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Scout AI

Scout AI

Sunnyvale, California · Founded 2024
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Valuation
—Est.
Raised
$115MEst.
Stage
Series A
Open roles
28

A vision‑language‑action (VLA) model is a multi‑modal large language model that takes real‑time camera data and a text prompt as inputs and outputs robot actions.

Funding History
Series A$100M
Apr 2026 · Lead: Align Ventures, Draper Associates
Participants: Decisive Point, Booz Allen Ventures, BVVC, Neman Ventures, Evolution VC, Heraclitus Capital Management, Sigmas Group, Disruptive Founders Fund, Vaughn Capital Partners
+567% · 6.67x · 12 mo vs. Seed
Seed$15M
Apr 2025 · Lead: Align Ventures, Booz Allen Ventures
Participants: Draper Associates, Decisive Point, Perot Jain, Sigmas Group, Evolution VC, BVVC, Habitat Partners, Piedmont Capital Investments, FJ Labs, Revelry Venture Partners, Monte Carlo Capital, Expansion VC, Gaingels
Round Size Change
Latest Round Change
+567%6.67x
$100M Series A vs. $15M Seed
Seed
$15M
Apr 2025
+567% · 6.67x
→
12 mo
Series A
$100M
Apr 2026
Open roles at Scout AI
GTM Customer EngineerRemoteSenior Mechanical EngineerSunnyvale, CASenior Embedded Software EngineerSunnyvale, CAMission Operator - UAVPaso Robles, CAMechanical EngineerSunnyvale, CAManufacturing EngineerSunnyvale, CADrone TechnicianSunnyvale, CAVehicle Integration TechnicianSunnyvale, CA
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Leadership
Colby Adcock
Co-Founder & CEO
Collin Otis
Co-Founder & CTO
News & press
Scout AI Raises $100M Series A to Build the AI Brain for Unmanned Warfare
Apr 29, 2026
Colby Adcock's Scout AI raises $100M to train its models for war: We visited its bootcamp | TechCrunch
Apr 29, 2026
Scout AI Emerges from Stealth with $15M Seed Round, Lands 2 DoD Contracts, and Unveils Fury - Robotic Foundation Model for Defense
Apr 16, 2025
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