How CrowdStrike Bets on Security AGI with Bartley Richardson

CrowdStrike has appointed Dr Bartley Richardson as its Chief AI and Autonomous Systems Officer. The appointment comes as enterprises face mounting questions around AI governance and accountability.

Bartley will shape CrowdStrike's AI strategy and work to convert the company's cybersecurity data into autonomous security outcomes.

Transitioning from NVIDIA engineering

Bartley brings more than 20 years of experience to CrowdStrike. He spent his most recent tenure at NVIDIA, where he worked on agentic AI, cybersecurity AI and AI infrastructure initiatives.

At NVIDIA, Bartley led engineering teams focused on large-scale data challenges. He developed systems designed to convert datasets into actionable security intelligence.

Bartley oversaw development of foundational technologies for AI agents. These included NVIDIA's NeMo Agent Toolkit and the AI-Q research assistant, which have helped organisations operationalise AI at scale.

His work at NVIDIA involved accelerating the adoption of intelligent automation.

CrowdStrike's recruitment of Bartley could mean the firm plans to advance its AI-powered security capabilities.

Building towards security AGI

At CrowdStrike, Bartley will work on what the company calls Security AGI. The concept leverages an AI flywheel built on data, models, agents and human expertise.

CrowdStrike's Falcon platform generates real-time telemetry and threat intelligence from customer environments, thereby creating the foundation for next-generation security automation.

The firm employs swaths of threat hunters, managed detection and response analysts and incident responders.

These teams contribute to produce expert-labelled data, creating feedback loops that train and refine AI systems in operational environments.

Bartley will oversee Charlotte AI, the company's agentic security operations centre platform. He will also manage AI detection and response technologies designed to move security operations towards greater autonomy.

Targeting level five autonomy

CrowdStrike has set an objective for Bartley to move the security operations centre to level five autonomy. 

"CrowdStrike pioneered AI-native cybersecurity," says George Kurtz, CEO and founder of CrowdStrike. "Our data advantage is structural; no one else has the sensors, the telemetry, the expert validation and the closed-loop system to stop breaches at machine speed.

"The best AI builders want to solve the hardest problems with the best data. That's why Bartley joins us."

Bartley describes his role as addressing challenges at the intersection of AI and security. "Cybersecurity is one of the defining challenges of the AI era, encapsulating massive data, constant noise and the need to make the right decisions in real time," he says.

Deploying AI with confidence

The new role involves ensuring organisations can deploy AI safely and at speed. "Modern cybersecurity isn't just about stopping threats; it's ensuring organisations can deploy AI safely, at speed, with confidence," Bartley says.

He describes CrowdStrike's objective as delivering what he calls security superintelligence.

"CrowdStrike's data, platform and mission put us on the path to deliver security superintelligence, where machines and humans stop breaches together," Bartley says.

With Bartley now leading AI strategy, CrowdStrike is positioning itself in the autonomous security space. The firm describes its approach as AI-native threat protection.