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.

Systems6

Defense Futures Simulator

Software for strategic planning and resource allocation forecasting.

Maturity not rated

Horizon

Software for collecting, managing, labeling and analyzing data.

Maturity not rated

Marine Mammal

An announced directional sensing system for marine-mammal monitoring.

Maturity not rated

Sentinel Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) Buoy

A modular buoy system for persistent acoustic monitoring.

Maturity not rated

SOF Buoy

An announced modular acoustic-monitoring buoy.

Maturity not rated

USV Dipping Array

An announced sensing array deployable from small uncrewed surface vessels.

Maturity not rated

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

Capabilities3

Capabilities
Technology	Role	Maturity	TRL	Notes	Confidence
ISR and targeting	Developer	—	—	classify_sectors run 37, sonnet, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: AI-powered maritime sensing, software and services imply a naval or security use, but the text names no customer.	Reported
Military AI and autonomy	Developer	—	—	classify_sectors run 37, sonnet, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: AI-powered maritime sensing, software and services imply a naval or security use, but the text names no customer.	Reported
Sensing and signature management	Developer	—	—	classify_sectors run 37, sonnet, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: AI-powered maritime sensing, software and services imply a naval or security use, but the text names no customer.	Reported

ISR and targeting
Developer
classify_sectors run 37, sonnet, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: AI-powered maritime sensing, software and services imply a naval or security use, but the text names no customer.
—Reported
Military AI and autonomy
Developer
classify_sectors run 37, sonnet, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: AI-powered maritime sensing, software and services imply a naval or security use, but the text names no customer.
—Reported
Sensing and signature management
Developer
classify_sectors run 37, sonnet, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: AI-powered maritime sensing, software and services imply a naval or security use, but the text names no customer.
—Reported

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

People2

All 2 people →

People
Person	Role
John McGunnigle	Co-Founder/Chief Technology Officer/Executive Chairman
Michael Hunter	co-founder and CEO

Sources5

Profile2

1
DatabaseSixth-Domain public startups directory
Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind
“{"country": "USA", "hq_iso2": "US", "id": "8b95d6a0-92e6-485b-bdbe-2036db5633fa"}”
2
CompanySpear AI | Advanced Maritime AI & Edge Data Solutions
Spear AI · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website
“Transforming maritime operations with AI-powered sensing, software, and services.”

Systems1

3
CompanySolutions
Spear AI · Supports System
“### Sentinel Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) Buoy Three-component modular system for persistent acoustic monitoring”

Funding1

4
DatabaseSpear AI company profile
Octen Business Search · Supports Funding round, Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url, Role
“funding round: Seed Round, 2025-07-25, USD 2,300,000, lead: Cortical Ventures;Scare the Bear Capital”

People1

5
NewsSpear AI Secures Seed Funding from Scare the Bear Capital and Cortical Ventures to Accelerate Maritime AI Solutions and Expand Technical Services
finance.yahoo.com · Supports Role
“"This investment is a validation of our vision to transform maritime data into actionable intelligence," said Michael Hunter, co-founder and CEO of Spear AI.”

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