Coby Adcocks Scout AI raises $100 million to train its models for war. We visited its bootcamp. | TechCrunch
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- Scout AI has raised $100 million in a Series A round led by Align Ventures and Draper Associates.
- The company is building an AI model it calls ‘Fury’ to operate and command military assets, first for logistical support and then, soon, for autonomous weapons.
- Scout has secured military technology development contracts totaling $11 million from organizations like DARPA, the Army Applications Laboratory, and other Department of Defense customers.
- It is one of 20 autonomy companies whose technology is being used by the U.S. Army’s 1st Cavalry Division during its regular training cycle at Fort Hood in Texas.
At a US military base in central California, fourseater allterrain vehicles roam hillside trails. This is a training exercise, but not for the people in the vehicles This is an effort to train AI [+11102 chars]
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