Quartermaster AI, Inc
Distributed maritime surveillance network using vessel-mounted HD video and AI for real-time ocean intelligence
- Sector
- Defense
- Headquarters
- ARLINGTON, VA
- Founded
- 2024
- Latest Form D
- $123M, Sep 2026
- Total capital
- $182M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $171M
- 2 Form D · last Sep 2026
- 1 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- $11M
- 7 awards · Defense, Homeland Security
- Rank in Defense#378 of 1442
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$123M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$48.6M
- Federal contractDefense · USVRON-1 Quartermaster Service FY26-FY27$170K
- Federal contractHomeland Security · Quartermaster Smartmast Mda Pilot$900K
- Federal contractDefense · Subscription And Data Related To The Maritime Security$1.9M
- Federal contractDefense · Subscription And Data Related To The Maritime Security$4.8M
- Federal contractDefense · Subscription And Data Related To The Maritime Security$500K
Show 2 earlier federal awards
- Federal contractDefense · Smartmast Is A Cots, Non-itar Restricted System That Includes A Snap-on Kit For Maritime Vessels. The Sensor Captures Hd Video In A 360-DEGREE Field Of View And Includes A Software Defined Radio That Detects Ais Transmissions,$2M
- Federal contractDefense · Iuuf Mastlink$780K
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Federal first
35months
from Quartermaster AI, Inc’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Jul 2023
- Defense · $780K
- First Form D · Jun 2026
- $48.6M · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 7 awards
An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.
Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Neil SobinExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- William TrenchardDirectorNamed 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
- Danger Zone; Waters of Carr Creek and Whitehall Bay in the Vicinity of the Naval Support Activity AnnapolisEngineers Corps
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Trade Agreements ThresholdsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal 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
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