An absolutely incredible compendium of defense tech startups for all my chads and builders out there who can’t get on CK’s list because they don’t talk to journos.
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Defense production company building the next generation of military hypersonic, vehicle, and strike systems to deter future wars.
$14.2m Seed in October 2023.
Skydio delivers autonomous drones powered by the best AI in the sky for exceptional data capture.
Neros is transforming a defense industry mired in costly, behemoth machinery—to circumvent a looming vulnerability gap, to give dismounted soldiers a fighting chance against tanks, and ultimately, to get as many humans off the battlefield as possible.
Hermeus is an aerospace and defense technology company founded to radically accelerate air travel by delivering hypersonic aircraft. The company aims to develop hypersonic aircraft quickly and cost-effectively by integrating hardware-rich, iterative development with modern computing and autonomy.
$100m Series B in 2022.
Democratizing deterrence through the use of radically affordable, mission-adaptable unmanned aerial systems.
$12.5m Seed in March 2024.