Oracle Adds 10 Start-Ups to Ecosystem for Better US Defence

Ten new defence technology companies have joined the Oracle Defense Ecosystem, a global initiative designed to improve defence and government technology in the US and its allies. 

The initiative was first announced in June 2025 at the Oracle Defense Tech Summit to provide the latest cloud and AI technologies from its initial members, including Arqit, Blackshark.ai, Entanglement, Fenix Group (now part of Nokia Federal Solutions), Koniku, Kraken, Mattermost, Metron, SensusQ and Whitespace. 

“Oracle and our defence ecosystem plans to innovate and scale to help the US and its allies deter conflicts and win on physical and digital battlefields,” said Rand Waldron, Vice President of Sovereign Regions at Oracle, last year.

Then, Oracle announced that a further 10 companies joined the ecosystem in October 2025, at Oracle AI World. 

The second cohort includes Airis Labs, American Binary, Defense Unicorns, Druid Software, Duality Technologies, Galvanick, Heaven AeroTech, Reka, Scaleout and Strider Technologies. 

They specialise in secure communications, AI-powered situational awareness, autonomous systems, cyber resilience and advanced analytics.

“The incredible response to our inaugural cohort demonstrated the urgent need for such partnerships,” Rand added in October.

Now, the third cohort has been announced at Oracle Defense Tech Summit 2026, including Chariot Defense, HPO Technologies, Legion Intelligence, Marlin Intelligence, Quori, Reasaro, Revobeam, Tactical, Two Delta and Unplugged. 

Connecting the frontlines to the cloud

From their specific domains, it looks as if the third cohort will target tactical edge capabilities and sovereign AI autonomy. 

Rather than specialising in just one domain like underwater robotics (such as via Marlin Intelligence), Oracle’s ecosystem strategy is to integrate hardware, sensors and autonomous systems operating at the edge – the literal frontlines, whether underwater, in the air or on isolated networks –  with its cloud infrastructure. 

By onboarding these specific start-ups, Oracle will be able to offer military clients a comprehensive pipeline, ranging from tactical power (Chariot Defense) and communication (Unplugged) to hardware deployment and AI software validation (Resaro). 

“Defence organisations cannot afford to wait years for promising technologies to move from prototype to mission use,” Rand said today at Oracle Defense Tech Summit 2026.

“The Oracle Defense Ecosystem gives emerging defence and dual-use companies a faster path to build with Oracle, deploy on sovereign cloud and AI infrastructure, and reach customers operating in some of the world’s most demanding environments. Our third cohort expands this focus on turning innovation into real-world mission impact.” 

Overcoming structural barriers to military adoption 

To help these start-ups bridge the gap between innovation and military adoption, Oracle has partnered with Defence Holdings, a specialist defence and national security services business. 

The goal is to give early-stage defence tech companies the commercial coaching and secure cloud access they need to get their products onto the battlefield. 

Members of Oracle’s ecosystem will get priority access to the programme, specifically targeting breakthroughs in autonomous systems and agentic AI. 

“One of the core objectives behind the model is to reduce the structural barriers that prevent relevant early-stage companies from successfully transitioning into defence environments,” says Andrew Roughan, CEO of Defence Holdings. 

“Access to hyperscale cloud infrastructure, established ecosystems and industry connectivity forms an important part of that process. 

“This collaboration supports our ambition to build a differentiated platform for emerging sovereign defence capability.”