The program, run in tandem with Nvidia and Amazon Web Services (AWS), is designed for “startups building the future of cybersecurity for the agentic era,” CrowdStrike said in its announcement Tuesday (Oct. 6).
“The next generation of agentic cybersecurity companies is being built right now, and we want to foster ecosystem innovation to transform cybersecurity,” said Daniel Bernard, chief business officer at CrowdStrike. “Together with AWS and NVIDIA, we’re putting the scale and power of our companies and ecosystems behind the best founders to help them build faster, reach more customers, and grow. When these companies grow, we grow with them.”
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Applications are open through Nov. 2, with the eight-week program scheduled for Jan. 11 through March 8 of 2027. Startups will connect with technical and business leaders from CrowdStrike, AWS, and Nvidia, “as well as market contributors, combining hands-on technical mentorship with business development and go-to-market guidance,” the announcement added.
Upon conclusion of the program, up to 10 startups will move on to pitch at next year’s RSAC cybersecurity conference, where a winner will be selected. Past cohorts have included Onum, which went on to be acquired by CrowdStrike.
“AI is changing both the threats customers face and what’s possible in cybersecurity,” said CJ Moses, chief information security officer at Amazon. “The next generation of security companies needs to build for real-world environments from day one. This Accelerator gives founders access to the cloud infrastructure, technical expertise, and scale to turn ambitious ideas into solutions enterprises can depend on.”
Among the problems facing enterprises, PYMNTS wrote last week, is AI’s ability to “industrialize” existing cybersecurity concerns.
“Finding vulnerabilities traditionally required expensive human labor,” the report said. “Researchers had to map applications, inspect documentation, understand authentication flows, test configurations, analyze code and repeatedly probe systems for unusual behavior.”
Artificial intelligence (AI) can increasingly perform or accelerate portions of that work, the report added, citing recent incidents in which single researchers were able to use automation to expose vulnerabilities at Microsoft and the Department of Justice.
“Enterprises may spend millions building and protecting increasingly complex technology estates while a teenager with the right AI tools can search them for weaknesses at a fraction of the historical cost,” the report said. “That asymmetry should concern CISOs and CFOs alike.”
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