9 Mothers

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AI weapon systems

Spring 2026Founded 2024

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Autonomous Counter-Drone WeaponsHardwareMilitary, defense contractorsLow competition

Moat

Autonomous-capable design; low power, low cost for field deployment; EDDA product differentiation.

Key risk

Regulatory and export controls; long DoD sales cycles; ethical and legal scrutiny on autonomous weapons.

Why now

Drone threats accelerate; autonomous systems adoption in defense.

Competitors

Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, traditional defense

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About

We are making AI weapon systems for the modern battlefield. Our first product EDDA is a small, low power, low cost fully autonomous-capable counter drone system. It's designed to be used on vehicles, bases, or carried - to stop group 1 suicide drones.

Founders · 3

Russell SmithFounder / CEO

Making AI weapon systems.

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Roman KhomenkoFounder

Co-founder of 9 Mothers Defense. Previously Data Scientist at Rainforest QA (YC S12), hacker, and builder of weird things. I love everything old: Lisp, NES games, IRC, trackers, and 8-bit music. Now building AI-driven counter-drone systems.

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