Pentagon Pressure to Move AI Faster Drives Smack’s New Funding Round, CEO Says

Pentagon’s AI Urgency Fuels Smack Technologies’ $61 Million Raise

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon wants AI now. Not next year. Not after another round of studies. Right now. That demand just handed a small defense startup its biggest payday yet. Smack Technologies closed a $61 million Series B funding round on Monday, according to a Reuters report. The money will accelerate production of its flagship software and bankroll wearable hardware built for soldiers in the field. Co-founder and CEO Andy Markoff didn’t mince…

Smack Technologies raises $61m as the Pentagon’s hurry becomes a battlefield-AI business model

A defence software start-up that most of Silicon Valley had never heard of a year ago is suddenly flush with cash, and the reason says a great deal about where the Pentagon is steering the technology industry. Smack Technologies, an Austin-based firm building artificial-intelligence tools for the battlefield, said on Monday that it had raised […] This story continues at The Next Web

Pentagon pressure to move AI faster drives Smack’s new funding round, CEO says

By Mike Stone WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Smack Technologies, a defense-technology startup building artificial intelligence decision-making tools for the military, is raising funding to speed production of its flagship product and make wearable AI h...

Pentagon pressure to move AI faster drives Smack's new funding round, CEO says

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