Squadra AUSA Social

Inside the event

Calling all founders, funders, and friends in cyber and national security headed to AUSA 2026, join us for our conference social! Join Squadra Ventures and our portfolio companies for beers and conversation! The Squadra team will be onsite in force alongside our portfolio company team members and network of mission partners. We're excited to convene and connect defense tech founders, federal decision makers, end users, investors and enthusiasts. The Squadra team has a deep appreciation for serendipity, unstructured conversations, and the adventure of meeting new like-minded people. We welcome you to share this invite with friends and colleagues! This event has been organized in accordance with U.S. Department of Defense and Congressional guidelines for widely attended events and gatherings.

About the Event Hosts 🛡️ Shift5 is a defense technology company that captures and analyzes data flowing through military weapon systems and commercial transportation fleets, from communications and navigation to flight controls and mechanical systems, detecting cyber threats and predicting mechanical failures to make legacy and next-gen assets more secure, capable, and cost-effective. ✈️ Overwatch Imaging is a mission-ready intelligence company that delivers sensor autonomy to time-critical airborne search, detection, tracking, and monitoring missions. Their Automated Sensor Operator (ASO) brings advanced AI capabilities to purpose-built Smart Sensors and upgrades airborne video gimbal platforms, bringing superhuman vision and workload reduction to users of real-time imagery intelligence systems. 🐸 Primordial Labs brings a next-generation human-machine interface, Anura, to warfighters. Anura enables active collaboration with uncrewed systems (UxS) and subsystems on crewed platforms using natural language. With Anura, warfighters can task robots like they would a human teammate with conversational mission-type orders, achieving the true potential of human-machine teaming. 💥 Aurelius Systems builds autonomous directed energy laser systems for counter-drone defense. Fusing advanced optics, AI-guided tracking, and high-powered directed energy into a compact platform, the platform can eliminate low-cost drones for a fraction of the cost of traditional systems. Aurelius is accelerating the deployment of practical, scalable, and field-ready innovation to restore the technological edge in defense. 🇺🇸 Squadra Ventures is a venture capital firm led by founder-operators that invests in early stage cyber and national security companies advancing the critical edge. By applying a growth-stage mindset at the seed stage and a commitment to building alongside entrepreneurs, Squadra empowers extraordinary teams to win and leave a lasting positive impact on the world.