by Kyle Alspach, via CRN
The use of open AI models and specialized harnesses is expected to be increasingly pivotal to making agentic-powered security tools financially sustainable into the future, as underscored by the launch of a new set of CrowdStrike-NVIDIA frontier AI models this week, experts at top CrowdStrike solution provider partners told CRN.
Without a doubt, the use of open models could help ensure that security teams are able to take full advantage of AI and agentic capabilities without having to continually worry about usage costs, said Jordan Hildebrand, global cyber practice director at St. Louis-based World Wide Technology, No. 10 on CRN's Solution Provider 500 for 2026.
Ultimately, the goal should be to remove any cost-related concerns from SOC analysts, who already have a highly demanding and critical role and should be empowered to utilize AI whenever it's likely to improve security outcomes, Hildebrand said.