Smack Technologies raises $61m as the Pentagon’s hurry becomes a battlefield-AI business model

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By Cristian DinaAug 18, 2026, 4:06 am94 ptsTrending
A defence software start-up that most of Silicon Valley had never heard of a year ago is suddenly flush with cash, and the reason says a great deal about where the Pentagon is steering the technology industry. Smack Technologies, an Austin-based firm building artificial-intelligence tools for the battlefield,…

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