# Mike Wior

> Mike Wior is the CEO and co-founder of Allen Control Systems, an Austin-based defense company building Bullfrog, an autonomous AI-powered gun turret designed to shoot down small drones with rifle rounds instead of missiles. He previously founded Omnivore, a restaurant POS transaction network acquired by Olo in 2022, then took over the top job at ACS from co-founder Steve Simoni, and in mid-2026 closed a $200 million Series B at a $2.2 billion valuation.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-Founder at Allen Control Systems
- **Organizations:** Allen Control Systems, Omnivore, Olo, Nanos Health, Branded Venture Partners, Menupad, Wells Fargo, Solid Instance
- **Nationality:** American
- **Known for:** Co-founded and scaled Omnivore to more than 37,000 restaurant locations globally before acquisition by Olo., Co-founded Allen Control Systems and became CEO of a defense unicorn within three years of founding., Delivered Bullfrog to the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy with active deployments.

## Career timeline

- **pre-2011** — Spent about six years at Wells Fargo, then VP of Engineering at Solid Instance in Palo Alto working on surveillance drone streaming for NGA and early Adobe Creative Cloud prototypes.
- **2011** — Joined Menupad as CTO after Chris Sullivan purchased the Australian tablet ordering company.
- **2012** — Co-founded Omnivore to solve fragmented POS integrations he had hit while building Menupad.
- **2022** — Omnivore acquired by Olo. Around the same window, Bbot (founded by Steve Simoni and Luke Allen) was acquired by DoorDash.
- **2022** — Co-founded Allen Control Systems with former Navy nuclear engineers Steve Simoni and Luke Allen.
- **2024** — Closed $12M seed round to build counter-drone robotic gun systems.
- **2025** — $30M Series A led by Craft Ventures. Transitioned into CEO seat as Simoni moved to president to focus on strategy.
- **2026** — Bullfrog achieved 100% success rate at Pentagon T-REX 26-1; closed $200M Series B at $2.2B valuation led by Smash Capital.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and scaled Omnivore to more than 37,000 restaurant locations globally before acquisition by Olo.
- Co-founded Allen Control Systems and became CEO of a defense unicorn within three years of founding.
- Delivered Bullfrog to the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy with active deployments.
- Bullfrog recorded 100% success rate at T-REX 26-1, the Department of War's flagship counter-drone experiment.
- Raised $242M total across seed, Series A, and Series B rounds.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Closed $200M Series B at $2.2B post-money valuation led by Smash Capital.
- **2026** — Bullfrog logged a 100% success rate at Pentagon's T-REX 26-1 counter-drone experiment; U.S. Army has purchased 12 units.

## Links

- Website: https://allencontrolsystems.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-wior/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/mikewior

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Last updated: 2026-07-09