CrowdStrike acquires Fiddler AI for about $400M and Dreadnode for about $95M in cash
11/03/2026 — 11/03, 23:18·2 sources (all)·2 reports (all)
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- The Wall Street Journal reports that CrowdStrike has agreed to acquire Fiddler AI, which monitors AI agents, for about $400 million, and Dre…
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On November 3, 2026, CrowdStrike announced that it had agreed to acquire two AI security companies, Fiddler AI and Dreadnode. The announcement was made at the company's Fal.Con Europe conference in Barcelona. According to The Next Web, which covered the announcement, Fiddler tracks what AI agents do and why, while Dreadnode tests AI models, applications and agents for weaknesses before they go live. That report did not disclose the deal terms.
Later the same evening, Techmeme carried a report from The Wall Street Journal with the pricing: CrowdStrike agreed to buy Fiddler AI, which helps monitor AI agents, for roughly $400M, and Dreadnode, an automated security AI testing tool, for roughly $95M, mostly in cash. The Journal report framed the deals around a wider trend, noting that companies are deploying AI agents faster than some security teams can establish controls. No additional closing details or integration plans were announced.
As of now, both acquisitions have been publicly confirmed by CrowdStrike, with the conference announcement covering the deals generally and the later reporting supplying the financial terms. No further developments have been reported.
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Latest turnCrowdStrike has agreed to acquire Fiddler AI, which monitors AI agents, for about $400 million, and Dreadnode, an automated AI security testing tool, for about $95 million, mostly in cash, The Wall Street Journal reported. The deals come as companies deploy AI agents faster than some security teams can put controls in place.
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CrowdStrike has agreed to acquire Fiddler AI, which monitors AI agents, for about $400 million, and Dreadnode, an automated AI security testing tool, for about $95 million, mostly in cash, The Wall Street Journal reported. The deals come as companies deploy AI agents faster than some security teams can put controls in place.
TechmemeAI score 61CrowdStrike announced at its Fal.Con Europe conference in Barcelona that it has agreed to acquire AI security companies Fiddler AI and Dreadnode, without disclosing the price. Fiddler tracks what AI agents do and why, while Dreadnode tests AI models, applications and agents for weaknesses before deployment.
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