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Robbie van Zyl shares how AI powers everything from operations to product development, allowing Askari’s small team to punch far above its weight.
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Askari Defense Raises $9M Seed Led by Builders VC
Askari Defense closed a $9 million seed round led by Builders VC, with participation from Sovereign's Capital, Swell VC, and Rule among other venture investors.
Building runs in Pete's family. His great-great-grandfather patented a precision rifle-barrel machining process in 1942, and his great-grandfather held the patent behind the Foley catheter, still one of the most widely used medical devices in the world. Pete carries that line into venture as an investor and former founder. He previously founded and bootstrapped a software company serving utilities and emergency response agencies through to acquisition, and earlier held engineering roles at Raytheon and Northrop Grumman. He co-founded the San Diego chapter of Post-Exit Founders, a global community of several thousand exited founders.
Chad comes from a fifth-generation farm family in Southern Illinois, where his family has spent decades building a manufacturing business that produces industrial components for the agricultural and mining industries. He carried that operating tradition into technology, founding and scaling businesses across manufacturing, supply chain, software, and consumer products. Today, Chad helps lead his family office, Cazel LP, and co-founded Blackwing to back founders building at the frontier of what is possible for America's strength, security, and prosperity. He brings an operator's perspective to investing, with a focus on identifying ambitious founders and helping them navigate the strategic and operational challenges of building enduring companies.
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