
Real Alpha has cut 5 moments of George Kurtz (President & CEO, CrowdStrike) talking, from an interview on No Priors published Oct 22, 2026.
What George Kurtz said
Security models win on cost, data and customer trust
“it probably costs you about $10. Ours is like three cents. So there is a huge cost difference”
George Kurtz19:43 AI attacks raise the pace, not create a new attack class
“there isn't it's just been trained on what we know it hasn't developed its own yet”
George Kurtz30:27 Large companies need startup-speed teams and clear moats
“you can't be in like the waterfall mentality of development. Like things pop out a year later, like you're going to be out of business.”
George Kurtz38:57 Enterprises may reserve frontier models for their hardest tasks
“the open weight models right now are so good. Even if they're three months behind, it's plenty for what we need.”
George Kurtz23:28 Breakout time has fallen to 29 minutes on average
“On average, it's 29 minutes, but we've seen it as quick as 27 seconds.”
George Kurtz6:34
The episode
The New Apex Predator: CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz on Adversaries Armed With AI Agents
George Kurtz · President & CEO, CrowdStrike
18:28of 45:28 · Oct 22
