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CrowdStrike announced agreements to acquire AI agent observability firm Fiddler AI and AI security testing company Dreadnode for a combined $495 million. The deals are expected to close in the fourth quarter of CrowdStrike's fiscal year 2027, which ends on January 31, 2027.
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CrowdStrike Buys AI Security Firms Fiddler and Dreadnode

CrowdStrike agrees to buy Fiddler AI, which helps monitor AI agents, for ~$400M, and Dreadnode, an automated security AI testing tool, for ~$95M, mostly in cash (James Rundle/Wall Street Journal)
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