Spear AI

Sword Group is a global IT and digital transformation partner operating across 50 countries with over 3,500 specialists and €323 million in revenue. For more than two decades, the company has built its practice around modernizing enterprise operations through data insights, platform engineering, and managed services. With more than 1,000 customers worldwide spanning five continents, Sword positions itself as a technical partner focused on measurable outcomes: streamlined operations, improved quality, and reduced costs. The company's technical portfolio divides into four core service lines. Platform & security handles cloud platform deployment, infrastructure modernization, and security implementation for critical systems. Data & AI delivers analytics and AI capabilities designed to build data-driven organizations. Digital services apply proven methodologies to reshape how enterprises create value in digital environments. Managed services provide ongoing operational support, while custom software development underpins digital transformation initiatives across legacy system modernization and new application builds. Sword's approach centers on domains where security intersects with transformation - securing cloud migrations, hardening modernized systems, and protecting data flows as organizations move from legacy infrastructure to contemporary platforms. The company operates under stated values of respect, rigour, and involvement, positioning its specialists as collaborative partners rather than external consultants. For security professionals, this translates to work at the intersection of platform engineering and threat modeling, where the challenge isn't just building new systems but securing them as they replace decades-old infrastructure that enterprises depend on daily.

In April 2024, a group of founders recognized a critical gap in modern defense capabilities: the urgent need for AI-driven autonomous systems that could keep pace with the speed and complexity of 21st-century warfare. Traditional defense contractors struggled to deliver attritable, scalable solutions that democratic allies required for operational dominance. From this insight, Harmattan AI was born - a next-generation defense prime dedicated to building the future of autonomous warfare. Starting from a conviction that liberal democracies and their allies deserve superior technological capabilities, the company rapidly developed vertically integrated systems including ISR drones, counter-UAS platforms, and electronic warfare solutions. With $200 million in Series B funding led by Dassault Aviation at a $1.4 billion valuation, Harmattan AI has transformed from a startup vision into a unicorn defense contractor delivering mission-ready systems that enhance operational edge and readiness for allied forces worldwide.

Qevlar AI is transforming cybersecurity with an AI SOC Platform that investigates every alert in under 3 minutes with 99.8% accuracy. Trusted by Fortune Global 500 enterprises and leading MSSPs including Orange Cyberdefense, Atos, Equans, and Nomios, our platform executes 71 automated queries per investigation to deliver comprehensive threat analysis. Backed by $14 million in seed funding from EQT Ventures and Forgepoint Capital, and incubated by Meta and Microsoft, Qevlar AI has achieved up to 80% reduction in false positives while enabling 100% of alerts to be processed with consistent 24/7 coverage. Our graph-based AI platform expands SOC capacity without adding headcount, investigating end-to-end threats from phishing and identity to cloud and endpoint attacks. Qevlar integrates seamlessly with existing security stacks including Splunk, QRadar, Microsoft Sentinel, SentinelOne, Cortex, and threat intelligence sources like VirusTotal. By reducing mean time to respond (MTTR) and eliminating alert fatigue, Qevlar empowers SOC teams to focus on real threats ready for remediation rather than noise. Our deployment record spans just 10 minutes to full production integration, making rapid security transformation possible for teams worldwide.

Armis is the cyber exposure management and security company that protects the entire attack surface and manages an organization's cyber risk exposure in real time. In a perimeter-less world where connected devices proliferate across IT, OT, IoT, and cloud environments, Armis ensures enterprises continuously see, protect, and manage all critical assets - from the ground to the cloud. The company secures Fortune 100, 200, and 500 companies as well as national governments, state and local entities, helping keep critical infrastructure, economies, and society safe and secure 24/7. Founded in 2015 by Israeli military veterans Yevgeny Dibrov and Nadir Izrael, Armis has achieved remarkable growth, surpassing $300 million in annual recurring revenue. The company's AI-driven asset intelligence engine powers Armis Centrix™, a cloud-native platform that delivers real-time visibility and protection across all connected devices. In 2025, ServiceNow announced plans to acquire Armis in a $7.75 billion transaction, a testament to the company's market leadership and the critical importance of cyber exposure management in today's threat landscape.

We are Shield AI, a US based defense technology company founded in 2015 to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems. We design and deploy autonomous mission systems for aircraft and unmanned platforms, built around our Hivemind autonomy backbone and a family of mission ready software and hardware modules. Our products include X-BAT and V-BAT aircraft, Hivemind Enterprise, ViDAR and other capabilities built to operate in GPS and comms denied environments. We develop EdgeOS, Pilot, Forge and Commander to enable rapid development, testing and deployment of resilient autonomy across domains. Our approach is aircraft agnostic, battle tested, and focused on human directable autonomy that can scale across platforms and theaters of operation. Our team emphasizes servant leadership and a mission first mindset. Since founding we have grown to over a thousand teammates with offices across the United States and internationally, and we continue to invest in building safe reliable autonomy for the modern battlefield. We collaborate with allies to advance AI pilots powering a safer world, aiming to reduce risk to service members while enhancing decision making and effectiveness in complex environments. Autonomy for the world remains our guiding vision and the greatest victory, we believe, requires no war.

Archer Aviation develops electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft designed to revolutionize urban transportation. The company builds all-electric aircraft capable of carrying four passengers for 60 miles at speeds up to 150 mph while producing minimal noise. Archer's aircraft aims to reduce urban congestion and provide sustainable mobility solutions through aerial transportation networks in cities worldwide. Headquartered in San Jose, California, Archer is a publicly traded company (NYSE: ACHR) founded in 2018. The company is developing the 'Midnight' aircraft and has established partnerships with major aerospace and automotive companies including Stellantis, United Airlines, and the U.S. military. Archer is actively pursuing FAA certification for its eVTOL aircraft and has built high-volume manufacturing capabilities to support commercial launch.