CrowdStrike (CRWD) shares fell 5.53% to $190.48 as the cybersecurity company outlined its plans for Fal.Con 2026, its major Las Vegas security conference. The event will feature more than 150 ecosystem sponsors, including AWS, Nvidia, OpenAI, Google Cloud and Intel, and CrowdStrike expects over 10,000 attendees from 4,000 organizations across 71 countries.

CrowdStrike Expands Fal.Con 2026 Partner Lineup

CrowdStrike said Fal.Con 2026 will feature its largest sponsor lineup since the cybersecurity conference began, with major technology companies supporting the event across several sponsorship levels and partner programs. Amazon Web Services, Dell Technologies, Horizon3, Intel and OpenAI are among the companies backing the conference.

Anthropic, ExtraHop, JetStream Security and Rubrik will participate as premier sponsors, while Nvidia, Google Cloud, EY US, Kroll, Mimecast, Okta and Zscaler will join at the diamond sponsorship level. The lineup also includes Accenture, Deloitte, Fortinet, Netskope, Vanta and several other enterprise technology providers.

CrowdStrike has built Fal.Con around its Falcon security platform and its broader partner ecosystem. The conference has become the company's main annual stage for platform and partnership news: CrowdStrike used the 2024 edition to launch its Falcon Flex licensing model, and past events have paired product announcements with partner and customer sessions. The expanded sponsorship list shows the growing scale of the company's relationships across cybersecurity and cloud infrastructure, and the conference will bring consulting firms, hardware companies, software providers and security specialists together in one event.

AWS, Nvidia and OpenAI Headline Major Sponsors

AWS, OpenAI, Dell Technologies, Horizon3 and Intel will serve as pinnacle sponsors at Fal.Con 2026. Nvidia will participate alongside Google Cloud and several cybersecurity companies at the diamond sponsorship level, connecting CrowdStrike with leading cloud, computing and enterprise technology providers. The prominence of AI developers in the top sponsorship tiers mirrors a broader industry pattern: cybersecurity vendors are embedding generative AI into threat detection and response, while the spread of AI models and infrastructure has created new security requirements around data and AI systems, drawing security firms and AI companies into closer commercial ties.

The partnership structure extends beyond the headline sponsors to include platinum, gold, silver and pavilion participants. Platinum sponsors include Accenture, Commvault, Corelight, Deloitte, Fortinet, Netskope, Tines and Vanta. Gold sponsors include IBM, Qualcomm, CoreWeave, Proofpoint, Cognizant, Wipro and several security technology companies. The roster also places CrowdStrike alongside vendors that compete in adjacent security markets, such as Fortinet, Zscaler and Mimecast, a common dynamic at platform-focused industry conferences where rivals frequently participate as technology partners.

CrowdStrike has also added smaller companies through its Innovator Pavilion and Latin America Partner Pavilion. These groups broaden the conference beyond established enterprise technology companies and major cybersecurity vendors, meaning Fal.Con will represent a wide range of security products, infrastructure providers and service partners.

Fal.Con 2026 Starts August 31 in Las Vegas

Fal.Con 2026 will begin August 31 with CrowdStrike's Global Partner Summit in Las Vegas. The company will then run three days of partner sessions, presentations and activities across the conference venue. CrowdStrike expects the event to attract more than 10,000 people from 4,000 organizations, with participants traveling from 71 countries for the sold-out cybersecurity conference.

Fal.Con will include sessions through its partner theatre, conference hub and dedicated breakout programs. These sessions will focus on enterprise security, platform integration, customer deployments and technology partnerships.

CrowdStrike will also provide a digital option for people unable to attend the Las Vegas event. Registered participants can access keynote livestreams during the conference and more than 100 sessions afterward. CrowdStrike will additionally stream the event's keynote presentations through its official YouTube channel, giving customers and industry observers a direct view of any Falcon platform and partnership announcements made during the week.

The conference continues CrowdStrike's effort to expand the Falcon platform through technology and distribution partnerships. CrowdStrike closed its fiscal 2025 with more than $4 billion in annual recurring revenue, and its partner network, spanning cloud providers, consultancies and security specialists, serves as a key channel for extending Falcon into cloud security, identity protection, endpoint security and enterprise security operations. Fal.Con has grown alongside that push, and the 2026 sponsor roster highlights the scale of CrowdStrike's broader commercial ecosystem.