Arondite, a UK-based company specialising in AI for defence, has successfully raised more than $12m (£9m) from global investors to advance safe integration of AI and autonomy across defence systems.
The company’s Seed funding round, amounting to $10m, was spearheaded by Index Ventures.
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Prior to this, Arondite had quietly completed a $2.25m pre-seed funding round with Concept Ventures and Creator Fund at the helm.
Index Ventures Partner Hannah Seal said: “We’re thrilled to support Will and Rob on their journey to enable true human-machine teaming in the autonomous age.
“With their rare combination of real-world experience, technical expertise and startup acumen, they are uniquely equipped to change how people interact with robots while ensuring they safely retain control over critical decisions.”
The company is focused on facilitating the integration of emerging hardware technologies—such as uncrewed aerial vehicles, terrestrial robots, and AI-driven sensing devices—across defence sectors and beyond.
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By GlobalDataArondite’s software is engineered to allow clients to seamlessly integrate and manage systems from various manufacturers.
The core feature of their software is to enhance the clarity and control for human operators managing these autonomous systems, thereby improving safety during operations.
Established by a group of defence experts from the UK, Arondite caters to organisations that manage diverse defence or security systems on a large scale.
Its technology serves as an integrative platform enabling control over multiple systems via a singular interface, thus improving coordination between humans and machines while minimising operational risks and enhancing safety protocols.
Additionally, Arondite incorporates a data analytics layer within its software. By leveraging AI and machine learning algorithms, it provides teams with actionable insights and analytics that can streamline processes and increase organisational efficiency.
Designed to be hardware-neutral, Arondite’s software can be applied in any context where there is a need to coordinate several autonomous systems, robots, or sensors simultaneously.
Arondite co-founder and CEO Will Blyth said: “During my military career, having the right information at the right time was often a matter of life or death. Defence systems that don’t talk to each other make operations far more dangerous. My vision for Arondite was to create the software and AI tools to connect up defence hardware and give people working on the front lines the information, oversight and understanding they need to make use of machines and AI, without compromising safety and control.
“Defence organisations, governments and industry are increasingly relying on blends of autonomous systems. But current approaches to leveraging these complex webs of hardware and data aren’t keeping pace. That’s why Arondite’s ‘connective tissue’ approach is so vital right now. We need to offer teams new, scalable ways to work with machines. That’s the role we believe we can play in UK and European defence and security going forward.”
