Top 5 Military startups in Austin
Apr 06, 2026
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Funding: $2.6B
Saronic develops advanced unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) that provide maritime security and situational awareness by combining best-in-class hardware, software, and artificial intelligence into a single, scalable, fully integrated platform. The company produces the Corsair (a 24-foot autonomous surface vessel), Mirage (a 40-foot vessel), and Marauder (a 180-foot cargo boat). Artificial intelligence and cross-platform data fusion enable multi-asset teaming. Digital twins accelerate learning and reduce risk prior to system validation in the physical world. Saronic operates its own shipyard in Franklin and plans to build another mega-factory.
Saronic develops advanced unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) that provide maritime security and situational awareness by combining best-in-class hardware, software, and artificial intelligence into a single, scalable, fully integrated platform. The company produces the Corsair (a 24-foot autonomous surface vessel), Mirage (a 40-foot vessel), and Marauder (a 180-foot cargo boat). Artificial intelligence and cross-platform data fusion enable multi-asset teaming. Digital twins accelerate learning and reduce risk prior to system validation in the physical world. Saronic operates its own shipyard in Franklin and plans to build another mega-factory.
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Funding: $148.9M
Slingshot Aerospace develops an integrated AI platform for processing real-time and historical satellite data and delivers it to customers via modular APIs, MCP servers or SaaS interfaces. The platform's customers include both space companies requiring data for orbital risk and maneuver planning and ground-based companies for monitoring and planning ground operations (particularly military ops). Slingshot's proprietary sensor network is the world's only day/night optical observation network from low-Earth orbit to geostationary orbit, providing high-frequency observations and tracking in near-real time. The AI model combines historical trends with real-time data to highlight anomalies, detect unexpected events, and identify emerging operational risks early to ensure rapid response and coordination.
Slingshot Aerospace develops an integrated AI platform for processing real-time and historical satellite data and delivers it to customers via modular APIs, MCP servers or SaaS interfaces. The platform's customers include both space companies requiring data for orbital risk and maneuver planning and ground-based companies for monitoring and planning ground operations (particularly military ops). Slingshot's proprietary sensor network is the world's only day/night optical observation network from low-Earth orbit to geostationary orbit, providing high-frequency observations and tracking in near-real time. The AI model combines historical trends with real-time data to highlight anomalies, detect unexpected events, and identify emerging operational risks early to ensure rapid response and coordination.
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Funding: $42M
Allen Control Systems is a defense technology firm for a new era of drone warfare.
Allen Control Systems is a defense technology firm for a new era of drone warfare.
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Funding: $30.1M
Terradepth utilizes the most innovative contractor-owned robotics and data management solution to deliver best-in-class ocean data at Petabyte scale in near real-time. We offer maximum force multiplication with our vertically integrated end-to-end solution for defense.
Terradepth utilizes the most innovative contractor-owned robotics and data management solution to deliver best-in-class ocean data at Petabyte scale in near real-time. We offer maximum force multiplication with our vertically integrated end-to-end solution for defense.
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Funding: $5M
Modern Intelligence is a technology company using proprietary advances in information and complexity theory to build one AI for defense.
Modern Intelligence is a technology company using proprietary advances in information and complexity theory to build one AI for defense.
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