BARN OWL TECH, INC.

Colorado Springs, CO · Founded 2018 · Defense · Private

AI-powered security monitoring and threat detection system for military installations

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · barnowl.tech

Sector: Defense
Headquarters: Colorado Springs, CO
Founded: 2018
Latest Form D: $2.4M, Jun 2022
Total capital: $7.3M

Federal grants: $3.9M; 4 awards · 2022–2024; Rank in peer group#89 of 161
Private capital raised: $2.4M; 1 Form D · last Jun 2022; 53 months since last filing
Federal contracts: $1M; 6 awards · Defense; Rank in Defense#768 of 1442
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Jul 2024Federal grantAgriculture · **awards Issued Prior To January 20, 2025, Were Funded Under Previous Administrations And May Not Reflect The Priorities And Policies Of The Current Administration.** Comprehensive Monitoring Of Traffic And Road Conditions Is Difficult, Time-consuming, And Expensive, Especially In Rural Areas. Road Monitoring Faces Significant Challenges As The Traditional Environmental Sensor Stations (ess) And Road Weather Information Systems (rwis), Require Power And Communications Infrastructure, High-bandwi$124K
Aug 2023Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase III Barn Owl Camera System$15K
May 2023Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase III Barn Owl Camera System$130K
Apr 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Enhanced, Rapidly deployable, AI-powered surveillance for Security Forces - Sequential Phase II$1.8M
Feb 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Network Command, Control, and Communication$1.2M
Jul 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Rapidly Deployable 5G Smart Surveillance Kits$748K
Jun 2022Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$2.4M

Show 4 earlier federal awards

Nov 2021Federal contractDefense · Smart Surveillance Kit For Agile Combat Employment$50K
Jul 2021Federal contractDefense · Barn Owl Cameras$9K
Mar 2021Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II Traditional Contract F2-13705 Rapidly Deployable, Artificial Intelligence Powered Surveillence For Security Forces$749K
Apr 2020Federal contractDefense · Barn Owl's Rapidly Deployable, AI Powered Surveillance Enables Automated Monitoring Of Remote And Mobile Assets, Empowering Security Forces With Real Time Information.$50K

Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.

Federal first

26months

from BARN OWL TECH, INC.’s first federal award to its first private round.

First federal award · Apr 2020: Defense · $50K
First Form D · Jun 2022: $2.4M · 1st Form D
Awards before first raise: 4 awards

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Standing among 161 peers

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Defense · Software

Federal grantsBelow median

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Founders and team

From SEC Form D filings

William MillerDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Hannah ParsonsDirector, Executive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
Josh PhiferDirector, Executive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings

What it has protected

No granted patents are on record.

USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.

Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026

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Regulatory activity · Defense

Sector-level, not company-level

11 Jun 2026Danger Zone; Waters of Carr Creek and Whitehall Bay in the Vicinity of the Naval Support Activity AnnapolisEngineers Corps
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation: Trade Agreements ThresholdsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
27 Aug 2025Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
27 Aug 2025Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Sources

Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.

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Data freshness

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.