PICOGRID, INC.

Hawthorne, CA · Founded 2020 · Defense · Private

Computer vision surveillance platform optimized for airfield perimeter monitoring using transfer learning and video analytics

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · picogrid.com

Sector: Defense
Headquarters: Hawthorne, CA
Founded: 2020
Latest Form D: $12.3M, Mar 2024
Total capital: $56.5M

Federal grants: $19.1M; 21 awards · 2022–2025; Rank in peer group#14 of 161
Private capital raised: $12.3M; 1 Form D · last Mar 2024; 31 months since last filing
Federal contracts: $25M; 25 awards · Defense; Rank in Defense#234 of 1442
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Apr 2026Federal contractDefense · CSO-CRREL-25-0049, Picogrid Entitled Legion: A Secure, Modular Integration Architecture For Networked Sensor Environments$100K
Dec 2025Federal contractDefense · Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (shield) Initial Order.$500
Sep 2025Federal contractDefense · Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), Direct To Phase II, Topic A254-027, Low-altitude Passive Detection System.$2M
Aug 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), Direct To Phase II, Topic A254-027, Low-altitude Passive Detection System.$2M
Jul 2025Federal contractDefense · Picogrid Platform Extending SBIR Research In Line With Congressional Intent In Support Of The Platform For Active Protection And Reconnaissance (papr) Program.$9.3M
Jul 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Sbir/sttr Tacfi Award$2M
Jun 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase II · High-precision Agile Weather Kit$1.8M
Mar 2024Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$12.3M

Show 39 earlier federal awards

Jun 2025Federal contractDefense · High-precision Agile Weather Kit$1.8M
Jun 2025Federal contractDefense · Sbir/sttr Tacfi Award$2M
May 2025Federal contractDefense · Dispersed Interoperable Sensor Platform (disp)$1.1M
May 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Defender Mobile Situational Awareness Toolkit (dmsat)$1.2M
May 2025Federal contractDefense · Defender Mobile Situational Awareness Toolkit (dmsat)$1.2M
Apr 2025Federal contractDefense · Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), Phase II, Topic A23-012, Nodes Interoperable With The Unified Network$1.1M
Apr 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), Phase II, Topic A23-012, Nodes Interoperable With The Unified Network$1.1M
Aug 2024Federal contractDefense · The Goal Of The Project Is To Deliver The MSC2 Platform To Meet The Space Operations Command Requirements For Resilient Basing.$179K
Aug 2024Federal contractDefense · Highly Attritable Camera (hac)$1.8M
Aug 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Highly Attritable Camera (hac)$1.8M
Aug 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · The Goal Of The Project Is To Deliver The MSC2 Platform To Meet The Space Operations Command Requirements For Resilient Basing.$179K
Aug 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · SBIR Phase I Picogrid Platform "adapting The Picogrid Platform As The Modular Attributable Sensor System (mass)" U435CEI$111K
Jul 2024Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I Picogrid Platform "adapting The Picogrid Platform As The Modular Attributable Sensor System (mass)" U435CEI$111K
Jun 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · The Continued Development Of The Active Protection And Reconnaissance Technology For The Barry M. Goldwater Range.$1.9M
Jun 2024Federal contractDefense · The Continued Development Of The Active Protection And Reconnaissance Technology For The Barry M. Goldwater Range.$1.9M
May 2024Federal contractDefense · Digital Spaceport: Mission Support Command And Control$99K
May 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · SBIR Phase I Proposal FX245-PCSO1-1244 - High-precision Agile Weather Kit (hawk)$70K
May 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Digital Spaceport: Mission Support Command And Control$99K
May 2024Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I Proposal FX245-PCSO1-1244 - High-precision Agile Weather Kit (hawk)$70K
Apr 2024Federal contractDefense · STTR Phase II Proposal F2-17548 - Adapting Picogrid Platform Fireops As Military And Civil Authorities Integration Dashboard (aid)$1.8M
Apr 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · STTR Phase II Proposal F2-17548 - Adapting Picogrid Platform Fireops As Military And Civil Authorities Integration Dashboard (aid)$1.8M
Dec 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Integrating The Picogrid And Wyze Platforms As Highly Attritable Camera (hac)$65K
Dec 2023Federal contractDefense · Integrating The Picogrid And Wyze Platforms As Highly Attritable Camera (hac)$65K
Sep 2023Federal contractDefense · Picogrid License & System$75K
Jul 2023Federal contractDefense · Advanced Battle Management System$2K
Jul 2023Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Adapting Picogrid Platform as Modular Operational Command/Control System (MOCS)$191K
May 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Adapting Picogrid Lander as Solar Contingency Comms Kit (CCK)$62K
May 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Adapting Picogrid FireOps Capability as Military/Civil Authorities Integration Dashboard (AID)$63K
May 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Adapting Picogrid Platform as AMMO Control and Surveillance (ACAS) System$60K
May 2023Federal contractDefense · Integrating Picogrid And Distributed Spectrum Platforms For Ground-to-space Electronic Warfare (gew)$69K
May 2023Federal contractDefense · Integration Of Somewear And Picogrid Platforms As A Range Operations Collaboration System (rocs)$68K
May 2023Federal contractDefense · Integration Of Sensorops And Picogrid Platforms As Advanced Synthetic Data (asd) Module For Force Protection$74K
Apr 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Adapting Picogrid Platform as Flightline Virtual Electronic Wall (FlightVIEW) for flightline force protection and operational automation$1.3M
Dec 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Adapting Picogrid Platform as Coastal Defense (CODE) Configuration$1.3M
Sep 2022Federal contractDefense · Sfs AI Camera System$33K
Jul 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Adapting Picogrid Platform as Bomber Security in a Box (BSIB)$1.3M
Apr 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Adapting Picogrid Platform As A Platform For Active Protection And Reconnaissance (papr)$800K
Apr 2021Federal contractDefense · Custom Power Electronics Packages U435CNE$98K
Apr 2021Federal contractDefense · Adaptation Of Picogrid Sensor Platform For Troop Protection And Reconnaissance$50K

Federal awards are summed by year (46 awards); hover a bar for the split. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.

Federal first

35months

from PICOGRID, INC.’s first federal award to its first private round.

First federal award · Apr 2021: Defense · $50K
First Form D · Mar 2024: $12.3M · 1st Form D
Awards before first raise: 18 awards

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Standing among 161 peers

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Defense · Software

Federal grants#14 · top 9%

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Founders and team

Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants

Martin SlosarikResearcherDirectorLinked by $1.4M in grants as PI
Zane MountcastleResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by $3.6M in grants as PI

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.

How to read this page

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Data freshness

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