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Watchtower Labs raises $35M seed from Shield Capital and Conviction to deliver AI logistics planning for the military
Watchtower Labs, a Bellevue defense-tech startup founded by ex-Marine Akhil Iyer and former Microsoft engineers Souren Aghajanyan and John Morman, raised $35 million to build AI software that helps military planners speed logistics and operational decision-making.
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Ex-Marine Akhil Iyer and former Microsoft engineers launch Watchtower Labs with $35M seed to use AI simulations for military logistics
Akhil Iyer and two former Microsoft engineering leaders launched Watchtower Labs, raising $35 million to build AI and simulation software that helps military planners forecast and allocate logistics like fuel, parts, munitions, and personnel. The Bellevue startup’s seed round was led by Shield Capital and Conviction with participation from Founders Fund and In-Q-Tel, and its platform accepts plain-language queries to simulate hundreds of possible futures.
