CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc., Amazon Web Services, and NVIDIA announced the launch of the third‑year Cybersecurity Startup Accelerator on January 5, 2026. The program will select 35 startups from a global pool and run for eight weeks, from January 5 to March 3, 2026, offering free mentorship, technical support, and access to CrowdStrike’s Falcon platform.
The accelerator is designed to accelerate the development of AI‑driven cloud security solutions. Startups receive guidance from CrowdStrike’s security experts, hands‑on access to the Falcon platform, and the possibility of investment through the CrowdStrike Falcon Fund, which co‑invests in early‑stage companies building on the Falcon ecosystem.
Selection criteria focus on the strength of a startup’s innovation, its potential to make a market impact, and the caliber of its founding team. The accelerator targets solutions that enhance threat detection, identity protection, data protection, and automated response in cloud environments, leveraging AI to scale security operations at enterprise‑grade speed.
In its third year, the accelerator has graduated 59 startups, many of which have raised significant follow‑on funding and secured strategic partnerships or acquisitions. The program’s track record demonstrates CrowdStrike’s ability to identify and nurture high‑growth security vendors that can integrate with or complement the Falcon platform, reinforcing its platform‑centric strategy.
Daniel Bernard, CrowdStrike’s Chief Business Officer, said the accelerator “is a launchpad for the next era of AI‑driven security innovators,” while AWS’s Chris Grusz highlighted the joint effort to “bring together the power and expertise of AWS, CrowdStrike, and NVIDIA to help these innovators accelerate development.” NVIDIA’s Bartley Richardson added that the partnership “empowers startups with the compute, frameworks, and guidance they need to advance agentic AI and build the next wave of intelligent, resilient security technologies.”
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