Business3 November 2026CrowdStrike, Fiddler AI, Dreadnode and Anthropic126 days after June 2026

CrowdStrike adds a kill switch for rogue AI agents and agrees to buy Fiddler AI and Dreadnode

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Kill switch blocks agents’ access to models via AI gateways; a human decides to cut off and restore
Prices per WSJ: Fiddler ~$400M, Dreadnode ~$95M, mostly cash

A CrowdStrike executive (named Bernard by CNBC) told CNBC the mechanism is “very binary”: “You either kill the AI and the agent, or you don’t.”

2 sources from 2 sites. Numbers match the chips in the text.

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2 sources: 2 press

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