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Airis Labs Comes Out of Stealth with $60M and a Video-Intelligence Pitch to Defence Agencies
The Tel Aviv-founded defence-AI firm has closed a $31M Series B led by PSG Equity, bringing total funding to $60M as it scales US operations from Washington DC.
TL;DR
- Airis Labs has publicly launched after two and a half years in stealth, securing $60 million in total funding.
- A $31 million Series B round was led by US growth-equity firm PSG Equity, with participation from other investors.
- The company's core product is a "video-first intelligence platform" designed to process fragmented visual data from various sources.
- This platform aims to transform raw visual data into structured, queryable intelligence for analysts and AI agents.
- Airis Labs' customer base includes government organizations globally, with a selection into the Oracle Defense Ecosystem.
- The company was founded in 2023 in Tel Aviv by Noam Friedman, Rotem Abeles, and Amos Lahav, with team members from Palantir, Meta, and Israeli Unit 8200.
- Key competitors in the defense-AI video analysis space include Palantir, Helsing, Anduril, and Scale AI's defense unit.
- Airis claims its platform's advantage is its development in real operational environments from inception.
- The company has not yet disclosed specific government clients or revenue run-rate.
- Airis states its platform is validated by the analysts who use it, rather than through benchmarks.