Shield AI: valuation, funding, and the secondary tape

The short version

Claimed valuation: $12.70B.
New-money stake: 11.8%.

instrument	value	as of	source
Claimed valuation	$12.70B		source
Claimed ARR	$540.00M		source
Napkin: new-money stake	11.8% ($1.50B of $12.70B)	2026-03-26	source

Recent milestones

2026-10-01 - Shield AI and Kraken Technology Group demonstrated two Hivemind-enabled K3 SCOUT uncrewed surface vessels coordinating an intelligence, surv
2026-09-18 - The Information reported that Shield AI is in talks to raise new funding at a valuation of at least $20 billion, substantially above its pre
2026-09-18 - Shield AI, Poland’s Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ), and Wojskowe Zakłady Lotnicze nr 2 (WZL-2) signed a five-year letter of intent covering

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