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Smack Technologies funding, valuation and investors
Frontier AI lab for national security — Omega command planning and Alpha tactical-edge autonomy.
Funding, valuation & investors
Answer-first snapshotLatest funding
Series B
$61M · August 2026
Latest known valuation
Not publicly disclosed
Total disclosed equity funding
$61M
Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.
Current status
private
series b · Austin, United States
Investors in latest funding
Lead: Costanoa Ventures, First In
Other: Point72 Ventures, Felicis
Overview
Smack Technologies is a national-security AI company building domain-specific decision systems for the Joint Force. Omega targets command-level planning and operations; Alpha targets intelligent autonomy at the tactical edge, including hardware funded by the company’s $61 million Series B announced August 18, 2026. Costanoa Ventures and First In led the round, with participation from Point72 Ventures, Felicis, and other investors named in the company’s PR Newswire release, bringing total capital to over $90 million. Smack was co-founded in 2024 by MARSOC veterans and is based in Austin, Texas.
Why Smack Technologies is interesting
August 2026 $61M Series B led by Costanoa and First In (total >$90M) to fund Alpha hardware while Omega moves into production across multiple U.S. military branches — MARSOC-founded decision AI, not another chatbot wrapper.
Product & use cases
Domain-specific defense AI spanning command planning (Omega) and tactical-edge autonomy with hardware (Alpha).
- Multi-echelon campaign planning acceleration
- Rapid replan loops in contested environments
- Tactical-edge autonomy for distributed forces and platforms
Key facts
- Series B (Aug 18, 2026): $61M led by Costanoa Ventures and First In; total >$90M
- Products: Omega (command) moving into production; Alpha (edge) hardware build-out
- Co-founded by MARSOC veterans; Austin HQ
- No valuation disclosed
Funding history (newest first)
Series B
2026-08 $61M- Costanoa Ventures (lead)
- First In (lead)
- Point72 Ventures (participant)
- Felicis (participant)
Competitive landscape
Edge: Operator-founded domain expertise plus a command-to-edge product stack that includes hardware for the last mile.
Smack competes on defense-specific decision loops and edge hardware. Lead investors Costanoa and First In are not yet directory fund pages.
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Neros / kinetic defense platforms adjacent
Different layer — munitions/platforms vs decision software+edge hardware.
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Prime contractor C2 suites incumbent
Installed planning systems with slower software cycles.
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Generalist foundation-model labs alternative
Broad models without Smack’s warfighter domain-expert framing.
Notable stories
- Company frames itself as the closest thing DoD has to an in-house software and hardware company.
- Series B proceeds explicitly fund Alpha hardware development in addition to model expansion and hiring.
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