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Raft’s monthly mission moments,

culture shocks, and low-key brags.

Built to disrupt your inbox. 

Raft on the Record

The noise we've made, and the headlines we've hijacked.

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From SBIR to SBIRiously Everywhere

SOCOM just gave us a hall pass to skip the bake-off. This Phase III award means we’re going full send on edge-to-enterprise data and AI... no prototypes, no roadshows, just real deployment at real speed.

 

SOCOM said “go,” so we’re already gone →

 

 

Products for the Edge, Not the Inbox

In her Breaking Defense interview, our founder and CEO, Shubhi Mishra, didn’t mince words: we don’t build AI for analysts or armchair quarterbacks, we build for operators in Guam-level chaos. No signal? No problem. Our AI doesn’t flinch when the network does.

 

Watch Shubhi explain why operators come first →

 

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Cool Tech That Deserves Your Attention.

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Live from the Kill Chain

This isn’t a sizzle reel. It’s our tech doing what it was built to do. Our new demo hub pulls back the curtain on Starsage, [R]DP, and [R]AIMS, showing ops-ready AI, fusing chaos, and calling shots faster than a JADC2 acronym sprint.

 

Those demos tho →

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Smoke Signals from the Beltway

This month’s fab moments in the press.

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Grit, Grunts, and Good Luck

War Secretary Pete Hegseth rolled into Quantico with a flamethrower for the status quo. His message? Drop the “woke,” embrace the smoke. We’re talking no more beards, DEI, or general softness, just grit and grunts.

If that doesn’t sit right with you, he’s got one piece of advice: there’s the door, and don’t forget to salute on the way out. 

 

Get in line or get out â†’

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Throwing Cold Brew on a Lukewarm Strategy

Former Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. (Ret.) Joseph F. Dunford and Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman just delivered a wake-up call with the force of a triple shot of espresso: if the U.S. doesn’t start building faster and partnering smarter in the Middle East, we’re about to get outpaced in our own relay race.

 

Translation? The defense industry is moving like it’s on decaf while the world’s shifting into fifth gear.

 

Build it together, or watch someone else arm the party→

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Army to PE: Sup, You Up for Defense?

The Army is rolling out the green carpet at AUSA, this time for private equity investors. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent and Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll want investors to kick the tires on defense tech, then open the checkbook. 

 

Add a former VC now leading the charge, and AUSA’s looking less like a defense expo and more like speed dating for national security.

 

The pitch? Bring your capital. We'll bring the acronyms.

 

Put your portfolio where your patriotism is →

 

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