# Aitan: defense robotics company

Canonical ID: `7e42c3e5-7508-4eae-8ce6-ac719cb2bad3`

## Key facts

- **Co-founders:** [Udi Oster](/people/udi-oster.md), [Daniel Almog](/people/daniel-almog.md) (ex-IDF Unit 8200, co-founders of Tapingo)
- **Former name:** eyesatop
- **Total funding:** [$54M equity (Sep 2026)](/investors.md) ([see investors](/investors.md))
- **Latest round:** $41M co-led by [Deep33](/investors/deep33.md) and [Dell Technologies Capital](/investors/dell-technologies-capital.md) (Sep 2026)
- **Category:** Robotic sovereignty-as-a-service
- **Named after:** Eitan Oster, co-founder [Udi Oster](/people/udi-oster.md)'s brother, killed in combat in Lebanon
- **HQ:** Tel Aviv, Israel (US operations in New Jersey)
- **IDF operations:** Hundreds of thousands of hours operating alongside the IDF

- **Slug:** aitan
- **Founded:** 2022
- **HQ:** Tel Aviv, Israel
- **Funding total (USD):** 41000000

## Models

- [Aitan Autonomous System](/models/aitan-autonomous-system.md) (defense) (id: `769f902a-1751-456f-a5fa-ce79b43bf37b`)

## Current leadership (3)

- [Daniel Almog](/people/daniel-almog.md) Co-Founder (secondary-verified)
- [Daniel Almog](/people/daniel-almog.md) Co-Founder & CEO (secondary-verified)
- [Udi Oster](/people/udi-oster.md) Co-Founder (secondary-verified)

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

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## Common questions

### What is Aitan?

Israeli defense robotics company developing [edge-AI robotic weapon systems](/models/aitan-autonomous-system) and multi-drone command-and-control platforms, battle-tested by the IDF. Formerly known as eyesatop, Aitan rebranded in 2026 and pioneered the category of "robotic sovereignty-as-a-service" — giving governments and militaries a backbone to build autonomous forces with lessons from the Middle East and Eastern Europe already digested.

### What does Aitan make?

Aitan has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Aitan Autonomous System (Aitan builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).

### Where is Aitan headquartered?

Aitan is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

### How much funding has Aitan raised?

Aitan has raised approximately $41M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.

### Where does Aitan operate robots?

Aitan is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

### Is Aitan a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Aitan ranks in roughly the top 16% of companies tracked by the registry.

### When was Aitan founded?

Aitan was founded in 2022.


## Sources (1)

1. https://www.axios.com/2026/09/02/aitan-israel-stealth-raise-robotics-dell

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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