Gallatin - Seed Round, $15M

The military doesn’t run out of ammo because it can’t afford it. It runs out because someone in a windowless room forgot where they put it.

Now enter Gallatin AI, a name borrowed from America’s longest-serving Treasury Secretary, but this one’s not about coins. It’s about combat. Founded in 2024 by @Woody Glier, Daniel Buchmueller, and Brian Ballard, Gallatin’s not building PowerPoints for defense primes. They’re building tech that actually works when the supply lines break and your GPS just ghosted you.

Fresh out of stealth and already battle-tested in backrooms with retired logisticians, Gallatin just locked in a $15 million seed round. 8VC led the charge, fresh off producing hits like Epirus and Saronic, with support from Silent Ventures, Moonshots Capital, Timeless Partners, and Banter Capital. True heavyweights who’ve seen enough paper-pushers and want the future delivered with precision.

Let’s talk product, because Gallatin’s not just some AI startup cosplaying defense. Navigator is the crown jewel—a decision support tool designed to make chaos manageable. Think predictive analytics meets battlefield tempo, with real-time data, simulations, and AI-generated actions so you’re not stuck choosing between guesswork or gridlock. Burrow handles third-party logistics with security and compliance locked in, from domestic dispatch to forward-deployed inventory. Phalanx closes the loop by giving eyes to your supply chain, combining sensors and computer vision so nothing moves without visibility.

Built on Palantir Technologies’s Foundry stack, this thing doesn’t just scale, it adapts. And while most “defense tech” companies are still arguing about acronyms in slide decks, Gallatin’s already synced tactical, operational, and strategic workflows into one platform. That’s the difference between theory and theater.

Woody Glier brings the DNA of Scale AI, Palantir, and Virtustream. Daniel Buchmueller and Brian Ballard bring the muscle from Amazon, Scale AI, and the DoD. They didn’t found Gallatin because the market looked hot. They did it because wars expose blind spots, and logistics is still one of the military’s biggest.

They’re not shipping features, they’re deploying capabilities. Partnered with Booz Allen Hamilton on contested logistics and hiring fast in DC and El Segundo, Gallatin is aiming past U.S. command, looking global, coalition wide. Because when the fog of war hits, someone’s gotta bring clarity. And Gallatin’s betting that clarity can be trained, modeled, and deployed before the first truck even rolls.

Props to Woody Glier, Daniel Buchmueller, and Brian Ballard for making a quiet entrance with loud impact. This seed round isn’t a launchpad, it’s a line in the sand. Defense logistics is finally getting its AI moment. Gallatin didn’t just show up. It reported for duty.