Not a startup, but Shield AI deserves a place on this list as they were one of the first early stage companies to enter the defence and national security space. Recent tests of their Hivemind C2 software proved effective, demonstrating control of the Anduril Fury CCA; and it is testing the X-BAT VTOL attack drone with eyes on deploying it in Ukraine. Bloomberg reported that former Navy SEAL, CEO Brandon Tseng is raising another $1B which would put Shield AI’s valuation upward of $12B. LH
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Modern networks rely on encryption to secure data in transit, but traditional software-based approaches often introduce latency and increase power...

