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Startup debuts agentic AI assistant for war

As the Pentagon eyes agentic AI, a veteran-founded company introduces a tool that puts the military first.

GALT Aerospace gets Godspeed's backing

GALT intends to ramp up its tech development activity with the private equity firm as an investor.

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OceanSound Partners hauls in $3.4B for third fund

The private equity firm's newest mechanism for investments in companies closes at double the amount fetched for its second fund.

AI boat maker Saronic smashes $9 billion valuation

The company just closed a $1.75 billion funding round with eyes on increasing production tenfold.

Federal contractor DEI initiatives singled out in latest Trump executive order

Trump’s anti-diversity directives already impacted contractors, but the new order imposes additional requirements.

Judge blocks DOD's ban on Anthropic, calls it First Amendment retaliation

The court finds the Pentagon's supply chain risk designation was punishment for public criticism, not a legitimate security threat.

Growth, tech and human resources leadership moves across the market

A pair of board of directors appointments at publicly-traded companies also featured.

Trump names CEOs, nuclear fusion founders and Nobel laureate to tech advisory council

The announcement includes 13 of the possible 24 members that will make up the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

Shield AI closes $1.5B Series G round and moves on acquisition

Shield AI aims to integrate Aechelon Technology's simulation and training tools into its autonomous software ecosystem called Hivemind.

Defense tech startups raise $405 million in new funding rounds

Booz Allen Hamilton's venture arm backs an AI radio platform developer and drone manufacturer in separate deals.

The real danger of military AI isn’t killer robots; it’s worse human judgement

As Pentagon rushes to deploy LLM-based tools, research suggests they can undermine human thought and communication.

ROC goes public to support its expansion push

The vision artificial intelligence- and biometrics-focused firm collects $24 million to hire engineers and expand the infrastructure that fuels its algorithms.

Google launches threat disruption unit, stops short of calling it ‘offensive’

The unit will use legal authorizations and technical capabilities to impede cyber threat groups, though company execs say it will not go so far as to hack into adversaries' systems.

Striveworks completes Series B capital raise to scale operational AI tool

Striveworks now has Washington Harbour Partners in place as a new investor to shape this phase of the strategy and as Striveworks' CEO tells us, knowing when the tech does not work is just as key to product development as when it works.

Air Force wants its acquisition tools in the cloud

The Air Force envisions iteration number two of its LaunchPad environment as extending beyond the current base of engineering users.

Redhawk Federal Solutions acquires SETA outfit

For Redhawk, this transaction follows Genesis Park's investment in the two-year-old company in the fall.