Arkadiy Okhman
Co-Founder & CEO
- • BFA Transportation Design, College for Creative Studies
- • Former Advanced Studio Automotive Interior Designer, Johnson Controls (GM Chevrolet EV, Ferrari Hypercar project, BMW DesignWorks)
- • Founded Sunryde (sustainable last-mile delivery platform)
- • Co-Chair, Sustainable Business Council, Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce
Mike Jacobs
Co-Founder & CTO
- • Honors B.A. Sociology, UC Berkeley | Quantitative Analysis, University of Arizona
- • FBI Counterintelligence analyst (career start)
- • 2 successful exits: Tapin2 (stadium commerce), Ordermark (restaurant ordering)
- • Founded JOE (AI recruiting, adopted by DoW)
- • Created BASICS: Berkeley Accelerator & Startup Incubator in Cognitive Science
James Gavrilis
COO
- • U.S. Army Special Forces; 30+ years in defense across SOF, intelligence and UAS
- • Defense strategy and government acquisition
- • Bridges commercial AI technology into DoW programs
- • Translates QLUU's AI stack into language program offices and combatant commands speak
"Arkadiy brings the designer's eye. Mike builds the AI. James has lived the mission. Three perspectives most defense startups are missing at least one of: the designer, the engineer, and the operator."
Advisory Board
Warren Katz
Advisor
Co-founded the simulation platform QLUU trains on. Dual MIT degrees. DARPA SIMNET veteran. Chairman of SISO.
Warren built the simulation engine our AI trains on. When your advisor literally built the thing your models learn from, that's not advice. That's an unfair advantage.
Backed By & Partnered With
Our Mission
Quick Launch Unmanned Unity. We're building the AI brain that makes autonomous defense accessible, affordable, and sovereign.