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Paradigm Robotics, based in Austin, Texas, is an early-stage robotics startup that builds rugged, scalable robots designed to provide situational awareness in hazardous environments. The company serves firefighting, emergency response, public safety, oil and gas, defense, and industrial markets, helping operations run more safely in real-world hazardous settings. Its mission is to create a new paradigm of scalable, reliable, and useful robots for hazardous operations. In 2024, Paradigm Robotics won the SXSW Pitch and Innovation Award.

PerfectBit is building technology to help robots learn, reason, and operate in the physical world.

9 Mothers Defense develops fast and cost-effective counter-small UAS (C-sUAS). The company uses AI for detection, tracking and defensive systems to protect against aerial threats, building AI-powered machines designed to intercept and neutralize Group 1/sUAS threats in real time. Operating in the defense industry with a focus on immediate threat countermeasures, it pursues mission-critical work countering immediate real-world aerial threats. Meaningful early equity for foundational owners and direct roadmap influence give employees a seat at the table shaping product and technology trajectory from day one, with zero red tape allowing them to make technical decisions autonomously. An on-site team in Austin, Texas builds robots, sensors and models to control them from scratch, using Python and Rust on embedded hardware, and their work spans vision, acoustics, radar and control systems across hardware and software.