Undersea Awareness
3D point-cloud relocalization for the undersea fight.
The connective layer between your faculty and the funding they can win.
We’ve already done this — at Stanford.
Kernel’s engine, built and run by this team, moved real defense funding into Stanford labs:
$16.19MDoD funding enabled
20projects funded
14.4%of Stanford’s ONR & ARL funding
A database hands you a list. We hand you a funded grant.
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Researchers
Faculty opt in; we learn their work.
02
Match
Surface the calls each one can win.
03
Proposal
We write the white paper and the proposal.
04
PM intro
Warm introductions to the program managers.
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Submit
Filed, complete and on time.
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Awarded
Funding in the lab.
Research we’ve moved from the lab toward the field.
Autonomous Naval Systems
AI accelerators for spatial autonomy.
IR Sensor Domes
Nano-ceramic additive manufacturing.
Naval Energy
Sodium-metal batteries and resilient microgrids.
Composite UAVs
Multi-functional airframes for urban operations.
Human-Agent Teaming
Adaptive human-robot teaming for contested operations.
A frontier-AI founder, a former Ranger, and the insiders who move money into labs.
Prashaant RanganathanAI & Machine Learning · a16z-backed founder · Stanford CS & Design
Nilay Papila, PhDAssistant Director, Precourt TT4D · aerospace engineer
Jeffrey Decker, PhDFormer U.S. Army Ranger · Managing Director · Hacking for Defense