CrowdStrike to shell out nearly $500M for 2 AI security startups as the market for securing agents takes off
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TECHCRUNCH · SAN FRANCISCO — CrowdStrike said it will buy Fiddler AI, which makes AI agent observability software, and Dreadnode, which helps companies automate AI security testing.
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- 03 November 2026 · 17:56 UTC
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