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Darkhive wants the drone to be the easy part
The San Antonio company builds tactical aircraft. Its more revealing bet is on everything that makes them useful: familiar controls, secure updates and factories that can keep up.
Progeny Systems: a submarine is only as good as its connections
A sonar, a weapon and a computer can each work perfectly and still make a dreadful team. Progeny Systems built a defense business around getting the parts to cooperate.
The Tiny Box That Lets Solar Installers Refuse the Walled Garden
Tigo Energy spent nearly two decades making a small, unglamorous box beneath the solar panel unusually consequential. Its wager: installers will pay for safety and intelligence without surrendering the freedom to mix brands.
The Family Office That Put a 300-Client Ceiling on a $26 Billion Problem
Prime Quadrant started after one family discovered that a liquidity event can buy almost anything except unbiased advice. Now the firm serves more than 260 families, caps the roster near 300, and wants to manage the arguments around wealth as carefully as the assets themselves.