{"id":58639,"date":"2025-05-09T15:23:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T15:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/after-that-2024-windows-fiasco-crowdstrike-has-a-plan-job-cuts-leaning-on-ai\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T15:23:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T15:23:46","slug":"after-that-2024-windows-fiasco-crowdstrike-has-a-plan-job-cuts-leaning-on-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/after-that-2024-windows-fiasco-crowdstrike-has-a-plan-job-cuts-leaning-on-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"After that 2024 Windows fiasco, CrowdStrike has a plan \u2013 job cuts, leaning on AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CrowdStrike \u2013 the Texas antivirus slinger famous for crashing millions of Windows machines last year \u2013 plans to cut five percent of its staff, or about 500 workers, in pursuit of &#8220;greater efficiencies,&#8221; according to CEO and co-founder George Kurtz.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to staff, included in a regulatory filing this week, the big cheese explained the change as an effort to move faster and operate more efficiently, citing the alleged transformational power of AI.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re operating in a market and technology inflection point, with AI reshaping every industry, accelerating threats, and evolving customer needs,&#8221; Kurtz <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ir.crowdstrike.com\/static-files\/355578e9-a500-4a76-b6b2-9d61a92a5a95\">wrote<\/a>. &#8220;To lead at scale, with nearly 10,000 CrowdStrikers and a clear path to $10 billion in [annual revenue], we are evolving how we operate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"condor\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cso&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2aCC3W-t0zMaNA0OFMdQKGgAAAE4&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cso&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2aCC3W-t0zMaNA0OFMdQKGgAAAE4&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>That evolution, he explained, will be driven by AI.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pullquote\" readability=\"9\">\n<p>&#8230; with AI reshaping every industry, accelerating threats, and evolving customer needs &#8230; We utilize AI, which could expose us to liability or adversely affect our business<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;AI has always been foundational to how we operate,&#8221; said Kurtz. &#8220;AI flattens our hiring curve, and helps us innovate from idea to product faster. It streamlines go-to-market, improves customer outcomes, and drives efficiencies across both the front and back office. AI is a force multiplier throughout the business.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It is also a farce multiplier, or liability, as CrowdStrike explains in the risk disclosure boilerplate that accompanied its aforementioned <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ir.crowdstrike.com\/static-files\/51565197-d646-4ace-b6ac-670587e46006\">10-K<\/a> regulatory filing with the SEC, America&#8217;s securities watchdog.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xmd=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-lg=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xxlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,brandwidth,brandimpact,leaderboard,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cso&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44aCC3W-t0zMaNA0OFMdQKGgAAAE4&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cso&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44aCC3W-t0zMaNA0OFMdQKGgAAAE4&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<div class=\"adun_eagle_desktop_story_wrapper\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xxlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cso&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33aCC3W-t0zMaNA0OFMdQKGgAAAE4&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cso&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33aCC3W-t0zMaNA0OFMdQKGgAAAE4&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We utilize AI, which could expose us to liability or adversely affect our business,&#8221; the cautionary section begins, and then outlines various scenarios in which things might go sideways.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For example, generative AI has been known to produce a false or &#8216;hallucinatory&#8217; interferences or output, and certain generative AI uses machine learning and predictive analytics, which may be flawed, insufficient, of poor quality, reflect unwanted forms of bias, or contain other errors or inadequacies, any of which may not be easily detectable,&#8221; the passage says, noting that misfires of this sort could harm the biz and\/or its customers.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cso&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44aCC3W-t0zMaNA0OFMdQKGgAAAE4&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cso&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44aCC3W-t0zMaNA0OFMdQKGgAAAE4&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>The obligatory warning concludes by stating AI technology is developing rapidly and that it&#8217;s impossible to predict all the legal, operational, or technological risks that might follow from using AI.<\/p>\n<p>Enterprise HR biz Workday, also keen on AI and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2025\/02\/26\/workday_talks_up_ai_agent_platform\/\" rel=\"noopener\">staff cuts<\/a> \u2013 on the order of 8.5 percent \u2013 mentions similar concerns in its recent <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/app.quotemedia.com\/data\/downloadFiling?webmasterId=101533&amp;ref=318999448&amp;type=PDF&amp;symbol=WDAY&amp;cdn=e97899deca2c055abdc0974b28d33c21&amp;companyName=Workday+Inc.&amp;formType=10-K&amp;dateFiled=2025-03-11\">10-K<\/a> risk boilerplate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Many of our products are powered by AI, some of which include the use of large language models and generative AI, for use cases that could potentially impact human, civil, privacy, or employment rights and dignities,&#8221; the maker of HR and finance software said, downplaying a &#8220;meritless&#8221; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2024\/04\/16\/us_commission_allows_workday_ai\/\" rel=\"noopener\">lawsuit<\/a> &#8220;alleging that our products and services enable discrimination.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite CrowdStrike&#8217;s enthusiasm for AI, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2025\/04\/07\/trump_tariffs_make_prices_greater\/\" rel=\"noopener\">threat of import tariffs<\/a> and the related economic uncertainty may also have something to do with staff reduction.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/04\/29\/united-parcel-service-ups-q1-earnings.html\">Anticipating weak demand<\/a> from Amazon, United Parcel Service in its recent <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/about.ups.com\/us\/en\/newsroom\/press-releases\/financials\/ups-releases-1q-2025-earnings.html\">Q1 2025 earnings release<\/a> cited &#8220;changes in the global trade policy and new or increased tariffs&#8221; as a risk factor, and announced plans to &#8220;reduce our operational workforce by approximately 20,000 positions during 2025 and close 73 leased and owned buildings by the end of June 2025.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"promo_article no_img\">\n<h2 title=\"Judge allows aspects of passenger lawsuit to proceed\">Delta Air Lines class action cleared for takeoff over CrowdStrike chaos<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2025\/05\/07\/delta_crowdstrike_class_action\/\"><span>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>According to IT consultancy Janco, companies are <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2025\/05\/05\/between_the_ai_rock_and\/\" rel=\"noopener\">looking to automation<\/a> in lieu of hiring.<\/p>\n<p>CrowdStrike&#8217;s bet on AI will have to pay off fairly substantially to reach $10 billion in annual revenue. In March, the firm reported $1.06 billion in revenue for its <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ir.crowdstrike.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/crowdstrike-reports-fourth-quarter-and-fiscal-year-2025\">fiscal Q4 2025<\/a>, which was up 25 percent from the prior quarter. Nonetheless, the security biz lost $92.3 million, having lost $16.8 million during <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ir.crowdstrike.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/crowdstrike-reports-third-quarter-fiscal-year-2025-financial\">the prior quarter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" id=\"story_eagle_xsm_sm_md_xmd_lg_xlg\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xsm=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-sm=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-md=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-xmd=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-lg=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-xlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cso&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33aCC3W-t0zMaNA0OFMdQKGgAAAE4&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cso&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33aCC3W-t0zMaNA0OFMdQKGgAAAE4&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>The biz will also incur some cost for shedding employees. 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