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European defense sovereignty drives new wave of mission-critical startups
The U.S. signaling reduced security commitments (Munich Security Conference) forces Europe to build indigenous, NATO-interoperable defense capabilities; startups like Alta Ares that combine…
AI-enabled autonomous interception proves decisive in asymmetric drone warfare
Traditional air defense fails against mass cheap drones because of cost asymmetry and human cognitive overload; embedding recurrent neural networks for radar fusion and computer-vision term…
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Generalist VCs cross into defense via AI-first thesis and operational partnership model
A Street Capital (AI-first solo GP) and Cherry Ventures led Alta Ares' $50M round despite no prior defense investments, attracted by daily operational AI data from Ukraine and the ability t…