CrowdStrike to shell out nearly $500M for 2 AI security startups as the market for securing agents takes off

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CrowdStrike to shell out nearly $500M for 2 AI security startups as the market for securing agents takes off

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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