Dreadnode
Dreadnode provides security teams with self-hosted agent evaluation and AI red-teaming infrastructure for traditional ML through multi-agent systems.
Ownership and deals
Full ledger- Dreadnode: pending with CrowdStrike, announced 3 Nov 2026. Expected to close in CrowdStrike Q4 FY27, subject to closing conditions. CrowdStrike press release
Facts
Source per value- Self-host or private cloud The vendor documents running the product on your own servers, in your own cloud or VPC, or air-gapped. Derived from the deployment text on the same source.
- Yes 1
- Ownership and deals The acquisition or ownership fact, as stated by the parties.
- CrowdStrike signed an agreement to acquire Dreadnode on November 3, 2026. The deal is pending, with closing expected in CrowdStrike Q4 FY27. 2
- Agent security, as documented What the vendor documents for this capability.
- Combines task evaluations, LLM judges, and adversarial testing to assess agent behavior. 1
- Red teaming, as documented What the vendor documents for this capability.
- Red teams traditional ML models through multi-agent systems. 1
- Deployment Documented hosting and installation options.
- Runs inside customer-controlled infrastructure and routes inference to approved or self-hosted models. 1
- Latest disclosed round $M Size of the most recent funding round the company or the press reported, in US$ millions.
- 14 3
- Funding Latest round, lead investor and month, plus the total raised where the source states it.
- $14M Series A, February 2025. 3
Sources
- Dreadnode: dreadnode.io accessed 2026-11-11
- Dreadnode: crowdstrike.com/en-us/press-releases/crowdstrike-to-acq accessed 2026-11-11
- SecurityWeek: Dreadnode secures $14M accessed 2026-11-11
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