Exclusive: SF-based Mara raised $7M in pre-seed funding led by @khoslaventures to develop Spike, its counter-FPV drone platform consisting of dozens of small, box-launched interceptors, plus the detection and targeting system that deploys them.
🔗@barratt_dewey has more below
Side note highly recommend visiting Ukraine, it will reconnect you deeply to humanity
bonus points if bringing their military fun toys to play with. but tourism encouraged
Fun fact: Mara's founder told me he started "building rifle-defeating body armor, like cold-calling labs and manufacturers for ITAR-restricted materials" in middle school. Totally normal.
If you were playing tag and dodging cooties on the playground, it's already too late.
only moving this fast b/c of the incredible team at @speedrun
Shout out to @andrewchen@tkexpress11@Tocelot for believing in a crazy vision; helping us protect human autonomy with machine autonomy
