Ukrainian ground robotics company Ratel has secured nearly $100M in contracts this year.
Lock in, y’all. We’re getting nerdy today. This morning, Paris-based Arlequin AI announced that it’s raised a €28M ($32.55M) Series A to scale its AI architecture based on topological neural networks (TNNs)—non-LLM AI models designed to analyze large, interconnected, complex sets of data. Arlequin CEO and cofounder Hugo Micheron told Tectonic that the company will […]
The raise brings Mach’s total funding to over $1B.
We have a tendency around here to say that everyone loves a tiny plane. Well, as it turns out, there’s a lot of love for big ones, too. Bay Area-based Poseidon Aerospace raised $60M in a Series A to fund flight testing and production of its cargo drone, Egret, and accelerate development of its seafaring […]
a16z, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, 8VC, Aleph, and Lightspeed led the round.
Question: What do you get when you combine “maritime is all the rage” with “unsexy is the new sexy”? Answer: Bulwark Dynamics, an unmanned surface vessel startup laser-focused on contested logistics. That pitch has caught the eye of some early backers. This morning, the California-based maritime logistics startup announced $6.8M in seed funding to ramp […]
We told you. Lasers really are so hot right now. This morning, German directed-energy startup Ground A announced that it raised a €9.1M ($10M) pre-seed round, just eight-ish months after the company was founded. Ground A co-founder and CEO Tobias Brune told Tectonic that they’ll use the money to finalize their flagship laser cUAS system—the […]
The productivity gurus on the internet these days argue you should be using AI agents to book travel, manage calendars, and send emails. Aslan emerged from stealth yesterday with a different take on what these little bots can do. The DC-based startup raised $20.8M in pre-seed and seed funding, led by Khosla Ventures and XYZ […]
Is it just us, or is the hush-hush world of explosives and energetics suddenly, well, booming? (Sorry—it was too easy.) This morning, Texas-based energetics manufacturing company Critical Materials Group announced that it’s raised a $10.3M seed round led by Overmatch Ventures, with participation from Victory Six Advisors and Fulcrum Ventures. The company says it will […]
The drone dollars just keep on coming. On Monday, Easy Aerial, a Brooklyn-based manufacturer of defense-focused tethered drones, announced a $20M Series B—led by VC giant Insight Partners—to boost production and deliveries, as well as roll out new products. In the green: Now, if you’ve been keeping up with the defense-tech world, you’ll know that […]
