Defense startups in San Francisco Bay Area

Aeolus

San Francisco

harmonizing chaos

Pilgrim

Redwood City

Pilgrim develops, validates, and deploys battlefield-ready biotechnology, turning breakthrough science into decisive capabilities for operators at the edge.

Deepnight

San Francisco

Deepnight develops a low-light camera embedded with an AI model to enable robots, drones, autonomous vehicles, and head-mounted displays to operate in total darkness, delivering enhanced vision in extreme lighting conditions.

Astranis

San Francisco

Astranis designs, builds, and operates high-orbit satellites to expand humanity's reach, serving enterprises, governments, and U.S. military with secure networks; five satellites are in orbit, with $1B in backlog and $750M raised from inves

Govini

San Francisco

Govini transforms Defense Acquisition from an outdated manual process into a software-driven strategic advantage for the United States, serving the national security community and every department of the military by enabling faster, more in

Volansi

San Francisco

**Autonomous VTOL delivery solutions.** Volansi builds and operates high-payload long-range unmanned aerial vehicles to service B2B customers with a point-to-point delivery solution that saves them millions of dollars in down-time costs.

Compound Eye

San Francisco

Compound Eye builds computer vision and perception tech to teach machines to see. With a US team of 15, it closed a Series A led by a tier-one VC and backed by Khosla Ventures, serving automotive, agriculture, healthcare, defense.

Astro Mechanica

San Francisco

Astro Mechanica is a fast-growing aerospace startup aiming to reinvent supersonic aircraft. Describing itself as an engineering collective, it innovates on engines, airframes, and systems untouched for over 50 years, targeting advances from