Chariot Defense confirmed on Wednesday that the defense technology company has raised $8 million in seed funding to address a “crucial problem” by providing better “battlefield power infrastructure.”
According to PR Newswire, Chariot Defense is a company founded in 2024 that is developing advanced power distribution systems to provide power for military drones, sensors, radios, and directed energy systems.
In a statement to Axios, Chariot Defense CEO Adam Warmoth said, “Power is this underappreciated problem that’s now becoming apparent. We’re solving it by actually getting on the ground, in the field with users, and not just burying ourselves in a lab for years.”
Warmoth explained that the defense technology company is providing a “solution” to a “crucial problem,” as “battlefield power infrastructure is not keeping pace with the speed of threats and development of new systems.”
“We are bringing the high-voltage commercial power revolution to defense, enabling operators to sustain everything from radios and drones to electronic warfare, directed energy, and edge AI compute infrastructure; quietly, reliably, anywhere, anytime,” Warmoth stated.
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According to PR Newswire, Chariot Defense has already raised $8 million in seed funding from multiple defense technology investors, including XYZ, General Catalyst, Brave Capital, New Vista, D3, Cubit Capital, Pax, Ravelin, and Forward Deployed VC.
Paul Kwan, who serves as the managing director of General Catalyst, explained that the defense technology company is working to develop a “critical infrastructure layer that directly strengthens national security.” Kwan described the company’s ability to develop fielded systems in less than six months and provide solutions to “real-world challenges” as “remarkable.”
According to Axios, the first product Chariot Defense has developed is called Amphora, which Warmoth described as a “power lake” that allows users to “put any power in and you can pull any power out.” Chariot Defense’s website states that Amphora is a “family of transportable power systems for sustained power.”
“This allows people to operate for longer periods in contested, denied environments, because they’re able to reduce their signature, they’re able to much more flexibly pull power from the sources they have,” the Chariot Defense CEO added.
Ross Fubini, a managing partner at XYZ, told Axios that while other companies concentrate on developing more advanced weapons, Chariot Defense is working to develop the “intelligent power systems” needed to power the weapons.
“This isn’t just better batteries or quieter generators — it’s positioning to become the power prime contractor for modern warfare,” Fubini said.
