Tycho AI Inc.

Cambridge, MA · Founded 2022 · Defense · Private

Autonomous navigation and decision-making software system for unmanned vehicles in GPS-denied environments

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · tycho.ai

Sector: Defense
Headquarters: Cambridge, MA
Founded: 2022
Latest Form D: $8M, May 2026
Total capital: $30.7M

Federal grants: $5.4M; 5 awards · 2024–2026; Rank in peer group#74 of 161
Private capital raised: $19.8M; 3 Form D · last May 2026; 5 months since last filing
Federal contracts: $5.5M; 6 awards · Defense; Rank in Defense#505 of 1442
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

May 2026Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$8M
Mar 2026Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Tracking & Resilient Inertial-derived Estimation For Naval Targets (trident)$2M
Mar 2026Federal contractDefense · Tracking & Resilient Inertial-derived Estimation For Naval Targets (trident)$2M
Jul 2025Federal contractDefense · Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I, Topic A254-014, Cognitive Terrain Flight Assistance$229K
Jul 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I, Topic A254-014, Cognitive Terrain Flight Assistance$229K
Jul 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase II · FY24 Sbir/sttr Topic#: OSD234-P002| Next-generation UAV Autonomy: Fusing Vision, AI, And Inertial Sensing For Unprecedented Precision And Agility$2M
Jul 2025Federal contractDefense · FY24 Sbir/sttr Topic#: OSD234-P002| Next-generation UAV Autonomy: Fusing Vision, AI, And Inertial Sensing For Unprecedented Precision And Agility$2M
Apr 2025Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$9.8M
Nov 2022Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$2M

Show 5 earlier federal awards

Apr 2025Federal contractDefense · Visual Autonomy Navigation For Gps-unreliable Aircraft With Resilient Dexterity (vanguard)$150K
Sep 2024Federal contractDefense · The Strategic Capabilities Office Phase I Small Business Innovation Research {SBIR) Program Contract Award For Fast And Agile Perception-enabled Precision Navigation And Autonomy.$150K
Sep 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · The Strategic Capabilities Office Phase I Small Business Innovation Research {SBIR) Program Contract Award For Fast And Agile Perception-enabled Precision Navigation And Autonomy.$150K
Jun 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · High-precision Low-size Weight And Power Robust Autonomy And Navigation$1M
Jun 2024Federal contractDefense · High-precision Low-size Weight And Power Robust Autonomy And Navigation$1M

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 among 161 peers

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Defense · Software

Federal grants#74 · top 46%

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Founders and team

From SEC Form D filings

Amish D. JaniDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Jamie GoldsteinDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Richard D. ClarkeDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Sertac KaramanExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Thomas KenneyExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed 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.