--- description: Find out why CrowdStrike was selected for TIME‘s list of the most influential companies of 2026. title: TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2026: CrowdStrike image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b349d0a5a297ec5/69d7dba2408190f8748c562a/time100-companies-2026-crowdstrike.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Apr 30, 2026 # CrowdStrike Agentic cybersecurity by [Chris Stokel-Walker](/author/chris-stokel-walker/) ## Chris Stokel-Walker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  George Kurtz, CEO of CrowdStrike. George Kurtz, CEO of CrowdStrike.Courtesy CrowdStrike Cyberattacks are getting faster and harder to detect, with the average breach now spreading through a network in 29 minutes, down from 98 just five years ago. [AI is compounding the problem](https://time.com/article/2026/04/07/-a-perfect-storm-how-ai-is-transforming-the-global-scam-industry/ "undefined"), powering more convincing phishing campaigns, automating reconnaissance, and even embedding itself into malware. In 2025, [AI-enabled attacks rose by 89%](https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/press-releases/2026-crowdstrike-global-threat-report/ "undefined"). So CrowdStrike—whose platform protects nearly 60% of Fortune 500 companies—is fighting fire with fire. The company's Charlotte AI platform deploys autonomous agents that sift through thousands of security alerts, flag genuine threats, and handle routine responses—work that previously required teams of human analysts on duty around the clock. Three acquisitions in 2025 and 2026, worth a combined $1.4 billion, will strengthen CrowdStrike’s defenses across [AI applications](https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/blog/crowdstrike-to-acquire-pangea/ "undefined"), [user identity](https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/press-releases/crowdstrike-to-acquire-sgnl-to-transform-identity-security-for-ai-era/ "undefined"), and [web browsers](https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/press-releases/crowdstrike-to-acquire-seraphic-security/ "undefined"). "We're in the bottom of the first inning in terms of AI technology," says CEO George Kurtz, who led the company's recovery from its July 2024 outage that disrupted systems worldwide. "You're going to see a whole host of new security vulnerabilities and areas for adversaries to take advantage of, and I think that creates a massive tailwind for companies like CrowdStrike." ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collection/time100-most-influential-companies/2026/crowdstrike/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collection/time100-most-influential-companies/2026/crowdstrike/"},"headline":"CrowdStrike","datePublished":"2026-04-30T15:48:32.268Z","dateModified":"2026-05-12T07:03:03.539Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collection/time100-most-influential-companies/2026/crowdstrike/","keywords":["TIME100 Companies","franchise","list"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b349d0a5a297ec5/69d7dba2408190f8748c562a/time100-companies-2026-crowdstrike.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chris Stokel-Walker","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/chris-stokel-walker/"}],"creator":"Chris Stokel-Walker","articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b349d0a5a297ec5/69d7dba2408190f8748c562a/time100-companies-2026-crowdstrike.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collection/time100-most-influential-companies/2026/crowdstrike/","name":"CrowdStrike"}}]}] ```