CrowdStrike NASDAQ:CRWD entered a partnership with AI chipmaker Cerebras Systems NASDAQ:CBRS to enhance the speed of AI-powered cybersecurity.
Cerebras shares climbed about 14% on Wednesday following the announcement,
The collaboration will integrate Cerebras' AI inference technology into CrowdStrike's Falcon AI Detection and Response platform, with the goal of accelerating threat detection and response as cyberattacks become increasingly complex.
Under the agreement, CrowdStrike will use Cerebras' inference platform to power Falcon AI Detection and Response models. In return, Cerebras will deploy the CrowdStrike Falcon cybersecurity platform to help protect its own operations.
The companies said the partnership is designed to combine high-speed AI inference with AI-native cybersecurity, enabling organizations building and deploying artificial intelligence systems to identify and respond to threats in real time.