MACHINA COGNITA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

San Diego, CA · Defense · Private

MEDUSA engine: ML-driven multi-modal data management and geospatial analytics platform for military command and control situational awareness

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · machinacognita.com

Sector: Defense
Headquarters: San Diego, CA
Total capital: $15.5M

Federal grants: $7.6M; 13 awards · 2021–2026; 6.5× sector median 2 awards
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $7.9M; 14 awards · Defense; Rank in Defense#442 of 1442
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

May 2026Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Flight Optimization Via Informed RF And Eo/ir Exploitation With Blur Mitigation In Remote Denied Environments (firebird)$140K
May 2026Federal contractDefense · Flight Optimization Via Informed RF And Eo/ir Exploitation With Blur Mitigation In Remote Denied Environments (firebird)$140K
Nov 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Research And Development$750K
Nov 2025Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$750K
Nov 2025Federal contractDefense · Research And Development.$140K
Nov 2025Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$140K
Nov 2025Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$140K

Show 20 earlier federal awards

Oct 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Research And Development.$140K
Oct 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Research And Development$140K
Oct 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Research And Development$140K
Aug 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase I · SBIR Phase I Base For N00024-25-C-S287$140K
Aug 2025Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I Base For N00024-25-C-S287$240K
Jun 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Base For SBIR Phase I Topic N251-025, Automated Writing Of Problem Reports.$140K
Jun 2025Federal contractDefense · Base For SBIR Phase I Topic N251-025, Automated Writing Of Problem Reports.$140K
Jan 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Spatial-temporal Agent-based Motion Prediction And Evasion Decision Engine (stampede)$1.2M
Jan 2024Federal contractDefense · Spatial-temporal Agent-based Motion Prediction And Evasion Decision Engine (stampede)$1.2M
Dec 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Research And Development$700K
Dec 2023Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$3M
Sep 2023Federal contractDefense · Statistical Characterization And Operation Readiness Assessment Of Elint/sigint Deep Learning (scored)$1.2M
Jun 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Autonomous Vehicle Audio Translation for Airfield Readiness (AVATAR)$140K
Feb 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Multi-modal Evidential Deduction for Upgraded Situational Awareness (MEDUSA)$1.7M
Aug 2022Federal contractDefense · Explainable AI (xai) For RF Application Of Deep Learning$150K
Aug 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Spatial Temporal Agent-based Motion Prediction and Evasion Decision Engine (STAMPEDE)$150K
Oct 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase II · State-based Machine Aided Real Time Strategy (SMARTS)$2M
Jul 2021Federal contractDefense · Kick-off Briefing Materials & Fwa Cert.$240K
Jan 2021Federal contractDefense · Small Business Innovation Research Phase I Tracer (testing Routines Using AI For Communication Evaluation And Recommendations)$111K
Jun 2020Federal contractDefense · Research&development$240K

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.

Standing in Defense · 1442 companies

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Federal contracts#442 · top 31%

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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026

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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.