Bellevue Startup Watchtower Labs Raises Up to $35M for Military AI Logistics
· Source: hoodline.com
In short
Watchtower Labs, a Bellevue, Washington startup founded by a former Marine special operations officer and two Microsoft engineering veterans, has emerged from stealth with a seed round reported at $35 million by the company and $30 million by lead investor Shield Capital. The platform combines agentic AI with mathematical modeling so military planners can ask questions in plain language and evaluate hundreds of scenarios against real-world constraints for transport, fuel, munitions, spare parts and routes. The company was selected in January 2026 under the Pentagon's Defense Innovation Unit Joint Sustainment Decision Tool program, with U.S. Indo-Pacific Command as lead partner, and plans to double headcount while expanding from logistics into broader operational planning.
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Tags: logistics, defense, agentic-ai, forecasting, sustainment, startup