# CrowdStrike

> CrowdStrike is a cloud-native cybersecurity company built around its Falcon platform, a single lightweight software agent that combines endpoint detection, cloud workload protection, identity security, threat intelligence and, increasingly, AI-driven detection and response. Founded in 2011 by George Kurtz, Dmitri Alperovitch and Gregg Marston, the company delivers security as a subscription service, collecting telemetry from millions of endpoints to spot attacks in real time. It serves large enterprises, governments and mid-market firms, trades on the Nasdaq as CRWD, and is a component of the S&P 500.

- **Founded:** 2011
- **Headquarters:** Austin, Texas, United States
- **Founders:** George Kurtz (Co-founder & CEO), Dmitri Alperovitch (Co-founder & former CTO), Gregg Marston (Co-founder & former CFO)
- **Team size:** Roughly 10,000 employees (2026)
- **Products:** Falcon Platform, Falcon Insight (EDR/XDR), Falcon Cloud Security, Falcon Identity Protection, Falcon Next-Gen SIEM
- **Notable:** Grew from a 2011 startup to a Nasdaq-listed leader and S&P 500 component (added 2024)., Surpassed $4.8 billion in annual revenue and about $5.5 billion in annual recurring revenue by FY2026., Pioneered the single-agent, cloud-native security architecture widely emulated across the industry.

## Products & services

- **Falcon Platform** — Cloud-native security platform delivered through a single lightweight agent, spanning endpoint, cloud, identity, data and threat intelligence.
- **Falcon Insight (EDR/XDR)** — Endpoint and extended detection and response that records and analyzes activity to detect and stop threats in real time.
- **Falcon Cloud Security** — Protection for cloud workloads, containers and multi-cloud environments including posture management.
- **Falcon Identity Protection** — Detects and stops identity-based attacks such as credential theft and lateral movement.
- **Falcon Next-Gen SIEM** — Security information and event management built on CrowdStrike's data platform for fast search and correlation.
- **Charlotte AI** — Generative-AI security analyst that helps teams triage, investigate and respond to threats.
- **Falcon Foundry / Falcon Flex** — A no-code app development platform and a flexible subscription model letting customers consume the platform across modules.
- **Threat Intelligence & Falcon OverWatch** — Adversary intelligence and 24/7 human-led managed threat hunting.

## Achievements

- Grew from a 2011 startup to a Nasdaq-listed leader and S&P 500 component (added 2024).
- Surpassed $4.8 billion in annual revenue and about $5.5 billion in annual recurring revenue by FY2026.
- Pioneered the single-agent, cloud-native security architecture widely emulated across the industry.
- Built one of the most widely cited threat-intelligence teams, known for tracking nation-state adversaries.
- Executed a four-for-one stock split effective July 2026.
- Recovered growth after the July 2024 global outage, with FY2026 revenue up 22%.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Reported Q1 FY2027 revenue of about $1.39 billion, up 26% year over year, with ARR reaching roughly $5.51 billion.
- **2026-07** — Completed a four-for-one stock split, with shares trading split-adjusted from July 2, 2026.
- **2026-03** — Reported full fiscal year 2026 revenue of $4.81 billion, up 22% year over year.
- **2024-11** — Acquired SaaS security specialist Adaptive Shield to unify cloud and identity security with SaaS protection.
- **2024-07** — A faulty Falcon sensor content update crashed roughly 8.5 million Windows systems in the largest IT outage in history.

## Links

- Website: https://www.crowdstrike.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/crowdstrike
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/CrowdStrike
- GitHub: https://github.com/CrowdStrike
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/CrowdStrike
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crowdstrike/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CrowdStrike/

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Last updated: 2026-07-16