Watchtower Labs
Watchtower Labs is a Seattle-based defense-tech company incubated within Shield Capital.
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Watchtower Labs is a Seattle-based defense-tech company incubated within Shield Capital. It builds an AI-native decision environment that combines AI, simulation and optimization to model hundreds of possible operational outcomes for military logistics and planning, with natural-language interaction and human commanders retaining final authority. In January 2026 it was selected by the Defense Innovation Unit to build the Joint Sustainment Decision Tool.
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Investor· 3
Founders / team· 3
Funding history
- 2026-10-21Seed$35M
Investors · Shield Capital, Conviction, Founders FundSource · watchtowerlabs.ai ↗
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Watchtower Labs is a Seattle-based defense-tech company incubated within Shield Capital. It builds an AI-native decision environment that combines AI, simulation and optimization to model hundreds of possible operational outcomes for military logistics and planning, with natural-language interaction and human commanders retaining final authority. In January 2026 it was selected by the Defense Innovation Unit to build the Joint Sustainment Decision Tool.
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