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IO River makes the case for a less faithful internet
One delivery network is convenient until it fails. IO River lets companies spread their traffic across several providers without turning every change into an engineering project.
StrikeReady wants your security tools to talk to each other
The Dallas cybersecurity company is betting that better connections beat another console. Its AI platform gathers context, coordinates responses and offers investigations without a running meter.
NODA AI
NODA AI is an Austin-based defense technology company building an AI reasoning engine that orchestrates fleets of autonomous systems across vendors and domains. Founded in 2024 by Marine Corps veterans, its platform lets operators command desired effects rather than individual machines, coordinating mixed fleets of manned and unmanned assets from air to subsurface. NODA raised a $25M Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners in February 2026, with backing from Booz Allen Ventures, and works with the U.S. Department of War, the UK Ministry of Defense, and defense primes.
Aviz Networks
Aviz Networks is a San Jose-based networking software company that helps enterprises run open, vendor-agnostic networks built on the open-source SONiC operating system and layered with AI. Its stack - ONES, Open Packet Broker, and the GenAI Network Copilot - lets organizations deploy, observe, and operate multi-vendor, multi-ASIC networks across the data center, edge, and AI factory without vendor lock-in, combining 24x7 SONiC support with orchestration, telemetry, and plain-language automation.
Cribl
Cribl is a vendor-agnostic data engine for IT and security teams that routes, shapes, reduces, and enriches observability and security telemetry between any source and any destination - letting enterprises escape vendor lock-in and tame runaway data costs.