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Overland AI

Defense marketsecuritymobilityCurated record

Spun out of the University of Washington Robot Learning Laboratory; builds ULTRA, its own autonomous tactical ground vehicle, plus the SPARK autonomy kit and OverDrive off-road autonomy stack for GPS-denied, comms-degraded terrain; scaling ULTRA production for US military programs of record.

HeadquartersSeattle, US
Founded2022
Defense funding$222M
Team51-200
Deployments2
Open roles0
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Company overview

Identity and operating footprint

Company typeRobot maker
Market segmentDefense
StageSeries B
FoundersByron Boots (CEO), Stephanie Bonk (President)
Regions servedNorth America
Countries deployedNot listed
Service footprintNot listed
Last reviewed2026-07-05
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Robot models

Specifications remain vendor-claimed

Machinesecurity

ULTRA

  • Purpose-built autonomous tactical ground vehicle for military use; debuted 2025; production scaling for US military including USMC MADIS support under a $20M production contract

    role and production status of the ULTRA UGV

    Claim source
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Deployment log

Announced and cited only

AnnouncedCustomerSiteCountryCountEvidence
2026-06-29US Marine Corpsmarine corpsUSNot disclosedAnnouncement
2025-08-27US Army (UxS Autonomous Maneuver Program)military ground vehicle autonomyUSNot disclosedAnnouncement
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Funding history

Publicly announced rounds

Investors on record8VCValor Equity PartnersStepStone GroupTriplePoint CapitalPoint72 VenturesAscendShasta VenturesOvermatch Ventures
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Company timeline

Milestones and announcements

2026-06-29Awarded $20M USMC contract to produce autonomous ground vehicles supporting the Marine Air Defense Integrated System (MADIS); first ground autonomy company to prime a production contractBreaking Defense
2026-02-05Raised $100M Series B led by 8VC (including $20M TriplePoint venture debt) to scale ground autonomy with the US armed forcesThe Robot Report
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Source ledger

10 unique public sources