CrowdStrike to acquire Fiddler AI and Dreadnode for $495 million
Original title: CrowdStrike Reportedly Paying $495 Million for AI Security Firms Fiddler, Dreadnode
CrowdStrike announced acquisitions of Fiddler AI and Dreadnode in combined deals worth $495 million expected to close in fourth quarter of fiscal 2027.
CrowdStrike on Tuesday announced agreements to acquire AI agent observability firm Fiddler AI and AI security testing company Dreadnode in deals reportedly worth a combined $495 million. The deals are expected to close in the fourth quarter of CrowdStrike’s fiscal year 2027 which ends on January 31 2027. Fiddler was founded in 2018 and is based in Palo Alto California. Dreadnode founded in 2023 develops offensive AI security tools. Alongside the acquisitions CrowdStrike introduced an AI Kill Switch in Falcon Guardian.
Unconfirmed: No CVE id or further details on exploitation stated in advisory
- - Combined deals worth $495 million for Fiddler AI and Dreadnode
- - $400 million for Fiddler and $95 million for Dreadnode
- - Expected close in fourth quarter of fiscal 2027
- - Fiddler adds AI agent monitoring and tracing
- - Dreadnode provides AI attack testing tools
- Vendors
- CrowdStrike
- Products
- Fiddler AIDreadnode
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