CrowdStrike announced Monday it has signed agreements to acquire two artificial intelligence security companies, Fiddler AI and Dreadnode, in deals announced at its Fal.Con Europe conference in Barcelona. CrowdStrike did not disclose what it paid for the companies. A report in the Wall Street Journal listed the price for Fiddler at $400 million, and Dreadnode at $95 million.
CrowdStrike moves to acquire Fiddler and Dreadnode, adding AI observability and testing to its security platform
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