Nearly 10 years after its founding, San Antonio-based investor community and early Darkhive backer builds on its growth across South Texas with a broader investment model and statewide ambitions SAN ANTONIO, Texas, October 2, 2026 — Alamo Angels, an early Darkhive supporter and investor, today announced it is becoming Alamo Ventures, marking a new chapter for the San Antonio-based investor community. The new name reflects an investment strategy and community that have expande

The first-of-its-kind agreement establishes a pioneering new model for partnership and innovation between the military’s Organic Industrial Base and the defense tech industry. SAN ANTONIO, Texas, AUG 6 – Darkhive and Tobyhanna Army Depot (TYAD) announced today that they have signed a landmark cooperative arrangement to merge capabilities aimed at rapidly advancing domestic manufacturing and military readiness. The strategic agreement empowers TYAD and Darkhive to collaborate

Darkhive  joins Army leadership to mark milestone in organic industrial base partnership Photo courtesy of Justin Kucharski, Tobyhanna Army Depot SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, JULY 1 – Chief executives from Darkhive Inc., a San Antonio, Texas-based, veteran-led aerospace and defense technology firm, joined leadership at Tobyhanna Army Depot (Tobyhanna) to celebrate the groundbreaking installation of its brushless DC motor assembly lines.   Tobyhanna has been steadfast in its com

Darkhive Inc. announced the closing of its $30 million Series B led by RTX Ventures, which will be used to accelerate production and delivery of its products to customers and expand resources available to innovate in collaboration with the Pentagon.

San Antonio-based aerospace and defense tech firm Darkhive to deliver advanced compute and connectivity capabilities to keep pace with military demand.

Funding will support the company's open, secure software and hardware ecosystem for the Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) Community.

Darkhive Inc. announced the closing of a $4M Seed round led by Crosslink Capital and joined by MVP Ventures, Capital Factory, and existing investor Stellar Ventures. This round of financing will enable Darkhive to accelerate production of both hardware and software product lines in support of high-profile Department of Defense initiatives.

Darkhive Inc. announces it has been selected by the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, for a Small Business Innovation Research, or SBIR, Phase II contract in the amount of $1,249,350 focused on tactical voice command and control for the Android Team Awareness Kit (ATAK) in order to address the most pressing challenges in the Department of the Air Force (DAF).

Darkhive Inc. announces it has been selected by AFWERX for two SBIR Phase II, one Direst-to-Phase II, and one STTR Phase II contracts in the total amount of $4,997,007 focused on resilient, low-cost, autonomous drone swarming technologies to address the most pressing challenges in the Department of the Air Force (DAF).

Darkhive Inc., a San Antonio-based autonomous uncrewed systems developer specializing in defense and public safety solutions, announced the award of a $1M contract with the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD R&E) to enhance the capabilities of its small autonomous drones in support of Department of Defense strategic initiatives.

Darkhive Inc., a San Antonio-based autonomous uncrewed systems developer specializing in defense and public safety solutions, announced the award of a $5M Phase III Small Business Innovation Research contract with the US Air Force AFWERX Prime to integrate and test next generation autonomy software to a variety of uncrewed aerial system platforms.