CrowdStrike and AWS Announce Jazz as the Winner of the 2026 Cybersecurity Startup Accelerator, Supported by NVIDIA Inception

CrowdStrike and AWS Announce Jazz as the Winner of the 2026 Cybersecurity Startup Accelerator, Supported by NVIDIA Inception

By Business Wire
Publication Date: 2026-03-25 18:41:00

AUSTIN, Texas & SAN FRANCISCO, March 25, 2026–(BUSINESS WIRE)–RSA 2026 – CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) today announced Jazz as the winner of the third annual Cybersecurity Startup Accelerator with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and NVIDIA through the NVIDIA Inception program. Jazz was recognized for its innovation in AI-driven data loss prevention (DLP) and its potential to address critical security challenges facing modern enterprises in the AI era.

The 2026 accelerator attracted nearly 1,000 startups from around the world, reflecting a new generation of founders building AI-driven cloud security innovation. Thirty-five startups were selected for the eight-week, equity-free program, working closely with experts from CrowdStrike, AWS, NVIDIA, and the broader cybersecurity ecosystem to refine their technology, deepen cloud integrations, and accelerate go-to-market execution. The program is built to help founders translate breakthrough ideas into enterprise-ready security platforms as they start and scale their go-to-market strategies.

During a final pitch day at RSAC™ 2026 Conference in San Francisco on March 24, 2026, Jazz emerged as the 2026 Cybersecurity Startup Accelerator winner among six finalists. The finalists presented before a panel of judges that included George Kurtz, CEO and founder of CrowdStrike; CJ Moses, chief information security officer, integrated security at Amazon; Bartley Richardson, senior director of agentic AI and cybersecurity…