We co-led Scout AI's $100 million Series A because the next decade of defense will not be decided by who has the most hardware. It will be decided by who has the best software running it.
The AI brain for autonomous defense
Scout AI is building Fury, a vision-language-action model that turns a commander's intent into coordinated action across fleets of drones, ground vehicles, and unmanned craft, including in the GPS-denied and communications-jammed conditions where today's systems fail. Think of it less as a better drone and more as the brain that lets thousands of them act together.
Founders Colby Adcock and Collin Otis started the company in 2024. In its first year, a team of 34 people booked $11 million in Department of War contracts, unveiled an orchestration layer called Ox, and publicly demonstrated a fully autonomous strike mission run end to end by AI agents.
Why we backed it
We have spent years backing founders who take on hard, unglamorous problems before the market is ready. Autonomous defense is one of the hardest. The round, which we co-led with Align Ventures, was oversubscribed and drew in Decisive Point, Booz Allen Ventures, and a deep bench of defense and venture investors.
“Scout AI is exactly the company this moment demands.”
Tyrone Lee, Draper Associates
Founder Colby Adcock put it more bluntly: this historic raise is a signal to every patriot in Silicon Valley. We agree, and we are proud to help build the brain behind the West's autonomous edge.
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