# Shifters AI: company

Canonical ID: `9e807232-07ec-4738-98f2-adbc1cd95c39`

## Key facts

- **Funding:** 0.2M seed (June 2026); total funding 5M
- **Lead Investor:** Ace Capital Partners
- **HQ:** Washington, D.C.
- **Form Factor:** AI-native autonomous ground robotic teams (defense/dual-use)
- **Founder/CEO:** Ofer Ballin
- **CTO:** Assaf Chaprak
- **CEO:** Ofer Ballin
- **Total funding:** 15M USD
- **Seed round:** 10.2M USD (June 2026, led by Ace Capital Partners)
- **Lead investor:** Ace Capital Partners
- **Offices:** Washington DC, Berlin, Yavne Israel
- **Products:** TRUST (robot platform), RITA (operator-command layer), ARENA (orchestration layer)
- **Mission:** Robots Go First

- **Slug:** shifters-ai
- **Founded:** 2024
- **HQ:** Washington, D.C., USA
- **Funding total (USD):** 10200000

## Models

- [TRUST](/models/trust.md) (defense) (id: `c56dc4dd-6f38-4f15-a4d8-c8a1fd0fc67c`)

## Current leadership (3)

- [Assaf Chaprak](/people/assaf-chaprak.md) Co-Founder, President & CTO (_reported, not verified_)
- [Eyal Barnea](/people/eyal-barnea.md) Chief Product Officer (_reported, not verified_)
- [Ofer Ballin](/people/ofer-ballin.md) Co-Founder & CEO (_reported, not verified_)

## Founders (2)

- [Ofer Ballin](/people/ofer-ballin.md) (cofounder)
- [Assaf Chaprak](/people/assaf-chaprak.md) (cofounder)

## 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._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Sources (1)

1. https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/6/3/3305884/0/en/shifters-raises-10-2-million-seed-round-led-by-ace-capital-partners-to-advance-ai-native-ground-robotics.html

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