CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) is positioning itself for sustained cybersecurity growth as demand for endpoint protection, AI security and agent-focused tools expands, though BNP Paribas remains cautious on the stock's valuation.

A startup accelerator that CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD | CRWD Price Prediction) runs with Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) Web Services and NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) is triggering a broad bid for cybersecurity names tied to protecting AI agents. CrowdStrike stock is up 3% to $281.

CrowdStrike founder and CEO George Kurtz joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the state of the AI boom, AI safety concerns, details of its fourth annual Cybersecurity Startup Accelerator, and more.

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Numerous Wall Street analysts boosted their price targets on CrowdStrike last month. The company was also instrumental in forming the Blueprint Alliance, which created a practical framework for monitoring, governing, and securing AI agents.

Cybersecurity demand is expected to surge as AI models become more advanced and physical AI scales.

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CrowdStrike and Palo Alto are positioned for long-term growth.

For eight quarters concluding with the fiscal quarter ended July 2026, Salesforce consistently produced higher total revenue than CrowdStrike, leading in absolute size by maintaining a continuous top-line advantage. CrowdStrike recorded continuous, uninterrupted quarter-over-quarter revenue increases, while Salesforce experienced occasional minor sequential revenue dips within an otherwise broader, stable long-term upward trajectory.

The more we ask AI to do for us, the more access we have to give it – and that's creating a potentially lucrative new problem for the cybersecurity industry. AI agents are increasingly able to search databases, access applications, use credentials, and carry out tasks with limited human supervision.