CrowdStrike to Acquire Fiddler AI and Dreadnode, Expanding AI Security Tools
Summary
CrowdStrike signed agreements to acquire Fiddler AI and Dreadnode, adding AI agent observability and predeployment security testing. It also announced an AI Kill Switch for stopping agents at runtime.
Key points
- CrowdStrike announced agreements to acquire Fiddler AI and Dreadnode at its Fal.Con Europe conference; the deals are expected to close in fiscal Q4 2027, pending approvals.
- Fiddler’s technology is intended to trace agent decisions, flag behavior drift and fabricated answers, and create audit records.
- Dreadnode’s platform tests models and agents with more than 100 attack methods, including jailbreaks and prompt injection, and ranks issues by severity.
- Dreadnode maps findings to standards including the OWASP Top 10 for large language models and the NIST AI Risk Management Framework.
- CrowdStrike also announced an AI Kill Switch, a runtime control that the company says lets humans stop AI agents.
- The article says both products are expected to be generally available in fiscal Q4 2027.
Article Details
- Event Type
- CrowdStrike announced agreements to acquire AI security companies Fiddler AI and Dreadnode.
- Impact
- The acquisitions would add post-deployment AI agent observability and explainability through Fiddler, and pre-deployment automated security testing for AI models and agents through Dreadnode. CrowdStrike did not disclose the purchase prices; the Wall Street Journal reported prices of $400 million for Fiddler and $95 million for Dreadnode. The deals are expected to close in CrowdStrike’s fourth quarter of fiscal 2027, pending standard approvals.
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CrowdStrikeCrowdStrike announced Monday it has signed agreements to acquire two artificial intelligence security companies, Fiddler AI and Dreadnode, in deals announced at its Fal.Con Europe conference in Barcelona.DreadnodeCrowdStrike announced Monday it has signed agreements to acquire two artificial intelligence security companies, Fiddler AI and Dreadnode, in deals announced at its Fal.Con Europe conference in Barcelona.Fiddler AICrowdStrike announced Monday it has signed agreements to acquire two artificial intelligence security companies, Fiddler AI and Dreadnode, in deals announced at its Fal.Con Europe conference in Barcelona.
Products
AI Kill SwitchIn a separate announcement, Kurtz introduced what the company calls the AI Kill Switch, a control that lets humans stop any AI agent.CrowdStrike Falcon GuardianThe announcements come alongside new Falcon Guardian capabilities that protect agents while they run.CrowdStrike Falcon platformFiddler, which specializes in AI agent observability and explainability, will become Falcon Observe on the company’s Falcon platform.Falcon ObserveFiddler, which specializes in AI agent observability and explainability, will become Falcon Observe on the company’s Falcon platform.