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DARPA

Overland AI Added as a Performer in DARPA RACER

RACER Speeds Second Phase With Robotic Fleet Expansion and Another Experiment Success. Extreme speed off-road ground autonomy at any scale in any terrain grows in Phase 2.

About Overland AI

Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, Overland AI builds autonomous land systems to defend the United States and its allies. The company is filling a capability gap with off-road autonomy that takes on the critical tasks that put humans at greatest risk. Overland AI products span the full stack across autonomy software, the sensors and control systems that enable perception and maneuver, and in-house manufacturing to deliver autonomous assets rapidly and at scale.

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September 16, 2026

What the Air Force Got Right, and the Ground Force Needs: The Case for a Collaborative Combat Vehicle (CCV)

September 15, 2026

Overland AI Named Official Ground Autonomy Partner of the Army-Navy Game

September 11, 2026

Overland AI Awarded $14.3M Contract to Automate the Breach

September 8, 2026

Overland AI Awarded $20 Million Contract for U.S. Army's Engineer Autonomous Breaching Capability Initiative

August 12, 2026

Overland AI Opens New Bay Area Office to Fuel Rapid Engineering Growth

Founding Team Letter: Overland AI Is the First Ground Autonomy Company to Prime a Production Award

Overland AI Is the First Ground Autonomy Company to Prime a Production Contract for the U.S. Military

During U.S. Africa Command’s Largest Annual Exercise, Overland AI Demonstrates Combat Capabilities with Autonomous Ground Vehicles

Overland AI Demonstrates Autonomous Ground Capability for USMC ROGUE Fires

DroneShield and Overland AI Advance Autonomous Ground Protection with Interoperable Counter-UAS Capability

Overland AI Completes Successful Deployment with 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division at JRTC

Hoverfly Technologies and Overland AI Expand Collaboration to Deliver Integrated Air–Ground Unmanned Capabilities

February 25, 2026

Business Update: Overland AI Raises $100 Million to Scale Ground Autonomy with U.S. Armed Forces

Tectonic Defense

February 4, 2026

Overland AI Raises $100M

Bloomberg Technology

February 3, 2026

Overland AI Raises $100 Million to Speed Up Use of Military Land Robots

February 3, 2026

Overland AI Raises $100 Million to Scale Ground Autonomy with U.S. Armed Forces

Bloomberg Technology

February 3, 2026

Military Robot Startup Overland AI Raises $100M

Tectonic Defense

January 29, 2026

Overland AI Scores $2M Army Contract

January 22, 2026

Seattle startup Overland AI partners with CAL FIRE to use self-driving 4-wheelers for wildfire response

January 20, 2026

CAL FIRE and Overland AI Lead First Evaluation of Autonomous Ground Vehicles for Wildfire Response

Tectonic Defense

January 15, 2026

DARPA Wraps Up the RACER Autonomy Program

January 6, 2026

Completing RACER: What It Took to Clear the Highest Bar in Ground Autonomy

December 17, 2025

Autonomy at Scale: The Inevitable Future of Ground Combat

October 10, 2025

Anduril & Overland AI: Coordinating Autonomous Effects Across Air and Land

October 8, 2025

AimLock Partners with Overland AI to Provide Multi-Mission Solutions for Its Fully Autonomous Tactical Vehicle

August 28, 2025

Overland AI Selected by U.S. Army for the UxS Autonomous Maneuver Program to Evaluate Autonomy on Infantry Squad Vehicles

Breaking Defense

August 27, 2025

Army taps three companies to take ISVs unmanned

The National Interest

August 17, 2025

The Army’s New ULTRA Overland Drone Makes Its Case for Deployment

August 13, 2025

Paratroopers test autonomous vehicle with AI for mortar resupply

August 11, 2025

The U.S. Army Is Testing AI Controlled Ground Drones Near a Border with Russia

Stars and Stripes

August 11, 2025

Autonomous vehicle makes rounds with mortar rounds in live-fire test drive by Army paratroopers

Learning Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Using Regularized Operators

US Army Tests Innovative Autonomous Tactical Vehicle Prototype

Silicon Valley Defense Group

Overland AI Makes Inaugural Appearance in Silicon Valley Defense Group's NatSec100

Building Trust in Defense Technology

Overland AI Demonstrates Soldier-Led Autonomy Across Day and Night Operations

Overland AI Demonstrates Full Stack Ground Autonomy for Uncrewed Breaching During Project Convergence Capstone 5

Warfighters Put Emerging Technologies to the Test at Fort Leonard Wood

Overland AI unveils self-driving vehicle for military that goes 35 MPH and navigates off-road terrain

The Autonomous Ground System: Revolutionizing Land Operations

Overland AI Unveils ULTRA, a Fully Autonomous Tactical Vehicle for Ground Operations

Axios Exclusive: Overland AI debuts supply-shuttling and drone-launching Ultra vehicle

Overland AI Showcases Fully Autonomous Tactical Vehicle at Army Applications Lab Demo

Tectonic Exclusive: Overland AI Wants to Take Your Vehicles and Make Them Autonomous

Overland AI Launches SPARK to Deliver Instant Vehicle Autonomy to Military Fleets

Tactical Swarming: Applying Individual Vehicle Intelligence to Coordinated Effects

February 20, 2025

Overland AI opens new factory in Seattle to manufacture off-road autonomous vehicles

February 20, 2025

Overland AI Opens New Factory for Manufacturing Advanced Ground Autonomy at Scale

January 22, 2025

Business Update: Overland AI Raises $32M in Series A to Transform Ground Operations for Defense

January 21, 2025

Overland AI Unveils Intuitive OverWatch C2 Software, Transforming Tactical Operations With Ground Autonomy

January 14, 2025

The Future of Warfare Is Here, and the United States Is Falling Behind

January 13, 2025

Seattle startup Overland AI lands $32M to help U.S. military with off-road autonomous driving tech

January 13, 2025

Overland AI Raises $32 Million in Series A Funding to Advance Ground Autonomy for U.S. Defense Forces

January 13, 2025

Axios Exclusive: Defense Firm Overland AI Raises $32 Million

January 13, 2025

Announcing Our Investment in Overland AI

November 26, 2024

Overland AI Partners with XVIII Airborne Corps to Integrate Ground Autonomy into Engineering Operations

Inside Unmanned Systems

October 14, 2024

L3Harris and Overland AI Collaborate on Autonomous UGV

Business Insider

September 9, 2024

44 of the most promising AI startups of 2024, according to top VCs

University of Washington CoMotion

August 21, 2024

Spinoff News Roundup: August 2024

Buisness Insider

85 of the most promising startups of 2024, according to top VCs

Overland AI Publication

Overland AI Assessed “Awardable” for Department of Defense work in the CDAO’s Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace

UW spinout Overland AI raises $10M for off-road self-driving tech used by U.S. military

Point72 Ventures

Our Investment in Overland AI

Overland AI Publication

OVERLAND AI SECURES $10M IN SEED FUNDING LED BY POINT72 VENTURES

VCs and the military are fueling self-driving startups that don’t need roads

Overland AI Awarded $18.6M-ceiling Prototype OT to Develop Autonomous Navigation for U.S. Army’s Robotic Combat Vehicle

Overland AI nominated for ‘Startup of the Year’ at the 2024 GeekWire Awards

Secretive new startup focuses on off-road autonomous vehicles, led by UW robotics experts

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