CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) is a component of the WallStreet AI Index (WSAI), WallStreet.AI's rules-based index of publicly-traded companies driving the artificial-intelligence build-out. It sits in the AI Software & Applications segment and currently carries an index weight of approximately 1.82%.
Why CRWD is in the WallStreet AI Index
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Its role in the AI value chain
CrowdStrike Holdings belongs to the AI Software & Applications layer of the AI economy. The monetization layer: enterprise software, security, and applications embedding generative AI and autonomous agents to turn raw model capability into revenue.
The WallStreet AI Index is built to capture the entire AI value chain rather than a single hot sub-sector, so a name like CRWD is weighted for its contribution to the AI stack, not just its headline market cap. A per-name cap of 8% keeps any single mega-cap from dominating the index, which means CRWD's inclusion is about the role it plays in enabling AI, not merely its size.
How CRWD is weighted
WallStreet AI Index uses a segment-balanced, capped, price-return methodology. Each of the index's six segments receives a target weight; constituents are weighted within their segment; and an 8% per-name cap is applied and redistributed. On that basis, CrowdStrike Holdings represents roughly 1.82% of the index. You can see its live contribution to the index each day on the index dashboard.
What to watch
For investors tracking the AI trade, CRWD's moves are most informative when read relative to its segment and to the broader index. When CrowdStrike Holdings's ai software & applications peers move together, it signals a value-chain-wide shift; when CRWD diverges from the WallStreet AI Index and from the NASDAQ, it usually reflects a company-specific catalyst worth digging into. Our daily AI Index briefing flags exactly these divergences.
This profile is published by WallStreet.AI for informational and educational purposes only. It is not investment advice, and the WallStreet AI Index is a proprietary, rules-based index not affiliated with any exchange. Index weights are approximate and subject to the published methodology.