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Scout AI Closes $100M Series A to Build AI Brain for Autonomous Defense Robots
Defense-focused robotics startup Scout AI secured a $100 million Series A round co-led by Align Ventures, Draper, Decisive Point, and Booz Allen Ventures in April 2026. The company is developing a foundation model — effectively an AI brain — designed to modernize legacy military robotic systems and enable autonomous decision-making in the field. The investment reflects growing appetite for physical AI in defense applications beyond traditional industrial use cases.
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