AUSTIN: CrowdStrike Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: CRWD) said on Wednesday it will acquire Madrid-based startup Onum, a specialist in real-time telemetry pipeline management, in a move aimed at enhancing its Falcon® Next-Gen SIEM platform and accelerating autonomous cybersecurity capabilities.
The deal, valued at approximately $290 million, marks CrowdStrike’s latest strategic acquisition as it seeks to eliminate data migration bottlenecks and expand its AI-native security operations center (SOC) offering.
“Our Next-Gen SIEM is the engine that powers the modern SOC, and data is the fuel that makes the engine run,” said George Kurtz, CrowdStrike’s CEO and founder. “Onum is both a pipeline and a filter, streaming high-quality, filtered data directly into the platform to drive autonomous cybersecurity at scale.”
Onum’s proprietary stateless, in-memory architecture enables real-time pipeline detection and onboarding, delivering up to five times more events per second than competitors, while reducing data storage costs by up to 50 percent. The integration is expected to improve incident response times by as much as 70 percent.
The acquisition comes amid growing demand for scalable, AI-driven security platforms. CrowdStrike’s Falcon Next-Gen SIEM has seen rapid adoption, with annual recurring revenue surpassing $430 million in the latest quarter.
Pedro Castillo, Onum’s founder and CEO, said the company was built on the premise that data pipelines should deliver intelligence, not just transport. “By joining CrowdStrike, we can deliver this vision at unprecedented scale to accelerate SOC transformation globally,” he said.
The transaction is expected to close in the coming weeks, subject to customary conditions.