In this Fal.Con 2025 interview, theCUBE’s Dave Vellante sits down with Daniel Bernard, Chief Business Officer at CrowdStrike, CJ Moses, Chief Information Security Officer and VP of Security Engineering at Amazon, and Shahar Peled, co-founder of Terra Security. Together they unpack the vision behind CrowdStrike’s startup accelerator and how AWS, CrowdStrike and NVIDIA are fueling a new wave of cybersecurity innovation.
The discussion highlights why agentic AI is a breakthrough for offensive security, pen testing and red teaming, with Terra’s rapid rise serving as a case study. Peled explains how Terra scaled after winning the accelerator, from raising $38M and tripling its team to launching the first agentic AI–powered continuous penetration testing platform. Bernard and Moses share their insider view on spotting promising startups, leveraging ecosystems for go-to-market acceleration and the importance of humility from hyperscalers when collaborating with innovators. With nearly 1,000 applicants pared down to a handful of winners, this segment shows how ecosystems, cloud marketplaces and AI-native approaches are reshaping what it means to stay ahead of threats in real time.
