Defense tech Theseus landed Y Combinator, the US Special Forces, and $4.3M from a tweet

Technology had clear potential to combat GPS spinning drone in Ukraine. Instead of GPS, drones must use high -tech glasses to guide drones by sight. But this leads to many problems, especially in light of bad conditions such as thick fog or at night.

At the end of Hackathon, Schoeller wished his teammates well and separated, hoping to cross their paths again.

But a tweet went viral and changed their lives. After one day, the three decided to advance to Y Combinator, where he succeeded in reaching the Spring 2024 group.

Now, the San Francisco -based Thystoso company, which has just raised $ 4.3 million of seed financing on a first -headed tour, with additional support from Y Combinator and Lux ​​Capital.

Theus joins a herd of other drone -related companies. There is Skydio, which focuses on replacing Chinese drones for American law enforcement, and was estimated at $ 2.2 billion in 2023. SHIELD AI, who builds a reconnaissance drone, was recently raised with a rating of $ 5.3 billion. The largest defense technology player, Anduril, launched a small drone last year, and is said to have been in talks to collect it at a value of $ 28 billion.

Theius says it does not build drones, but focuses on the components of devices and programs that will largely enable any military drone from drone without the GPS (GPS). Shueller, the CEO of Theosius, told Techcrunch that the company does not build targeting systems. Its program does not decide whether there is a certain spot a legitimate military target or not – the only focus is to get a drone from point A to B.

Theus has not yet won any American military deals, and has not been deployed in an actual battlefield. So, it uses its new capital to focus on increasing the construction of its technology, and employing three engineering roles.

However, Hackathon’s virus tweet obtained thesos by the American Special Forces, which has concluded an agreement for early testing and development. Theius says she recently went to a secret special forces base to test its latest system, sending Techcrunch a picture of him while working.

In general, a company began with people who knew you less than a week “generally not recommended”, but in the case of Theosus, it justifies the leap of faith, as Shueller wrote on LinkedIn.