European drone startups are raising billions as NATO and European nations pour record funding into unmanned systems, with Helsing's $1.8 billion Series E at an $18 billion valuation marking the sector…
Helsing, Europe's largest defence startup, raised $1.8bn in a Series E round at an $18bn valuation, led by Dragoneer and Lightspeed, with significant investments from JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs gro…
German defense AI startup Helsing raised a $1.8 billion Series E at an $18 billion valuation, with demand for equity outstripping shares offered, as European militaries increasingly adopt AI-infused a…
Helsing, a German defense AI startup, raised $1.8 billion at an $18 billion valuation from investors including JPMorgan Chase, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Iconiq, while the U.S. Air Force spends …
Munich-based Helsing closed a $1.8 billion Series E at an $18 billion valuation, backed by Goldman Sachs, Dragoneer, CPPIB, and JPMorgan, marking the largest defense-tech funding round in European his…
Drone startup Helsing has completed a $1.8 billion funding round, valuing the company at $18 billion, the company announced Monday. Investors include Dragoneer Investment Group, Iconiq, Canada Pension…
Helsing asked employees to switch out of an employee stock option plan in May 2026 as the European defense-AI company works toward its largest financing yet, Bloomberg reported. The change moves staff…
Germany is awarding a €580mn contract to Munich AI firm Helsing to build the software brain for its future air warfare system, the Combat Fighter System Nucleus, after the joint Franco-German fighter …
Sifted's Martin Coulter proposed the acronym BRIOCHE to group seven European tech companies—Bolt, Revolut, Iceye, Oura, Celonis, Helsing and ElevenLabs—into a single narrative spanning mobility, satel…
General Sir Roly Walker revealed at the RUSI Land Warfare Conference that the British Army's Project ASGARD has compressed corps-level planning cycles from 72 hours to one hour and increased daily tar…
Several defence firms, including Airbus, Boeing, Helsing and General Atomics, unveiled unmanned collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) at the ILA Berlin airshow. Boeing's MQ-28 Ghost Bat could enter Germ…
European and U.S. defense companies showcased AI-powered 'wingman' drones at the Berlin airshow, designed to accompany fighter jets with sensors, jammers, and weapons. The technology aims to bolster E…
U.S. defense tech startup Anduril secured $5 billion in May, one of the largest private defense investments ever, to expand manufacturing of autonomous drones and systems. Global private defense inves…
Comand AI, a Paris startup building AI software for military command and control, raised €32 million in Series A funding led by Blossom Capital with strategic investment from Saab. The company's platf…
Wingman drones, also called collaborative combat aircraft, were showcased at the Berlin airshow by Airbus, Boeing, Helsing, and General Atomics. The systems range from small interceptors to larger unm…