Watchtower Labs emerges from stealth with up to $35M seed to build AI logistics platform for military planners
Watchtower Labs, a Bellevue startup founded by a former Marine special operations officer and two ex-Microsoft engineers, emerged from stealth with seed funding to build AI software that models hundreds of logistics futures and generates executable options for military planners. The company says the seed round is $35 million led by Shield Capital and Conviction (Shield separately cited $30 million), and its platform focuses on transport, spare parts, fuel, munitions, routes and time-sensitive operations while keeping humans as final decision-makers.
Watchtower Labs raises $35 million seed from Shield Capital and Conviction to commercialize AI decision software for military planning
Watchtower Labs, a Seattle defense tech startup, raised $35 million in seed funding led by Shield Capital and Conviction (with Founders Fund participating) to develop AI-native decision software that models hundreds of operational futures to help military planners anticipate outcomes and evaluate trade-offs.
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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