Startup · United States

EdgeRunner AI

HQ Bellevue, WashingtonFounded 202411-50 employees

At EdgeRunner AI, our mission is to build Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the Edge that is safe, secure, and transparent. We believe that you must Own Your AI.

Startup Information management and cybersecurity Military AI and autonomy

Series A · May 1, 2025

News1

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Sep 30, 2026NewsUS Army Tests EdgeRunner-Camo Military AI Model to Reduce ErrorsAl Jundi Journal

Sep 30, 2026NewsAl Jundi JournalUS Army Tests EdgeRunner-Camo Military AI Model to Reduce Errors

Funding2 rounds · $17.5M

Equity raised: $17.5M
Latest: $12.0MSeries A · May 1, 2025

Cumulative raised$17.5M

Jul 18, 2024May 1, 2025

Funding rounds
Announced	Stage	Amount	Valuation	Lead investors	Other investors	Confidence
May 1, 2025	Series A	$12.0M	—	Madrona Venture Group	Alumni Ventures, Four Rivers Group, HP Tech Ventures	Confirmed
Jul 18, 2024	Seed	$5.5M	—	Four Rivers Group	Madrona Venture Group	Reported

Series A
Led by Madrona Venture Group
With Alumni Ventures, Four Rivers Group, HP Tech Ventures
Confirmed
$12.0M
May 1, 2025
Seed
Led by Four Rivers Group
With Madrona Venture Group
$5.5M
Jul 18, 2024

Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.

Systems2

EdgeRunner

On-device generative AI assistant and model runtime.

Maturity not rated

EdgeRunner-Camo

Research language model developed jointly with the U.S. Army for domain-specific assistance.

Maturity not rated

Newest unveiled first. Open a system for its milestone timeline, components and sources.

Capabilities2

Capabilities
Technology	Role	Maturity	TRL	Notes	Confidence
Information management and cybersecurity	Developer	—	—	classify_sectors run 52, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Air-gapped on-device AI agents for military and enterprise customers, with military listed first.	Reported
Military AI and autonomy	Developer	—	—	classify_sectors run 52, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Air-gapped on-device AI agents for military and enterprise customers, with military listed first.	Reported

Information management and cybersecurity
Developer
classify_sectors run 52, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Air-gapped on-device AI agents for military and enterprise customers, with military listed first.
—Reported
Military AI and autonomy
Developer
classify_sectors run 52, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Air-gapped on-device AI agents for military and enterprise customers, with military listed first.
—Reported

Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.

People4

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People
Person	Role
Colton Malkerson	Co-Founder & COO
Tyler Saltsman	Co-Founder and CEO
Tyler Xuan Saltsman	Co-Founder & CEO
Jack FitzGerald	Chief Science Officer

Sources9

Profile1

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DatabaseSixth-Domain public startups directory
Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind
“{"country": "USA", "hq_iso2": "US", "id": "4ec03de6-d57a-49d1-a7c3-048088bf798b"}”

Systems2

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CompanyEdgeRunner AI
EdgeRunner AI · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website, System
“At EdgeRunner AI, our mission is to build Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the Edge that is safe, secure, and transparent. We believe that you must Own Your AI.”
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CompanyNewsroom | Introducing EdgeRunner-Camo: A Warfighter’s LLM Built by EdgeRunner AI and the U.S. Army Artificial Integration Center (AI2C)
EdgeRunner AI · Supports System
“The work presented in this blog post represents our initial efforts with this dataset and use case. EdgeRunner-Camo is well suited as a generalist virtual assistant for the Army that can be deployed in-garrison on a wide variety of inference architectures or in the field at the tactical edge using EdgeRunner’s optimized inference runners.”

Funding4

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Regulatory filingEdgeRunner AI, Inc. - SEC Form D (0002027978-25-000001)
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · May 9, 2025 · Supports Funding round
“Total Amount Sold $ 11,999,987 USD”
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CompanyNewsroom | EdgeRunner Raises $17.5M to Develop Air-Gapped, On-Device AI for the Warfighter
EdgeRunner AI · May 1, 2025 · Supports Funding round · amount, Funding round · investors
“SEATTLE – May 1, 2025 – EdgeRunner AI, the leader in domain-specific, air-gapped, on-device AI agents for military and enterprise, today announced the closing of its $12M Series A fundraise.”
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NewsEdgeRunner AI Emerges from Stealth with $5.5M Seed Funding to Build Generative AI for the Edge
Business Wire · Jul 18, 2024 · Supports Funding round · amount
“SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EdgeRunner AI, a new startup building Generative AI for the edge, announced today its official launch and the closing of a $5.5 million seed funding round led by Four Rivers Group with participation from Madrona Ventures and strategic angels.”
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Regulatory filingEdgeRunner AI, Inc. - SEC Form D (0002027978-24-000002)
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · Jun 28, 2024 · Supports Funding round
“Total Amount Sold $ 5,499,995 USD”

People2

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CompanyPress Kit | EdgeRunner AI
EdgeRunner AI · Supports Role
“Founded in February 2024 by Tyler Xuan Saltsman (Co-Founder & CEO), ex-Stability AI Head of SuperCompute, ex-AWS, US Army Veteran; and Colton Malkerson (Co-Founder & COO), ex-Stability AI, ex-AWS, Stanford GSB.”
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DatabaseEdgeRunner AI - LinkedIn company profile
LinkedIn · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · hq city, Organization · hq region, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · ownership, Role
“employee_range: 11-50 (profile: 11-50 employees)”

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