Scout AI company profile
Building the robotic foundation model for defense
About Scout AI
Scout AI is a frontier AI lab for U.S. defense. It was founded in 2024 by Colby Adcock and Collin Otis with a mission to deploy mission-ready AI agents across unmanned systems for the Department of War and its allies. Its Fury foundation model transforms uncrewed ground, air, sea, and space platforms and payloads into intelligent, collaborative teammates that multiply warfighter effectiveness. Scout AI is based in Sunnyvale, CA and is backed by leading institutional investors including Booz Allen Ventures, Align Ventures, Draper Associates, and Perot Jain.
Mission and direction
Scout AI is a frontier AI lab building mission-ready robotic foundation models for defense. The company develops autonomous, multimodal AI systems that enable unmanned ground, air, sea, and space platforms to sense, decide, and act together across complex missions for U.S. and allied defense customers.
Company values
- Mission-driven
- Urgency
- Precision
- Innovation
- Ownership
- Collaboration
- Excellence
- Adaptability