Anduril Industries
2,180 jobsSeries C+ · Costa Mesa, CA
Transforming defense with technology.
$11.9B raisedFunded 5/13/2026
Scales modern defense manufacturing.
$1.5B raisedFunded 8/19/2026
CHAOS Industries
141 jobsSeries C+ · Hawthorne, CA
Delivers radar and sensing systems.
$1B raisedFunded 11/14/2025
Mach Industries
105 jobsSeries B · Huntington Beach, CA
Builds advanced defense systems.
$187.3M raisedFunded 5/12/2025
Manufactures smart defense systems.
$372.0M raisedFunded 8/11/2026
Singularity
41 jobsSeries A · Gardena, CA
Mass-produces affordable air-defense interceptors and counter-weapon systems.
$80M+ raisedFunded 7/14/2026
Develops directed-energy systems.
$544.1M raisedFunded 3/4/2025
Mass-producible missile defense interceptors and low-cost liquid boosters.
$568.6M raisedFunded 12/29/2023
Builds affordable interceptor missiles for modern air defense.
$5M raisedFunded 5/18/2026
Decision advantage in defense logistics, no matter the obstacle.
$15M raisedFunded 4/8/2025
Orchestration of unmanned systems.
$59.6M raisedFunded 4/24/2026
Swarm Aero
20 jobsSeries A · Oxnard, CA
Deploys large UAV swarms.
$59.2M raisedFunded 3/11/2026
Monitors maritime activity at scale.
$29.9M raisedFunded 7/27/2026
Tiberius Aerospace
12 jobsSeed · Newport Beach, CA
Develops munitions and defense capabilities through a defense-as-a-service model.
$4.5M raisedFunded 11/10/2025
Flyby Robotics
6 jobsSeries C+ · Los Angeles, CA
Deploys edge AI drones.
$4M raisedFunded 7/16/2026
Develops electronic warfare systems.
$46.0M raisedFunded 5/23/2025
Rebel Space
1 jobsSeed · Long Beach, CA
Builds AI-powered spectrum intelligence for satellite operators.
$2.8M raisedFunded 1/31/2024
Airrow
Seed · Los Angeles, CA
Sustains persistent autonomous drone fleets.
$350K raised
Ares Industries
Seed · El Segundo, CA
Manufactures low-cost anti-ship cruise missiles.
$3.6M raisedFunded 7/8/2025
Gambit
Seed · Los Angeles, CA
Coordinates autonomous military systems.
$6.5M raisedFunded 3/14/2023
Heaviside Industries
Series B · Los Angeles, CA
Builds multi-domain autonomous precision munitions for U.S. and allied forces.
$88M raisedFunded 8/12/2026
Notus Autonomous Systems
Seed · Los Angeles, CA
Builds interference-resistant drone swarms using extremely-high-frequency radios.
$0.5M raisedFunded 4/9/2025
Valkryn Industries
Santa Ana, CA
Builds forward-deployable defense manufacturing systems, unmanned aircraft, and critical aerospace components.
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