Crowdstrike And AWS Announce The 2025 Cybersecurity Accelerator Winner
Crowdstrike, May 1,2025
CrowdStrike announced Terra Security as the winner of the second annual Amazon Web Services (AWS) and CrowdStrike Cybersecurity Startup Accelerator, presented in collaboration with the NVIDIA Inception program for startups. Terra Security was recognized for its innovations in agentic AI-powered, continuous web application penetration testing.
The 2025 program drew hundreds of applicants from across the U.S., Israel and Europe. From that pool, 36 early-stage startups were selected to participate in the 8-week, equity-free accelerator - gaining access to expert mentorship, technical guidance, funding resources and go-to-market support. The program is designed to help founders build, launch and scale the next generation of AI and cloud security innovation.
Terra Security was selected from a group of 10 finalists who pitched live at RSA Conference 2025. The winner was announced during a packed event at the Falcon Lounge, where a panel of judges - including George Kurtz, founder and CEO of CrowdStrike; CJ Moses, chief information security officer at Amazon; and David Reber Jr., chief security officer at NVIDIA - evaluated each startup on innovation, market relevance and go-to-market potential.