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Chariot Defense raises $34M Series A

Event type: Funding Round
Event date: Feb 25, 2026
Stage / label: Series A
Amount: $34M
Confidence: Company Disclosed

Company / target: Chariot Defense

Lead: Andreessen Horowitz

Participants: General Catalyst

Sources: a16z.com prnewswire.com

Chariot Defense is one of the a16z-backed companies we flag as on fire now — not because of hype adjectives, but because of category position, capital intensity, and what founders/investors are actually hiring it for.

What Chariot Defense does

American Dynamism play building electrical power infrastructure for military platforms at the edge.

Why it is interesting (the job to be done)

a16z’s Series A thesis: autonomous defense platforms fail without resilient edge power. Chariot is the “power prime” bet — an unsexy but decisive layer in the electro-industrial stack as drones and sensors scale.

Funding / investor context

Company profile: Chariot Defense
Investor in our directory: Andreessen Horowitz
Industries: defense-tech, deep-tech, climate-tech

How to use this page

Founders: map whether Chariot Defense is a competitor, partner, or proof that your category can raise.
Investors / scouts: use the profile as a one-minute start, then read the primary a16z or press source.

Sources (content pieces we do not want to miss)

https://a16z.com/announcement/investing-in-chariot-defense/
a16z investment list: https://a16z.com/investment-list/
Related: /2026-a16z-hot-portfolio-companies

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