CrowdStrike's CTO leaving to launch cyber fund

CrowdStrike's CTO leaving to launch cyber fund

CrowdStrike's (CRWD) Global Chief Technology Officer Elia Zaitsev is leaving the company to launch an AI cyber fund called Cognition.

CrowdStrike stock falls as CTO leaves to launch AI fund

CrowdStrike (CRWD) shares fell 4.8% after Axios reported that Chief Technology Officer Elia Zaitsev is leaving the cybersecurity company to launch an AI-focused cybersecurity venture fund. Zaitsev is departing after 13 years at CrowdStrike and will launch Cognition alongside former CrowdStrike corporate development executives Gur Talpaz and Tayler Sipperly. The new firm is targeting a $170 million fund focused on cybersecurity startups developin…