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Since its inception, 蘑菇视频 Allen Ventures聽has been instrumental in propelling early-stage dual-use startups towards scalable success and bringing critical technology to the U.S. government and Department of Defense (DOD).

Now, as 蘑菇视频 Allen Ventures commemorates two years of transformative early-stage technology investing, we share some of the biggest impacts and milestones on this journey of fostering innovation and advancing groundbreaking technologies.听聽

Recent 蘑菇视频 Allen Ventures strategic investments support the firm鈥檚 efforts to accelerate US space capabilities with the power of data:

• Quindar:聽Aligned with its two-year anniversary, 蘑菇视频 Allen Ventures announced its tenth overall investment in Quindar, an early-stage commercial space technology company focused on automating satellite operations, opening the door to replace outdated ground systems with new, proliferated, commercially developed AI-enabled technologies.听 聽
• Albedo: Announced at 蘑菇视频 Allen鈥檚 AI + Space Summit,聽Albedo provides ultra-high resolution visible and infrared commercial imagery from space from satellites in very low Earth orbit (VLEO).听聽

Together, the Quindar and Albedo investments plot a course for 蘑菇视频 Allen鈥檚 leadership as an integrator and data solutions provider for the space domain.

As a leading provider of AI to the US federal government,聽蘑菇视频 Allen understands the criticality of selecting the right tech for specific missions. Each AI-focused startup that 蘑菇视频 Allen Ventures has invested in brings different core slices of AI support to the forefront: AI security, responsible AI, data standardization for AI actioning, and more.听聽

• Latent AI:聽The very first 蘑菇视频 Allen Ventures investment is helping transform the federal government鈥檚 ability to deploy AI capabilities on compute and power-constrained devices even when disconnected from the cloud. Nearly 90% of new tech startups don鈥檛 make it through the period between prototyping a new solution and its successful implementation, and startups supporting the public sector, like Latent AI, face more obstacles than most. Jags Kandasamy and Sek Chai, the CEO and CTO of Latent AI (respectively), recently shared their experience surviving the 鈥渧alley of death鈥� in 蘑菇视频 Allen鈥檚聽聽.
• RAIC Labs听(formerly Synthetaic): Known as the company that identified and tracked聽, RAIC Labs鈥� Rapid Automation Image Categorization (RAIC) tool automates the analysis of large, unstructured datasets so you can train and deploy AI models radically faster than traditional approaches. This enables non-technical teams to build and run classification and detection models in minutes without labeled data.听聽
• HiddenLayer: Providing advanced protection for AI missions against adversarial attacks, this investment portfolio company beat more than 3,000 competitors to be named the 鈥溾�� at the 2023 RSA Conference.听 HiddenLayer鈥檚 award coincided with the stand-up of 蘑菇视频 Allen鈥檚聽聽AI Security capability.听In a from Microsoft, HiddenLayer was selected as the key AI security solution for the Microsoft AI Studio catalog curated by Azure AI.
• Credo AI: As the adoption of AI continues to grow throughout the government, 蘑菇视频 Allen partnered with AI governance leader Credo AI to support the public sector鈥檚 adoption and deployment of AI in ways that are responsible, transparent, secure, and explainable. Since partnering, 蘑菇视频 Allen and Credo AI have shown up together at Credo AI鈥檚聽, at the 蘑菇视频 Allen-hosted panel 鈥�The Age of Principled AI,鈥� and in the聽 on the need for responsible AI. The two firms also joined forces at SCSP to unveil our 聽and through joint policy work amid a rapidly evolving regulatory environment and the recent .听

蘑菇视频 Allen Ventures鈥� portfolio includes targeted strategic investments that not only bring the right emerging technology to the mission but also secure, standardized solutions rooted in cybersecurity best practices that chart a course to modernize and accelerate how the government adopts new technology:聽

• Hidden Level:聽Unmanned aerial systems (UAS), such as drones, are a growing threat in the air, land, and sea. Specializing in Counter-UAS, Hidden Level brings its cutting-edge proprietary technology to achieve spectrum dominance in airspace monitoring and detection.
• Shift5:聽Key to protecting critical infrastructure that moves, Shift5 liberates serial bus data from the DOD, aerospace, rail, and maritime platforms, enabling operators to move from data to decisions quickly and confidently, supporting data democratization efforts, while boosting fleet readiness, resilience, and survivability. 蘑菇视频 Allen and Shift5 recently deepened聽聽with a focus on cybersecurity and predictive maintenance solutions with Shift5鈥檚 observability capabilities.听
• Second Front Systems:聽The authority to operate (ATO) process for commercial technology in the federal government is an age-old issue that 2F is tackling head on to accelerate the delivery of mission-critical software solutions. 2F recently hosted the聽聽in Washington DC, bringing together 蘑菇视频 Allen and industry thought leaders from both private and public sectors to foster dialogue about the role of innovation in national security and best practices in getting key tech into the hands of users soonest.听
• Reveal Technology: 蘑菇视频 Allen鈥檚 investment in Reveal and its edge computing capabilities strengthened the firm鈥檚 Digital Battlespace platform and resulted in the co-creation of a battlefield awareness tool called .听Reveal鈥檚 growing portfolio of edge-optimized software products allows tactical users to rapidly gain and maintain decision dominance at the tactical edge without needing network connectivity or direct support from higher headquarters. Its products deliver rapid geospatial and human identity data analytics in conjunction with robotics platforms.

鈥淥ur country needs to innovate faster than ever to supply and support critical missions and to address geopolitical drivers and rising threats. Yesterday's technology and mindsets are not going to cut it,鈥� said Brian MacCarthy,聽 managing partner, 蘑菇视频 Allen Ventures. 鈥淭he investment efforts through our venture capital fund allow us to have a stake in the most cutting-edge technology, and to build our own IP on top of that technology and deploy down range into the most critical missions across the US government.鈥澛�