Epirus vs Aleph Alpha

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Epirus

ChallengerDefense / Space

Directed Energy / Counter-Drone

Raised $250M Series D (Mar 2025). $43.6M Army follow-on contract. Leonidas Gen 2 autonomous high-power microwave counter-drone system completing Army testing Feb 2026. GD partnership for HPM on autonomous vehicles.

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Epirus develops Leonidas — a high-power microwave (HPM) directed energy system for counter-drone operations — which uses pulsed microwave energy to defeat drone swarms by disrupting electronics simultaneously across multiple targets. The company raised $250 million in Series D financing and secured a $43.6 million Army follow-on contract, with Leonidas Gen 2 completing Army testing in February 2026 and the Gen 2 Autonomous Ground Vehicle variant unveiled at Global Force 2026 in March 2026 through a partnership with General Dynamics.

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Aleph Alpha

EmergingAI Infra

Sovereign AI

Aleph Alpha raised €500M+ and pivoted to sovereign AI solutions for European governments, positioning as the leading provider of GDPR-compliant, EU-hosted AI infrastructure for regulated industries.

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Aleph Alpha is a German AI company building sovereign AI infrastructure for European governments and enterprises that require data sovereignty, GDPR compliance, and AI hosted within EU borders. Its Pharia AI platform provides LLM capabilities deployed on-premises or in EU data centers, serving German federal ministries, European defense agencies, and regulated industries including banking, healthcare, and legal services.

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