CrowdStrike reports higher operating expenses as AI investments gain pace

CrowdStrike reported a 15% jump in its first-quarter operating expenses on Wednesday, as the ‌cybersecurity company ramps up investments in AI and product development.
Shares of the company dropped 9% in extended trading.

CrowdStrike expects 2027 revenue to be between $5.91 billion and $5.96 billion, compared ⁠with its prior expectations of $5.87 billion to $5.93 billion.


Total operating expenses for the first quarter came in at $1.07 billion, compared with $934.3 million a year earlier.

The company's platform approach, spanning endpoint protection, cloud security and identity, is designed to make customers more reliant on its ecosystem, driving both stickiness and cross-selling opportunities.

In ‌March, ⁠CrowdStrike launched Falcon Data Security, a unified platform designed to discover, classify and protect sensitive data and AI workflows in real time.

It also launched the Charlotte AI AgentWorks ⁠Ecosystem, a no-code development platform created with AWS, Nvidia, and OpenAI to build and scale custom security agents on ⁠the Falcon platform.

CrowdStrike also announced a four-for-one stock split. Total first-quarter revenue stood at $1.39 billion, compared with ⁠analysts' average estimate of $1.36 billion, according to data compiled by LSEG.