Primordial Labs raises $18M to expand military voice-control software

Ballistic Ventures led the round for Primordial Labs, whose founders Lee Ritholtz and Adrian Pope built Anura for military systems, including drones and planned combat vehicles.

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Why it matters

Primordial Labs is selling a control layer for a battlefield where crews are shrinking and machines keep multiplying. If Anura becomes the standard way soldiers task sensors, radios, drones and vehicles, Primordial Labs would own the interface between operators and connected systems.

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Primordial Labs, founded in 2021 by co-founder and CEO Lee Ritholtz and co-founder and CTO Adrian Pope, has raised $18 million in Series A funding to expand Anura, software that lets military crews direct drones, sensors, radios and vehicle systems by stating what they want done. The round was led by Ballistic Ventures, with participation from existing investors Squadra Ventures and Lockheed Martin Ventures, according to [Primordial Labs' November 10th…

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