SINGAPORE and AMSTERDAM, Oct. 26, 2026 — SWI Compute today emerged from stealth to build and operate NVIDIA AI factories, launching first in Europe. The global AI infrastructure company is backed by 3.6 gigawatts of power capacity that SWI Group has spent six years securing across Europe and the US. The new company of Euronext Amsterdam-listed SWI Group became a Preferred NVIDIA Cloud Partner in August, ordered approximately $1 billion of NVIDIA systems and has finalized contracts with its first customers. SWI Compute will deploy globally, with the strongest presence and deployments in Europe. Its first large-scale AI factory in the UK starts with 30 MW, close to 7,000 Rubin GPUs and 3,500 Vera CPUs in NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 racks, expected to come online by the end of 2027. Connected by NVIDIA Quantum-X800 InfiniBand and NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet networking, these 30 MW are the initial phase of a UK campus planned to grow to 530 MW, and the first step towards 2.3 GW of NVIDIA AI factory capacity by 2029.

“Energy availability represents the primary bottleneck facing European AI infrastructure. Having spent six years acquiring grid access, SWI Group is now deploying these power resources into dedicated NVIDIA AI factories through SWI Compute. Just two months after joining the NVIDIA Cloud Partner program, our team secured approximately $1 billion in advanced hardware orders and executed initial client contracts. The market continues to surpass available capacity, and we are rapidly expanding our footprint to fulfill this requirement,” said Halil Mirakhmedov, CEO, SWI Compute.

Europe has the researchers, the founders and the enterprises to build frontier AI. Much of that building has happened on capacity outside Europe, and the capacity that exists has been committed first to global hyperscalers and frontier labs, the buyers able to sign multi-year contracts at scale. The companies with the most urgent need, AI natives with frontier ambitions and startup balance sheets, have the hardest time securing it.

SWI Compute is built for them. It provides dedicated and on-demand access to NVIDIA AI factories for Europe’s AI natives, AI labs and enterprises, close to their users and their data and under European jurisdiction, so the next generation of AI can be trained, fine-tuned and served where it is made. Its first customer, a US-based AI inference platform, has contracted capacity.

SWI Group began investing in land, power and shell in 2020. Today it holds 3.6 GW of power capacity across Europe and the US, with its deepest presence in Europe, where its five campuses are in Ireland, the UK, Denmark, Spain and Italy, one of them already leased to a major hyperscaler. The Group develops its own sites, from grid connection to commissioning. The power is contracted and the systems are on order.

Every SWI Compute site is built to NVIDIA reference architectures. Going forward, SWI Compute will design, build and operate its AI factories with the full-stack NVIDIA DSX AI Factory Platform, which codesigns compute, networking, power and cooling as one integrated system. Every new site from 2027, starting with its UK campus, will follow the NVIDIA Vera Rubin DSX AI Factory reference design. On NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72, DSX can enable up to 40% more GPU capacity within the same power budget.

The first deployment runs NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra systems, with NVIDIA Vera CPU racks to follow, connected by NVIDIA Quantum-X800 InfiniBand and NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet. From NVIDIA’s OEM and ODM ecosystem, SWI Compute has selected its systems partners, with Delta Computers as systems integrator, alongside industry-recognized storage partners, to deliver more than 8,000 GPUs.

An AI factory earns on three things: how many tokens it produces per megawatt, how many years it keeps producing them, and how many kinds of work it can take on. Over time, continuous software optimization keeps installed systems earning years after they ship. Across workloads, the same infrastructure runs every type of AI in every phase, from pretraining to agentic inference, alongside simulation, data processing and scientific computing. For SWI Compute’s customers, that is capacity that stays current. For SWI Group, it is an asset that stays productive.

“AI factories are essential infrastructure that turn regional energy into intelligence and economic opportunity,” said Nico Caprez, Vice President, Global AI Infrastructure Growth at NVIDIA. “SWI Compute is putting Europe’s energy to work for the ecosystem of AI natives, labs, universities and enterprises. Built on NVIDIA reference architectures and adopting NVIDIA DSX for its next generation of AI factories, SWI Compute is building infrastructure that is productive, durable and fungible—able to serve new customers and workloads and keep generating value for years to come.”

The first AI factory marks just the beginning of SWI Compute’s ambitious expansion strategy. Starting in Q4 2027, its next generation of AI campuses across Europe is scheduled to come online, with thousands of GPUs planned for deployment.

SWI Compute’s competitive advantage lies in building AI cloud infrastructure on a power foundation already controlled by SWI Group, with access to up to 3.6 GW of power capacity across 24 sites.

This positions SWI Compute to scale rapidly, transforming the Group’s existing energy infrastructure into a next-generation AI cloud platform.

“We started investing in land, power and shell in 2020. SWI Compute is the final piece, providing fully integrated infrastructure for NVIDIA AI factories. SWI Group is now a transatlantic, vertically integrated digital infrastructure company, from the grid connection to the GPU, and SWI Compute puts that capacity directly in the hands of the customers who need it most,” said Max-Hervé George, Founder and CEO, SWI Group.

About SWI Compute

SWI Compute is an AI & infrastructure provider based in Europe and part of SWI Group (Euronext Amsterdam: SWICH). SWI Compute completes SWI Group’s transatlantic vertically integrated AI stack by providing compute services with AiOnX’s European campuses and SWI Digital’s US data centers. Learn more at www.swi-compute.com and www.aionx.com. 

About SWI Group

SWI Group (SWI Capital Holding Ltd) is a transatlantic investment group allocating more than 80% of its capital in digital infrastructure, listed on Euronext Amsterdam under ticker SWICH. Formed through the merger of Icona and Stoneweg, the Group deploys its own capital across primarily digital infrastructure, and real estate and other private-market opportunities, combining an entrepreneurial approach with institutional discipline. For more information, visit www.swi.com. 

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СИНГАПУР, 26 октября 2026 г. — Стартап Ailytics, специализирующийся на технологиях компьютерного зрения на базе искусственного интеллекта и превращающий существующие промышленные системы видеонаблюдения CCTV в интеллектуальную платформу мониторинга безопасности и производственных процессов в режиме реального времени, привлек 7,4 млн долларов США в рамках раунда финансирования серии A, ведущим инвестором которого выступила компания Tin Men Capital. В раунде также приняли участие программа SEEDS, входящая в состав SG Growth Capital, крупнейшая японская компания в сфере облачного видеонаблюдения Safie и одна из крупнейших строительных компаний Японии, а также семейные инвестиционные компании и действующие инвесторы Ailytics.

После предварительного раунда финансирования серии A (pre-Series A) на сумму 2,7 млн долларов США, проведенного в апреле 2024 года под руководством Tin Men Capital, компания Ailytics увеличила масштабы своей деятельности с 70 проектов в четырех странах до более чем 400 проектов в 15 странах.

Из Сингапура на четыре континента

Компания Ailytics начала свою деятельность с проектов строительства государственного жилья в Сингапуре (HDB), а сегодня реализует крупномасштабные проекты внедрения на предприятиях NatSteel, PaxOcean и DHL, в международном аэропорту Леонардо да Винчи в Риме, а также на строительстве терминала 5 сингапурского аэропорта Чанги.

«Этот раунд финансирования позволит укрепить наши местные команды в США, Японии, Австралии и странах Персидского залива, поскольку мы сосредоточены на сложных условиях эксплуатации на открытых промышленных площадках. Мы создаем в Сингапуре глобальную компанию в сфере промышленного искусственного интеллекта», — сказал Ленард Тан (Lenard Tan), соучредитель и генеральный директор Ailytics.

Разработано для предприятий тяжелой промышленности в любой точке мира

Собственный продукт Ailytics — Ailyssa — способен формировать трехмерное пространственное представление на основе одного двумерного видеопотока и эффективно работать в условиях дождя, пыли и недостаточного освещения даже с камерами, установленными несколько десятилетий назад, предоставляя в режиме реального времени практически применимую информацию для принятия решений. Новейший механизм интеллектуального анализа AilyssaX обрабатывает контекстную информацию о динамически изменяющейся обстановке и проверяет выполнение многоэтапных процедур, обеспечивая более точные и содержательные предупреждения.

«Благодаря этому раунду финансирования мы сможем разрабатывать собственные модели интеллектуального анализа, адаптированные к специфике отрасли, и поддерживать низкую стоимость эксплуатации ИИ по мере роста спроса», — заявил Пратик Маноча (Prateek Manocha), соучредитель и технический директор Ailytics.

«Компания Ailytics вышла на 15 рынков, демонстрируя исключительно высокие экономические показатели подразделения и уровень оттока клиентов менее 1%. Мы намерены активно поддерживать команду в процессе глобального масштабирования бизнеса», — поделился Джереми Тан (Jeremy Tan), соучредитель и управляющий партнер Tin Men Capital.

О компании Ailytics

Ailytics превращает существующие системы видеонаблюдение CCTV в интеллектуальную платформу на базе ИИ для мониторинга безопасности и операций ИИ в режиме реального времени для тяжелой промышленности. Компания основана в Сингапуре в 2021 году и осуществила более 400 проектов в 15 странах. Для получения дополнительной информации посетите сайт ailytics.ai.

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SINGAPUR, 26. října 2026 — Ailytics, startup zabývající se vizuální umělou inteligencí, který využívá umělou inteligenci pro analýzu obrazu a mění stávající průmyslové kamerové systémy CCTV v nástroj pro monitorování bezpečnosti a provozu v reálném čase, získal v investičním kole série A 7,4 milionu dolarů. K rodinným kancelářím a stávajícím investorům se připojily společnost SEEDS, která je součástí SG Growth Capital, japonská společnost Safie, největší poskytovatel cloudových kamerových systémů v Japonsku, a jedna z největších japonských stavebních společností. Investičního kola se zúčastnily také rodinné investiční kanceláře a stávající investoři.

Od kola financování před sérií A ve výši 2,7 milionu USD, které v dubnu 2024 vedla společnost Tin Men Capital, se společnost Ailytics rozrostla ze 70 projektů ve čtyřech zemích na více než 400 uplatnění v 15 zemích.

Ze Singapuru na čtyři kontinenty

Společnost Ailytics začínala s projekty v oblasti singapurského veřejného bydlení (HDB) a nyní provozuje rozsáhlá nasazení u společností NatSteel, PaxOcean, DHL, na římském mezinárodním letišti Leonarda da Vinciho a při výstavbě terminálu 5 letiště Changi.

„Toto kolo financování posiluje naše místní týmy v USA, Japonsku, Austrálii a v Perském zálivu, kde se zaměřujeme na náročná venkovní průmyslová prostředí. Ze Singapuru budujeme globální společnost zabývající se průmyslovou umělou inteligencí,” uvedl Lenard Tan, spoluzakladatel a generální ředitel společnosti Ailytics.

Vytvořeno pro těžký průmysl kdekoli

Vlastní produkt společnosti Ailytics, Ailyssa, odvozuje trojrozměrné prostorové vnímání z jediného dvourozměrného vstupu a funguje i za deště, v prachu a při špatném osvětlení s kamerami starými desítky let. Poskytuje praktické informace v reálném čase. Její nejnovější odvozovací stroj, AilyssaX, zpracovává kontextové scény za pohybu a ověřuje vícestupňové postupy, což umožňuje přesnější a smysluplnější výstrahy.

„Díky tomuto kolu financování můžeme vytvářet vlastní doménově specifické modely uvažování a udržet náklady na provoz umělé inteligence na nízké úrovni i při rostoucí poptávce,” uvedl Prateek Manocha, spoluzakladatel a technický ředitel společnosti Ailytics.

„Společnost Ailytics pronikla na 15 trhů s velmi robustní ekonomickou efektivitou na jednotku a mírou odchodu zákazníků pod jedním procentem. Chceme stát v plné síle za týmem při jeho globální expanzi,” řekl Jeremy Tan, spoluzakladatel a řídící partner společnosti Tin Men Capital.

O Ailytics

Společnost Ailytics přeměňuje stávající kamerové systémy na vrstvu umělé inteligence pro bezpečnost a provoz v reálném čase pro těžký průmysl. Byla založena v Singapuru v roce 2021 a má více než 400 nasazení v 15 zemích. Další informace najdete na ailytics.ai.

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SINGAPORE, Oct. 25, 2026 — Ailytics, a vision AI startup that turns existing industrial CCTV into a real-time safety and operations layer, has raised US$7.4 million in a Series A led by Tin Men Capital. SEEDS, part of SG Growth Capital, Safie, Japan’s largest cloud camera company, and one of Japan’s largest construction companies joined family offices and existing investors.

Since a US$2.7 million pre-Series A led by Tin Men Capital in April 2024, Ailytics has grown from 70 projects in four countries to more than 400 deployments across 15 countries.

From Singapore to four continents

Ailytics began on Singapore public housing (HDB) projects and now runs large deployments at NatSteel, PaxOcean, DHL, Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci International Airport and the Changi Airport Terminal 5 build.

“This round strengthens our local teams in the US, Japan, Australia and the Gulf, as we focus on harsh outdoor industrial environments. We are building a global industrial AI company from Singapore,” said Lenard Tan, Co-Founder and CEO of Ailytics.

Built for heavy industries anywhere

Ailytics’ proprietary product, Ailyssa, derives three-dimensional spatial understanding from a single two-dimensional feed and works through rain, dust, poor lighting with decades-old cameras. provide real-time actionable insights. Its latest reasoning engine, AilyssaX, process contextual scenes on the move and verify multi-step procedures, enabling more accurate and meaningful alerts.

“This round lets us build our own domain-specific reasoning models and keep the cost of running AI low as demand grows,” said Prateek Manocha, Co-Founder and CTO of Ailytics.

“Ailytics has reached 15 markets with very robust unit economics and client churn below 1 per cent. We want to be right behind the team as it scales globally,” said Jeremy Tan, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Tin Men Capital.

About Ailytics

Ailytics turns existing CCTV into a real-time AI safety and operations layer for heavy industries. Founded in Singapore in 2021, it has more than 400 deployments across 15 countries. For more information, visit ailytics.ai.

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SINGAPUR, 26. október 2026 – Ailytics, startup zameraný na vizuálnu AI, ktorý premieňa existujúce priemyselné kamerové systémy na bezpečnostnú a prevádzkovú vrstvu v reálnom čase, získal 7,4 milióna USD v rámci investícií série A, ktoré vedie spoločnosť Tin Men Capital. SEEDS, súčasť SG Growth Capital, Safie, najväčšia japonská spoločnosť v oblasti cloudových kamier, a jedna z najväčších japonských stavebných spoločností sa pridali k rodinným kanceláriám a existujúcim investorom.

Od investície v hodnote 2,7 milióna USD pred sériou A, ktorú v apríli 2024 viedla spoločnosť Tin Men Capital, sa spoločnosť Ailytics rozrástla zo 70 projektov v štyroch krajinách na viac ako 400 nasadení v 15 krajinách.

Zo Singapuru na štyri kontinenty

Spoločnosť Ailytics začala pracovať na projektoch singapurského sociálneho bývania (HDB) a aktuálne prevádzkuje rozsiahle nasadenia v spoločnostiach NatSteel, PaxOcean, DHL, na medzinárodnom letisku Leonardo da Vinci v Ríme a na výstavbe terminálu 5 letiska Changi.

„Toto kolo podporuje naše lokálne tímy v USA, Japonsku, Austrálii a Perzskom zálive, keďže sa zameriavame na náročné vonkajšie priemyselné prostredia. Budujeme globálnu priemyselnú spoločnosť zameranú na AI zo Singapuru,” povedal Lenard Tan, spoluzakladateľ a generálny riaditeľ spoločnosti Ailytics.

Určené pre ťažký priemysel kdekoľvek

Patentovaný produkt spoločnosti Ailytics s názvom Ailyssa získava trojrozmerné priestorové vnímanie z jediného dvojrozmerného signálu a dokáže pracovať aj s desaťročia starými kamerami, v daždi, prachu a slabom osvetlení, čím poskytuje užitočné informácie v reálnom čase. Jeho najnovší systém uvažovania AilyssaX spracováva kontextové scény za pohybu a overuje viackrokové postupy, čo umožňuje presnejšie a zmysluplnejšie upozornenia.

„Toto kolo nám umožňuje vytvoriť si vlastné modely uvažovania špecifické pre konkrétnu oblasť a udržať nízke náklady na prevádzku AI pri rastúcom dopyte,” povedal Prateek Manocha, spoluzakladateľ a technický riaditeľ spoločnosti Ailytics.

„Spoločnosť Ailytics oslovila 15 trhov s veľmi silnou ekonomikou jednotiek a odchodom klientov pod 1 percento. Chceme stáť hneď za tímom, ktorý sa rozširuje po celom svete,” povedal Jeremy Tan, spoluzakladateľ a riadiaci partner spoločnosti Tin Men Capital.

O spoločnosti Ailytics

Ailytics premieňa existujúci priemyselný kamerový systém na vrstvu AI v reálnom čase, ktorá zaisťuje bezpečnosť a prevádzku pre ťažký priemysel. Spoločnosť bola založená v Singapure v roku 2021 a prevádzkuje viac ako 400 nasadení v 15 krajinách. Viac informácií nájdete na stránke ailytics.ai.

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SINGAPUR, 26. Oktober 2026 — Ailytics, ein KI-Startup im Bereich Bildverarbeitung, das bestehende industrielle Videoüberwachungssysteme in eine Echtzeit-Sicherheits- und Betriebsebene verwandelt, hat in einer von Tin Men Capital angeführten Serie-A-Finanzierungsrunde 7,4 Millionen US-Dollar eingesammelt. SEEDS, ein Teil von SG Growth Capital, Safie, Japans größtes Cloud-Kamera-Unternehmen, und eines der größten Bauunternehmen Japans schlossen sich Family Offices und bestehenden Investoren an.

Seit einer von Tin Men Capital angeführten Pre-Series-A-Finanzierungsrunde über 2,7 Millionen US-Dollar im April 2024 ist Ailytics von 70 Projekten in vier Ländern auf mehr als 400 Implementierungen in 15 Ländern gewachsen.

Von Singapur auf vier Kontinente

Ailytics begann mit öffentlichen Wohnungsbauprojekten (HDB)  in Singapur und betreibt mittlerweile große Installationen bei NatSteel, PaxOcean, DHL, dem internationalen Flughafen Rom-Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci und dem Bau des Terminals 5 am Flughafen Changi.

„Diese Finanzierungsrunde stärkt unsere lokalen Teams in den USA, Japan, Australien und der Golfregion, da wir uns auf anspruchsvolle industrielle Umgebungen im Freien konzentrieren. „Wir bauen von Singapur aus ein globales Unternehmen für industrielle KI auf”, sagte Lenard Tan, Mitgründer und CEO von Ailytics.

Gebaut für die Schwerindustrie überall

Ailytics’ firmeneigenes Produkt Ailyssa gewinnt aus einem einzigen zweidimensionalen Bildsignal dreidimensionale räumliche Informationen und funktioniert selbst bei Regen, Staub und schlechten Lichtverhältnissen mit jahrzehntealten Kameras. Es liefert in Echtzeit umsetzbare Erkenntnisse. Die neueste Reasoning-Engine, AilyssaX, verarbeitet Kontextszenen in Bewegung und überprüft mehrstufige Abläufe, wodurch genauere und aussagekräftigere Warnmeldungen ermöglicht werden.

„Diese Finanzierungsrunde ermöglicht es uns, unsere eigenen domänenspezifischen Schlussfolgerungsmodelle zu entwickeln und die Kosten für den Betrieb von KI trotz steigender Nachfrage niedrig zu halten”, sagte Prateek Manocha, Mitgründer und CTO von Ailytics.

„Ailytics hat 15 Märkte mit einer sehr soliden Stückrentabilität und einer Kundenabwanderungsrate von unter 1 Prozent erreicht. Wir wollen das Team bei seiner globalen Expansion tatkräftig unterstützen”, sagte Jeremy Tan, Mitgründer und geschäftsführender Gesellschafter von Tin Men Capital.

Über Ailytics

Ailytics wandelt bestehende Videoüberwachungssysteme in eine Echtzeit-KI-Sicherheits- und Betriebsebene für die Schwerindustrie um. Das Unternehmen wurde 2021 in Singapur gegründet und hat über 400 Installationen in 15 Ländern. Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter ailytics.ai.

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SINGAPOUR, 26 octobre 2026 — Ailytics, une startup d’IA visuelle qui transforme les systèmes de vidéosurveillance industriels existants en une couche de sécurité et d’opérations en temps réel, a levé 7,4 millions de dollars américains au cours d’une série A dirigée par Tin Men Capital. SEEDS, filiale de SG Growth Capital, Safie, la plus grande entreprise japonaise de caméras cloud, et l’une des plus grandes entreprises de construction du Japon se sont associés aux family offices et aux investisseurs existants.

Depuis une levée de fonds de pré-série A de 2,7 millions de dollars américains menée par Tin Men Capital en avril 2024, Ailytics est passée de 70 projets dans quatre pays à plus de 400 déploiements dans 15 pays.

De Singapour aux quatre continents

Ailytics a commencé sur des projets de logements sociaux à Singapour (HDB) et gère maintenant d’importants déploiements chez NatSteel, PaxOcean, DHL, à l’aéroport international Léonard de Vinci de Rome et sur le chantier du terminal 5 de l’aéroport de Changi.

« Ce tour de table renforce nos équipes locales aux États-Unis, au Japon, en Australie et dans la région du Golfe, alors que nous nous concentrons sur les environnements industriels extérieurs difficiles. Nous sommes en train de construire une entreprise mondiale d’IA industrielle depuis Singapour », a déclaré Lenard Tan, cofondateur et PDG d’Ailytics.

Conçu pour les industries lourdes partout dans le monde

Ailyssa, le produit propriétaire d’Ailytics, acquiert une compréhension spatiale tridimensionnelle à partir d’un simple flux bidimensionnel et fonctionne même sous la pluie, la poussière et en faible luminosité, avec des caméras datant de plusieurs décennies. Il fournit des informations exploitables en temps réel. Son tout dernier moteur de raisonnement, AilyssaX, traite les scènes contextuelles en temps réel et vérifie les procédures en plusieurs étapes, permettant ainsi des alertes plus précises et pertinentes.

« Ce tour de table nous permet de construire nos propres modèles de raisonnement spécifiques au domaine et de maintenir le coût d’exécution de l’IA à un niveau bas à mesure que la demande augmente », a déclaré Prateek Manocha, cofondateur et directeur technique d’Ailytics.

« Ailytics est présent dans 15 marchés avec une rentabilité à l’unité très solide et un taux de désabonnement client inférieur à 1 %. Nous voulons accompagner l’équipe et l’aider à se développer à l’échelle mondiale », a déclaré Jeremy Tan, cofondateur et associé directeur de Tin Men Capital.

À propos d’Ailytics

Ailytics transforme les systèmes de vidéosurveillance existants en une couche d’IA en temps réel pour la sécurité et les opérations des industries lourdes. Fondée à Singapour en 2021, elle compte plus de 400 déploiements dans 15 pays. Pour plus d’informations, visitez ailytics.ai.

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Private investment comes as Arcanus builds out Canadian manufacturing capacity for autonomous aerial systems

DUBAI, UAE, Oct. 23, 2026 — Yazan Al Homsi, a UAE-based investor and managing partner of Catalyst Communications DMCC, has invested US$500,000 in Arcanus Aerial Systems Inc., a Toronto-headquartered developer and manufacturer of unmanned aerial systems for defence, public safety and critical infrastructure customers. Al Homsi is an investor only and holds no operational, advisory or board role with the company. Other terms were not disclosed.

Arcanus is a Canadian-controlled company. It currently lists more than 15 platforms across heavy-lift, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), cargo, strike and counter-drone missions. According to the company, its published line-up includes:

• AB 516e: a long-endurance vertical take-off fixed-wing aircraft rated for three hours of flight.
• AE 401: a counter-drone interceptor with a top speed of 300 km/h.
• AC 5250: a cargo platform with a 250 kg payload and a range of more than 2,300 km.

Alongside defence, Arcanus markets its systems for wildfire detection, search and rescue, Arctic sovereignty, border and maritime patrol, and pipeline and power line monitoring.

The company has spent 2026 assembling its domestic production base. In April, Arcanus signed a binding term sheet with Portugal-based Beyond Vision, granting it rights to manufacture, commercialize and support Beyond Vision’s unmanned aerial systems in Canada.

In June, Arcanus announced a five-year agreement appointing FeralX Systems Inc. as a non-exclusive Canadian contract manufacturer for several of its platforms.

“Canada has the engineering talent to build these systems at home, and recent years have shown how much depends on having that capacity domestically,” said Yazan Al Homsi. “What stood out to me about Arcanus was the manufacturing groundwork already in place: licensing, a production partner, and a range of aircraft that serves wildfire crews and search-and-rescue teams alongside defence customers.”

About Yazan Al Homsi

Yazan Al Homsi is a UAE-based investor and managing partner of Catalyst Communications DMCC, which he founded in Dubai in 2018. He was previously based in Vancouver, where he founded Founders Round Capital in 2017 and built a track record of investments in early-stage and small-cap companies. He earned a finance degree from McGill University in 2004 and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Before turning to investing, he spent more than a decade with PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Middle East, rising to director and focusing on transaction due diligence and valuation.

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Warhound is modernizing America’s working-dog program by delivering a vertically integrated program, combining Colossal’s enhanced genetics platform and secure biobanking capabilities of America’s top-performing dog arsenal, controlled delivery through cloning with best-in-class training and animal care. Through a partnership, all dogs will be equipped by Anduril’s advanced cybernetic Augments, software, and battlefield situational awareness. The company is backed by In-Q-Tel, Sequoia Capital, ARK Invest, Franklin Templeton, 8VC, USIT, Bob Nelsen, Breyer Capital, CAZ Investments, Neogenesis, Builders VC, and Lux Capital among others. Based in Texas, Warhound will operate under the guidance of the American Humane Society which will certify its training programs and support the reunification of retired military working dogs with their former handlers and adoption protocols.

“Palmer, Ben and the Warhound team are exceptional. Sequoia is proud to back them,” said Shaun Maguire, Partner at Sequoia Capital.

Warhound is bringing together Colossal’s breakthroughs in genetics, cloning, and animal biology with Anduril’s advanced defense technology to fundamentally change how America produces, trains, and protects its military working dogs. Colossal’s science will help produce healthier dogs with characteristics suited to demanding missions, while Anduril’s technology will give dogs and their handlers greater awareness and protection in the field.

“Every day, we ask dogs to put their lives on the line to protect ours. They detect explosives, protect our troops, and run toward dangers that most people are trained to run away from. Yet we’re still relying on outdated approaches to breeding and training these extraordinary animals, with too many never making it through the process. We have an opportunity to fundamentally change that. Colossal has spent years pioneering breakthroughs in genetics, cloning, and animal biology, and now we’re applying that science to give these dogs the best possible chance at a long, healthy life and a successful mission. If we’re going to ask man’s best friend to protect America, we owe it to them to use every tool at our disposal to protect them, too,” said Ben Lamm.

Since the Army established the K-9 Corps in 1942, military working dogs have served alongside America’s armed forces for more than 84 years—detecting threats, protecting service members and supporting missions worldwide. That program has evolved in The United States Department of War’s (DOW) Military Working Dog Program, which currently includes 2,200+ working dog teams that are operationally critical for detection and patrol work, and a critical part of the defense infrastructure of the country. More than 80% of U.S. military working dogs are currently acquired from Europe, creating a critical interdependency on foreign nations for an asset the Pentagon itself calls irreplaceable. That dependency is compounding: after a rigorous, roughly three-year acquisition-and-training pipeline, less than half of the dogs procured are ultimately deemed fit for service, meaning the U.S. must source and train roughly 200 dogs today to field 100 working animals tomorrow.

“Man’s best friend deserves man’s best tech,” said Palmer Luckey. 

David Spirk has been named the CEO of Warhound. As a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, he worked as an intelligence specialist with multiple deployments and ultimately served as the Deputy Associate Director of National Intelligence for Afghanistan and Pakistan at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence representing the Intelligence Community at the White House and on Capital Hill. He has an extensive background in the U.S. military, intelligence community, and federal data governance, specifically focused on scaling algorithmic warfare and creating data driven advantages. More recently, he was a Senior Counselor at Palantir Technologies where he focused on expanding the company’s software footprints across the U.S. government, allied international partners, and commercial sectors. Previously, he was appointed the First Chief Data Officer (CDO) for the Department of War, where he worked on accelerating the military’s data-driven capabilities and was the first CDO for the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM).

“Our long-term goal is simple: healthier dogs, better-prepared teams, and more service members and first responders coming home safely. Leading Warhound, and strengthening America’s working-dog capabilities, is an opportunity to apply my experience to a mission I care deeply about: protecting people and helping the animals who support them,” said David Spirk. “My focus is building a team that can turn scientific advances into capabilities that work in the field.”

Building Healthier, More Capable Working Dogs to Protect Both Dogs and People
The concept of Warhound was conceived years ago by Palmer and Ben after a discussion at Peter Diamandis’ Moonshots Summit. Military working-dog programs face a costly challenge: more than half of candidate dogs fail to complete training, while reliance on overseas breeders leaves the United States dependent on a constrained foreign supply chain. Warhound was created to improve that system—producing fewer dogs with a greater likelihood of remaining healthy, completing training, and succeeding in their missions.

Warhound dog-and-handler teams will also connect Anduril’s integrated capabilities—including eye and ear protection and Eagle Eye technology—will help safeguard working dogs, their handlers and the wider unit while supporting safer, more effective missions.

“For millennia, people have selectively bred dogs to be companions and helpmates. Modern biotechnology gives us a more precise way to shape some of their traits, thus improving both the work dogs do and their own health and well-being,” said Alta Charo, Warren P. Knowles Professor Emerita of Law and Bioethics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. “The Warhound project offers the possibility of improving working dogs’ health and welfare while supporting the lifesaving work they do. But we still must look carefully at who benefits, what risks the animals bear, and how concern for animal welfare translates into practice through careful evaluation of the evidence, meaningful oversight, and responsibility for the dogs throughout their lives, including retirement. The American Humane Society brings valuable experience through its military working dog reunification efforts and Pups4Patriots program. That experience provides a foundation, but public trust has to be earned through the care we provide and the commitments we keep.”

Animal welfare is central to the program. By improving health, durability, and training success, Warhound will significantly reduce washouts, limit the number of dogs unnecessarily entering intensive training and enable safer, more effective missions. Technologies and therapeutics developed through the program will also be made available to all dogs and ultimately improve the health of all dogs, not only those serving alongside America’s service men and women. Together, these capabilities will establish a secure domestic supply of military working dogs while giving American service members healthier, more capable canine partners.

“Working dogs are extraordinary animals whose courage and loyalty save lives,” said Dr. Robin Ganzert, President and CEO of American Humane Society. “We owe these dogs a commitment to their well-being that matches their service to us. What excites me about Warhound is the opportunity to make health, welfare, and exceptional care fundamental to a working-dog program from the very beginning. Success means helping these dogs thrive throughout their lives—from training and active service to the loving, dignified retirement every canine hero deserves.”

Warhound is built to take today’s level of performance and make it better: using cutting edge engineering and technology, on American soil, from American companies, without the wait times, price volatility, or geopolitical exposure of a foreign supply chain.

About Warhound
Warhound is a Texas-based defense technology company building a secure domestic supply of healthier, more capable working dogs for the U.S. military, law enforcement and emergency responders. Conceived by Palmer Luckey and Ben Lamm, Warhound combines biotechnology licensed from Colossal Biosciences with advanced training and Anduril’s cybernetic augments and software. The company aims to reduce reliance on foreign suppliers, improve canine health and performance, and enhance safety for dogs and their handlers. Animal welfare is central to Warhound’s mission, with a commitment to lifelong care from birth through training, service and retirement. To follow along, please visit: warhound.com.

About Anduril
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company that builds autonomous systems and a common operating layer to give the United States and its allies a persistent advantage in sensing, decision-making, and force projection.

About the American Humane Society
The American Humane Society is the country’s first national humane organization and a global leader in animal welfare. Founded in 1877, American Humane has been at the forefront of protecting animals, rescuing them from cruelty, abuse, and natural disasters, and setting the gold standard in science-based welfare certifications. The organization oversees prominent programs including the iconic “No Animals Were Harmed®” film and television certification, the American Humane Certified™ farm and zoo standards, military working dog reunifications, and the Pups4Patriots™ service dog program. Learn more at americanhumane.org. 

About Colossal Biosciences
Colossal was founded by emerging technology and software entrepreneur Ben Lamm and world-renowned geneticist and serial biotech entrepreneur George Church, Ph.D., and is the first to apply CRISPR technology for the purposes of species de-extinction. Colossal creates innovative technologies for species restoration, critically endangered species protection and the repopulation of critical ecosystems that support the continuation of life on Earth. Colossal is accepting humanity’s duty to restore Earth to a healthier state, while also solving for the future economies and biological necessities of the human condition through cutting-edge science and technologies. To follow along, please visit: www.colossal.com.

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