Shifters

Shifters develops AI-native robotic systems for complex ground environments. Its autonomous teams are designed to move through rough terrain and high-risk areas, extending operational reach for defense, emergency response and other missions where human exposure should be reduced.

Facts

Segment: Defense Robotics
Country: United States
Founded: 2023
Website: https://www.shiftersai.com

Market context

Defense robotics builder focused on autonomous ground teams rather than single teleoperated UGVs, with funding and U. S. -Israel footprint in the emerging AI-enabled ground robots layer.

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Funding

2026-06-03 - Seed - $10.2M - Shifters raises $10.2 million seed round for autonomous ground robot teams - Shifters raised $10.2M seed led by Ace Capital Partners, bringing total disclosed funding above $15M for AI-native ground robotic teams. - source: finance.yahoo.com

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Investors

Ace Capital Partners - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-06-03
Arkin Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-06-03
Aurelius Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-06-03

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Timeline

2026-06-15 - Product Launch - Shifters debuts RITA, ARENA and TRUST ground-autonomy stack at Eurosatory - Shifters announced its Eurosatory 2026 debut for an AI-native ground-autonomy product ecosystem. RITA serves as the operator-command layer, ARENA coordinates robotic-team navigation and execution, and TRUST provides the rugged ground robot platform. The… - source: globenewswire.com

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Team

Ofer Balin - CEO and Co-founder - Leads Shifters as it brings RITA, ARENA and TRUST into field-tested ground autonomy workflows.

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Relations

Deep Tech Momentum - Partner - Shifters and Deep Tech Momentum have a public partnership focused on autonomous operations in challenging environments.

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