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Surtr Defense Systems

The hardware-agnostic operating system for drone defense

San Francisco

2 employees

Seed · $4.8M

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About Surtr Defense Systems

Surtr builds ParallaxOS, the open operating system for counter-UAS. It takes sensor data from any radar, RF detector, camera, or acoustic array and fuses it into a single unified picture with AI-driven threat classification and engagement recommendations. One interface, any hardware, human in the loop.

Company details

Team Size2

LocationSan Francisco

Funding

Total raised

$4.8M

StandoutYBacked by Y Combinator · P26

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Seed

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Founders

Anshul Ahluwalia

Previously Shield AI (planning and controls, forward-deployed engineer). Georgia Tech, BS & MS Computer Science.

Cameron Fiore

Building a hardware-agnostic, AI operating system for air defense. Before Surtr, I was an an autonomy engineer at Anduril and Shield AI, where I worked on missile defense systems and robot teaming in contested environments.

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

Confirm the fit

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

I pitch you to the company

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

A meeting lands on your calendar

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