Looks like the whole reindustrialize wave ain’t over just yet. This morning, robotics-for-manufacturing startup Aformic announced in an exclusive release to Tectonic that it’s raised a $6.95M seed round led by Veteran Ventures Capital. Aformic CEO Michal Fiuk told Tectonic that from here, the plan is to scale up production of—and customers for—its in-factory intralogistics […]
Back when we started Tectonic, we wondered (out loud, a lot) when the great wave of prime-startup partnerships would come into full swing. It seems, nearly two years on, that we’re officially in the thick of it. Yesterday, contested logistics UAV startup Grid Aero announced that it’s inked an official partnership with Oshkosh Defense (not […]
Well, gosh darn. So much for Europe being conservative when it comes to funding defense. This morning, British-slash-German hypersonic deep-strike company Hypersonica announced that it’s closed a €100M Series B to “accelerate development of its deep-strike systems, increase testing cadence and expand operations and reindustrialisation across Europe.” “The debate about whether Europe needs hypersonic deep-strike […]
Last year, it was all, “Everyone loves a tiny little autonomous plane.” Now it’s all, “Everyone loves a tiny little helicopter.” What’s next? Yesterday, autonomy giant Shield AI announced that it’s inked a partnership with European prime Leonardo to integrate its flagship Hivemind autonomy stack onto Proteus, the prime’s “uncrewed rotorcraft” (read: helicopter drone). “Leonardo […]
In case you missed it, there is a new player on the unsexy side of defense. Last week, a new AI-powered planning and logistics company called Watchtower Labs emerged from stealth with $35M in seed funding led by Shield Capital and Conviction, with participation from Founders Fund. The idea is to build “AI-native applications that […]
You know what’s cool? Raising a couple hundo-mil round. You know what’s insane? Raising a single round the size of the GDP of a small island nation. Yesterday, new-age manufacturing company Re:Build announced that it’s raised $2.1B in funding led by General Catalyst and JPMorganChase’s Strategic Investment Group to “expand [its] capacity to manufacture hard […]
CoAspire selected X-Bow to provide SRM boosters for Navy’s Coalition Heterogeneous Affordable Offensive Strike (CHAOS) program.
Helsing rolled out an AI-powered air defense system called Contra, along with two new interceptors: Inferno and Ambush.
Remember the olden days when companies emerged from stealth with, like, $5M in funding and a dream? Yeah. It would appear those days are long gone. Earlier this week, manufacturing software startup Arda emerged from stealth with $232M in total funding and a pretty flashy first customer: Anduril. Design within reach: Arda’s company’s flagship software […]
Turns out 2026 is a great year to be a low-cost interceptor company. This morning, launch hotshot-turned-missile-defense-darling Long Wall (née ABL Space Systems) announced that it’s been awarded a $75M contract from the US Missile Defense Agency to “complete flight testing of [its] Cyclops low-cost interceptor.” “Demand for interceptors has surged, while low production capacity […]
