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title: "Defense tech startup Shield AI raises $2.5B to help acquire radar company Echodyne, including a $1B Series H at a $28.8B valuation, up from $12.7B in March (Rebecca Torrence/Bloomberg)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/defense-tech-startup-shield-ai-raises-2-5b-to-help-acquire-radar-e9db593c
published: 2026-11-05T17:01:37.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# Defense tech startup Shield AI raises $2.5B to help acquire radar company Echodyne, including a $1B Series H at a $28.8B valuation, up from $12.7B in March (Rebecca Torrence/Bloomberg)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-11-05 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/defense-tech-startup-shield-ai-raises-2-5b-to-help-acquire-radar-e9db593c

Rebecca Torrence / Bloomberg : Defense tech startup Shield AI raises $2.5B to help acquire radar company Echodyne, including a $1B Series H at a $28.8B valuation, up from $12.7B in March — Defense tech startup set to acquire Echodyne Corp., which sells radar sensors to government and commercial customers.

In this story: [Shield AI](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/shield-ai), [Echodyne](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/echodyne)

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/261105/p39#a261105p39)

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