Auterion, the leading provider of autonomous systems software for defense, today announced it has raised $130 million in Series B funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners. Auterion’s Series B funding will accelerate its mission to “build swarms, not individual drones” by scaling production of its AuterionOS platform and Nemyx defense system, which turns autonomous drones into coordinated combat forces operating across air, land, and sea domains. As part of this investment round Bessemer Partner Alex Ferrara will join Auterion’s board.

The fundraise underpins the conviction from investors that Auterion’s AI-enabled software will transform the battlefield by powering commercial low-cost hardware at scale. This demonstrates that Auterion is taking a pioneering leadership role in providing this defense software to the US and her allies. The round also includes participation of existing investor Lakestar, which led Auterion’s first institutional round (and has invested in every round since) as well as existing investors Mosaic Ventures and Costanoa Ventures. Out of the $130M round, $25M is backed by the US Department of War (non-dilutive capital backed by the Office of Strategic Capital of the Department of War and provided by Rochefort).