CrowdStrike Announces Plan to Buy Two AI Security Startups for $495 Million Combined

CrowdStrike said it will acquire AI security startups Fiddler AI and Dreadnode for a combined $495 million, according to the Wall Street Journal. Fiddler, an AI agent observability vendor, would become Falcon Observe; Dreadnode, which automates pre-deployment security testing, would join Falcon Guardian. Both deals are announced and have not closed.