$3.3M Seed Fundraising Announcement

We're Redefining How Allied Nations Buy Technology

Defense primes and startups have won over $500M in contracts through Usul in less than a year. But we're building something bigger than a capture platform.

We're redefining B2G spend. Usul is reshaping how companies and governments interact with AI, starting with defense. Our vision is simple: any company should be able to sell to their government in three clicks. No lobbyists. No insider relationships. Just technology meeting mission need.

$3.3M to Scale

Today, we're announcing our $3.3M seed round, led by Scout Ventures with participation from Bravo Victor Venture Capital, early backers of defense unicorns like Anduril, Epirus, and Voyager Technologies.

The round also included Y Combinator and defense industry leaders Steve Blank, Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan, Col. Peter Newell, and Jacqueline Tame, who ran Silicon Valley Defense Group. These are legends who've spent decades building the bridge between Silicon Valley and national security. Their backing validates that solving this infrastructure gap could reshape how allied nations buy technology.

The Problem We're Solving

The global race for deterrence between the US and its adversaries has highlighted America's need for a robust defense industrial base. The problem is winning DoD contracts has often hinged on established relationships, which can inadvertently limit access to the most advanced technology from across industry.

For decades, defense leaders have struggled to adapt technologies at the speed modern threats demand. The gulf between Silicon Valley's innovation pace and Pentagon procurement cycles has created dangerous capability gaps as adversaries exploit commercial technologies with fewer barriers.

Before starting Usul, our team spent a year as Defense Innovation Fellows at Stanford University, participating in the Hacking 4 Defense class that incubated companies like Vannevar Labs and Capella Space. We interviewed over 300 DoD stakeholders about barriers to AI adoption. The answer wasn't technical. It was acquisition infrastructure.

Our name means "the strength at the base of the pillar", the foundational infrastructure everything depends on.

Join Us in San Francisco

If you're an engineer who wants to build infrastructure that matters, or a defense enthusiast who believes Silicon Valley should solve hard national security problems, we want to talk.

We're a small, fast-moving team backed by defense innovation legends. We ship weekly and work on something that genuinely impacts national security.

The defense industrial base needs better infrastructure. Come help us build it.