CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. announced today that it acquired Fiddler AI and Dreadnode for a combined $495 million. Fiddler AI was acquired for approximately $400 million. It specializes in monitoring AI agent behavior. Dreadnode was acquired for about $95 million. It provides automated security testing for AI models. The acquisitions are intended to strengthen CrowdStrike’s Falcon platform for managing risks associated with AI agents.
CrowdStrike also announced several strategic partnerships. The company is integrating its Falcon Guardian AI Detection and Response (AIDR) natively into Anthropic’s Claude Cowork to secure AI agents throughout their lifecycle. In collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), CrowdStrike announced new AI and cloud security innovations to extend protection across AI applications and workloads on the platform. Ernst & Young (EY) announced that it is building its frontier AI and cyber resilience business on CrowdStrike’s Falcon platform.