Gunderson Dettmer Represented Pangea in its Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by CrowdStrike

Gunderson Dettmer represented client Pangea, a leader in AI security, in its definitive agreement to be acquired by CrowdStrike.

The acquisition will extend Crowdstrike’s Falcon® platform, delivering the industry’s first complete AI Detection and Response (AIDR) – securing data, models, agents, identities, infrastructure, and interactions from enterprise AI development through workforce usage. 

In the announcement of the acquisition, Pangea CEO and founder Oliver Friedrichs said, “Pangea was founded to make AI adoption safe and secure, giving enterprises the visibility and guardrails to embrace AI with confidence. By joining CrowdStrike, we will be able to deliver this vision on a global scale, unifying AI security with the Falcon platform and creating the industry’s first complete AI Detection and Response platform.”

The Gunderson deal team was led by corporate partner Dan Green and M&A partner John Olson, and included corporate counsel Brian Willbur and corporate associates Jake Winton and Megan Wiener, as well as IP partners Colin Chapman and Julie Mahoney, tax partner Lily Kim and tax associate Tina Xu, executive compensation partner Michael Richman and executive compensation associate Sofia Rattes, and employment & labor associates Jordan Simon and Maggie Vogel.

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