# Legion Intelligence

> Legion Intelligence is a San Francisco company building a governed, agentic AI platform for national security and regulated enterprises. Formerly Yurts, it lets defense agencies and Fortune 500 teams deploy and orchestrate AI agents across cloud, on-prem, air-gapped, and classified networks (IL-2 through IL-6) using any large language model, with human-in-the-loop control and full auditability. Its platform has been fielded at U.S. Special Operations Command, the U.S. Army, and the Department of Energy, where it cut intelligence-summary creation time by 94% and saved staff hundreds of hours per week.

- **Founded:** 2022
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Ben Van Roo (CEO & Co-founder), Jason Schnitzer (CTO & Co-founder), Guruprasad Raghavan (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** ~78 employees
- **Products:** Legion Platform, Legion Packs, Centurion, SOFchat
- **Notable:** First GenAI platform deployed on a bare-metal network for the U.S. Department of Energy., First GenAI platform on a sensitive (IL-4/5) DoD network supporting real-time warfighter decision-making., First GenAI platform on a SECRET (IL-6) DoD network.

## Products & services

- **Legion Platform** — Governed agentic AI platform to deploy, coordinate, and manage AI agents across cloud, on-prem, hybrid, air-gapped, and classified environments; model-agnostic with 100+ integrations, role-based access, and full auditability.
- **Legion Packs** — Modular, role-based solution sets for intelligence analysis, operations, maintenance/MRO, and command workflows.
- **Centurion** — Deployable edge AI system bundling hardware, software, and sustainment to run agentic AI in denied, degraded, intermittent, and limited (DDIL) tactical environments.
- **SOFchat** — The enterprise generative AI application deployed across U.S. Special Operations Command for mission planning, intelligence analysis, and training management.

## Achievements

- First GenAI platform deployed on a bare-metal network for the U.S. Department of Energy.
- First GenAI platform on a sensitive (IL-4/5) DoD network supporting real-time warfighter decision-making.
- First GenAI platform on a SECRET (IL-6) DoD network.
- 94% reduction in intelligence-summary (INTSUM) creation time at USSOCOM.
- SITREP processing time cut from ~8 hours to under 1 hour (88% reduction).
- Estimated 216+ hours saved per week for battalion staff on repetitive workflows.
- First enterprise-wide GenAI deployment (SOFchat) across a U.S. combatant command.
- Accredited across IL-2 through IL-6 with FedRAMP High, SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, and CMMC compliance.

## Latest updates

- **2024-12** — Closed a $40M Series B led by XYZ Ventures, Glynn Capital, and Nava Ventures to expand across defense, civilian, and enterprise sectors.
- **2025-04** — Rebranded from Yurts to Legion Intelligence, unveiling a secure agent-orchestration platform for mission-critical work.
- **2025-05** — Secured a USSOCOM contract extension and announced a partnership with Palantir to deliver generative AI across sensitive and secret networks.
- **2025-07** — Launched SOFchat, the first enterprise-wide generative AI platform across U.S. Special Operations Command, reporting a 94% cut in intel-summary time.

## Links

- Website: https://legionintel.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/legion-intel
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/legion_intel

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Last updated: 2026-07-11