Smack Technologies
Physical AI
Austin frontier-AI lab building domain-specific decision models and edge hardware for US national security.
Smack Technologies builds AI decision platforms for the US Department of War: Omega, a command-level planning and targeting system that converts multimodal data into structured courses of action (the company's demo frames campaign planning compressing from months to minutes), and Alpha, an edge decision platform pairing its models with proprietary hardware so reasoning runs forward in degraded and DDIL environments. Its models are grounded in the physics of warfare and human expert priors, and the stack is API-first, MOSA-based and vendor-agnostic, integrating across echelons for decentralised C2 and orchestrated autonomy. Smack won Joint Fires Network and Marine Corps Warfighting Lab prototyping agreements in July 2025 and naval operational-planning modernisation work, and raised a $61M Series B in August 2026 led by Costanoa Ventures and First In (valuation press-reported).
Research mapping
Physical AI / Autonomy Software, Fleet Platforms & End Markets (L10) / B
Evidence boundary
Original analysis and independent corroboration remain under development. Commercial scale and durable technical advantage remain under review.
What makes it defensible
Domain-specific models grounded in warfighting physics and encoded expert priors, plus edge hardware - decision dominance as a shipped product rather than general-purpose model access.
Position in the stack: Software and edge-hardware decision layer between sensor networks and commanders; the moat is cleared Department of War programme access, accredited deployment and a growing bench of military domain experts whose judgement gets encoded into the models.
Who buys it
Named customers: U.S. Department of War - Joint Fires Network, U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Lab, U.S. Navy
Founding team
Andy Markoff — Co-founder & CEO — Former MARSOC commander; co-founded Smack Technologies in 2024 to deliver domain-specific AI decision capability to frontline warfighters.
Clint Alanis — Co-founder & COO — Former MARSOC operator; co-founded Smack Technologies in 2024 and runs operations.
Dan Gould — Co-founder & CTO — Technical co-founder leading Smack's AI and autonomy engineering.
SourceFinancing detail
- Last round
- Series B
Investors: Point72 Ventures; Costanoa Ventures; Geodesic; Felicis Ventures; Scribble Ventures
Mapped funds and investors
Direct relationships supported by published evidence.
Reported holdings as-of
No sourced relationships mapped yet.
Disclosed investment history
No sourced relationships mapped yet.
Showing up to four relationships in each group. ETF weights describe the fund’s portfolio, not ownership of this company. Private investment history does not establish current ownership.
Evidence & media
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Smack Raises $61 Million Series B to Bring Intelligent Autonomy to the Tactical Edge
What this source supports: Company announcement: $61M Series B led by Costanoa Ventures and First In; total capital raised over $90M; funds Alpha edge hardware and model expansion.
What it does not establish: Company release discloses no valuation, revenue, or contract values; a second raise in 2026 may signal burn.
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Pentagon pressure to move AI faster drives Smack’s new funding round, CEO says (Reuters)
What this source supports: Reuters: $61M Series B; Omega shortens the Marine Corps fires-planning loop; July prototyping contracts from the Joint Fires Network and Marine Corps Warfighting Lab worth >$1M combined.
What it does not establish: Valuation undisclosed; contract values undisclosed beyond "seven figures"; no unit-economics or classified detail.
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Smack Technologies raises $61m as the Pentagon’s hurry becomes a battlefield-AI business model
What this source supports: TNW: the $61m Series B is Smack’s second raise of 2026; frames Pentagon procurement urgency as the business model.
What it does not establish: No new financials; leaves open the accountability question for errors in battlefield AI.
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US Defense AI startup Smack lands $61m as Pentagon pushes AI (Tech in Asia)
What this source supports: Tech in Asia: Series B funds Omega production and Alpha, a forearm AI display; headcount rose from 19 (April) to 51, targeting ~85 by year-end.
What it does not establish: No valuation; Alpha is a rendered prototype, not a fielded product.
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Timeline
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Financing
Series B
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