Scout AI, which is building an AI model to operate and command military assets like autonomous ATVs, raised a $100M Series A co-led by Align and Draper (Tim Fernholz/TechCrunch)

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Scout AI raised a $100M Series A co-led by Align and Draper to train AI models for operating military assets like autonomous ATVs, signaling growing defense AI investment.

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<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/29/coby-adcocks-scout-ai-raises-100-million-to-train-models-for-war-we-visited-its-bootcamp/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260429/i32.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="http://www.techmeme.com/260429/p32#a260429p32" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Tim Fernholz / <a href="http://techcrunch.com/">TechCrunch</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/29/coby-adcocks-scout-ai-raises-100-million-to-train-models-for-war-we-visited-its-bootcamp/">Scout AI, which is building an AI model to operate and command military assets like autonomous ATVs, raised a $100M Series A co-led by Align and Draper</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; At a U.S. military base in central California, four-seater all-terrain vehicles roam hillside trails.</p>