CrowdStrike signs deals to buy Dreadnode and Fiddler AI to police AI agents
Kurtz's company also launched a Falcon Guardian kill switch for unauthorized agents and said both acquisitions should close in Q4 FY27.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: Business Wire
Why it matters
CrowdStrike is buying the pre-deployment and observability layers around AI agents while shipping runtime controls itself. Dreadnode raised a $14 million Series A in 2025 and has a reported purchase price of about $95 million.
CrowdStrike, led by founder and CEO George Kurtz (@George_Kurtz), signed definitive agreements to acquire Dreadnode and Fiddler AI, extending the Falcon platform into testing AI systems before deployment and observing agents after they run. CrowdStrike announced the Dreadnode deal at Fal.Con Europe 2026 in Barcelona on November 3rd, saying Dreadnode will continuously test AI models, applications and agents for security weaknesses before deployment. The company announced the planned Fiddler AI acquisition in a separate Falcon Guardian release the same day.…
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