CrowdStrike Agrees to Buy Fiddler AI and Dreadnode for Nearly $500 Million, WSJ Reports
Summary
CrowdStrike agrees to buy Fiddler AI for about $400 million and Dreadnode for about $95 million, nearly $500 million for two AI security startups, according to The Wall Street Journal. Fiddler's agent monitoring software becomes Falcon Observe; Dreadnode's model testing tools join Falcon Guardian. The deals expand CrowdStrike's push to police enterprise AI agents.
Key Points
- Fiddler AI, founded in 2018, has raised about $99 million to date, according to PitchBook.
- Dreadnode, founded in 2023, has raised $14 million so far, PitchBook data shows.
- Dreadnode's software feeds test results into Falcon Guardian as security policy recommendations, CrowdStrike says.