Key facts
- CrowdStrike appointed Dr. Bartley Richardson as Chief AI and Autonomous Systems Officer.
- Richardson previously led engineering for agentic AI, cybersecurity AI, and AI infrastructure at NVIDIA.
- At NVIDIA, he developed tools like the NeMo Agent Toolkit and AI-Q research assistant.
- Richardson will lead CrowdStrike's Charlotte AI platform, agentic SOC, and AI Detection and Response products.
- CrowdStrike aims for "level 5 autonomy" in security operations center automation.
CrowdStrike has appointed Dr. Bartley Richardson as its new Chief AI and Autonomous Systems Officer. Richardson joins from NVIDIA, where he was a senior engineering lead responsible for agentic AI, cybersecurity AI, and large-scale AI infrastructure. During his tenure at NVIDIA, he was instrumental in developing foundational AI technologies such as the NeMo Agent Toolkit and the AI-Q research assistant, aimed at enabling organizations to deploy AI agents at scale. In his new role at CrowdStrike, Richardson will spearhead the company's overall AI strategy, with a particular emphasis on advancing its Charlotte AI platform, developing agentic security operations center (SOC) capabilities, and enhancing AI Detection and Response products. The company's ambitious goal is to achieve what it terms "level 5 autonomy" in SOC operations, signifying a fully automated and self-managing security system. CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz highlighted the company's extensive data pipeline, collected through its Falcon platform, as a key asset for training AI models and achieving autonomous responses. The company also views this role as a step towards its long-term vision of Security AGI, applying artificial general intelligence to cybersecurity challenges.