George Kurtz
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George Kurtz is an American entrepreneur and the co-founder and chief executive officer of CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity technology company he helped found in 2011. Before CrowdStrike, he founded the security consulting firm Foundstone, which was acquired by McAfee in 2004, and he subsequently served as McAfee's worldwide chief technology officer. He is a co-author of the well-known "Hacking Exposed" book series on computer security. Kurtz is also known for his involvement in motorsport, co-owning the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team and serving as a technology adviser to the team.
Updated 5 August 2026
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CrowdStrike executives promoted an AI “control plane” for agent governance and highlighted evaluation results for its SafeMind vulnerability-identification model at Fal.Con Conference announcement
CrowdStrike unveiled SafeMind, an agentic autonomous red teaming system, in partnership with NVIDIA at Fal.Con 2026 Feature update
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