Orbital AI data centers. San Francisco CA. Raised $275M from NEA, Andreessen Horowitz, Construct Capital, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, SAIC, Interlagos, Baiju Bhatt. Signal source: Google Alert — nea venture investment, May 12 2026.

Geospatial data visualization company. Co-founded by John Hanke 2001. IQT-backed. Acquired by Google 2004 for ~$35M; the technology became Google Earth (released 2005).

San Francisco CA. OT (operational technology) and IoT security and visibility. IQT portfolio. Critical infrastructure protection — industrial control systems, SCADA. $100M+ Series E (2023). Customers: utilities, energy, manufacturing, government. Relevant to DOE/DHS critical infrastructure protection mission.

San Francisco CA. Commercial satellite imagery and geospatial analytics. Acquired Boundless Spatial (IQT portfolio). IQT portfolio company. NYSE: PL. 200+ satellite constellation. Daily global imagery. Key IC/NGA customer. Competes with Maxar, BlackSky. Imagery used for agricultural monitoring, military activity tracking, disaster response.

XML networking and security company. Chris Darby: CEO. Steve Bowsher (InterWest): board member via InterWest investment. Acquired by Intel — Darby became VP/GM Intel Middleware Products Division. The board relationship where Darby and Bowsher first met.

San Francisco CA. Data centers in space. IQT investment 2025. Orbital compute and storage infrastructure. Addresses latency and data sovereignty needs for space-based operations. Emerging category: in-orbit processing rather than downlink-process-uplink.

Palo Alto CA. Defense tech AI company. Named for Vannevar Bush (wartime science advisor). Bridges open-source intelligence (OSINT) and classified data for IC/DOD analysts. Flagship: Beacon platform — AI-powered intelligence analysis. Series A led by Point72 Ventures 2021. Series B $75M+ 2023. IQT co-investor. Key customers: IC agencies, DOD. Founders: Brett Granberg, Nini Hamrick (Stanford, nation

San Francisco CA. Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that operate in cooperative swarms. IQT Fall 2024 investment ($13M seed, IQT co-invested). GPS/comms-denied environment operations. Modular design. Applications: undersea ISR, mine countermeasures, port security. Led by AJ Bertone (IQT Managing Director) investment. George Hoyem noted on LinkedIn.