fiddler AI, which makes AI agent observability software, and Dreadnode, which helps companies automate AI security testing.
By Ram Iyer · techcrunch.com
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