Scout AI

Scout AI

Building the robotic foundation model for defense

Paso Robles, CA
35 employees
ai, defense, manufacturing, robotics
Series A · $115M
Founded 2024

About Scout AI

Scout AI is a frontier AI lab for U.S. defense. It was founded in 2024 by Colby Adcock and Collin Otis with a mission to deploy mission-ready AI agents across unmanned systems for the Department of War and its allies. Its Fury foundation model transforms uncrewed ground, air, sea, and space platforms and payloads into intelligent, collaborative teammates that multiply warfighter effectiveness.Scout AI is based in Paso Robles, CA and is backed by leading institutional investors including Booz Allen Ventures, Align Ventures, Draper Associates, and Perot Jain.

Benefits

  • • Premium medical, dental, and vision plans with $0 paycheck contribution
  • • Competitive PTO and company holiday calendar
  • • Unlimited AI tokens
  • • Catered lunch daily and fully stocked kitchen
  • • EV charging
  • • Relocation assistance (depending on role eligibility)

Company details

Team Size35
LocationPaso Robles, CA
Industryai, defense, manufacturing, robotics

Funding

Total raised

$115M

Last stage

Series A

Investors

AAlign Ventures
DDraper Associates
BBooz Allen Hamilton

Founders

CA

Colby Adcock

Co-founder of Scout AI, a frontier AI lab focused on developing AI for unmanned warfare systems.

CO

Collin Otis

Co-founder of Scout AI, leading technical development of foundation models like Fury for defense robotics.

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.