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The first defense lawyers startup to receive backing from Y Combinator , Ares Industries , launch earlier this week .
Ina post on the YC website , the startup limn a vision to build miserable - cost cruise missiles that will be compatible with existing launch platforms , saying it will “ deliver the capableness that the [ Department of Defense ] want in a physique agent that ’s 10x smaller and 10x cheaper . ”
Ares Industries ’ founders say they ’ve test epitome in the Mojave Desert and plan to deliver work out missile systems to their first customers in mid-2025 .
YC collaborator Jared Friedmantold the Financial Timesthat the incubator started encouraging defensive measure tech startup to hold earlier this twelvemonth .
YC ’s chief operating officer Garry Tan wasan former employeeat data analytics company Palantir , which has become staggeringly successful through its sometimes controversial oeuvre for U.S. armed forces , as well as other governments and agencies . CEO Alex Karp fight down the troupe ’s “ consistently pro - westerly scene ” in a recentNew York Timesinterview .
