Overview
United States Innovative Technology (USIT) Fund is a venture capital fund founded by billionaire businessman Thomas Tull in 2022. Based in Pittsburgh, PA, the fund invests in startups across AI, quantum computing, cybersecurity, space technology (satellites), and biotech. Notable portfolio companies include Anduril Industries, Capella Space, Shield AI, and Colossal Biosciences.
Reality check
Note
Limited public info — supply chain/component partner
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
HQ
Founded
Focus
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Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Partnerships
Every company USIT has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Cox Enterprises1× joint1 total
- 2Founders Fund1× joint2 total
- 3Gecko Robotics1× joint4 total
- 4XN1× joint1 total
- 5Y Combinator1× joint3 total
Most recent
- Gecko Robotics Series D (2025)2025-06-12with Gecko Roboticsoperating
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Thomas Tull Founder & Chairmansecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for USIT.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
USIT in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company USIT has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Gecko Robotics Series D (2025)2025-06-12with Gecko Roboticsoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Cox Enterprises1× joint1 total
- 2Founders Fund1× joint2 total
- 3Gecko Robotics1× joint4 total
- 4XN1× joint1 total
- 5Y Combinator1× joint3 total
Timeline
Every recorded move in USIT’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipGecko Robotics Series D (2025)
2025-06-12Gecko Robotics raised a $125 million Series D (announced June 12, 2025) at a $1.25 billion valuation, reaching unicorn status; led by Cox Enterprises, with continuing investors USIT, XN, Founders Fund, and Y Combinator.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 25, 2026
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Sources (1)
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-09-02
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-09-02
Sources by quality tier
- 1
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Methodology surface for USIT.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning USIT from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Nvidia-backed Lambda in talks to raise up to $3b: sources
Lambda said it raised more than US$1.5 billion in a series E funding round announced on November 18, 2025, from TWG Global and USIT.
US robotics firm Gecko Robotics gets $125m, hits $1.3b valuation - Tech in Asia
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Gecko Robotics raises $125 million in deal valuing critical infrastructure startup over $1 billion - CNBC
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Gecko Robotics raises $125M to inspect and monitor critical infrastructure - SiliconANGLE
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Gecko Robotics Raises $173M in Extended Series C, Expands Board With USIT, Founding Fund Members - ExecutiveBiz
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Gecko Robotics Raises $100 Million to Extend its Series C Funding Enabling Major Growth in its Defense Business - Business Wire
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Gecko Robotics raises $100M Series C extension, adds board members to intensify defense focus - The Robot Report
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Shield AI raises $200M at a $2.7B valuation to scale military autonomous flying tech - TechCrunch
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Defense Firm Shield AI Raises $200 Million at $2.7 Billion Value - Bloomberg.com
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/usit.md
- RSS feed: /companies/usit/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/a9095da5-7875-4d6d-9685-e8c46c062c45
- Revision history: /companies/usit/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Heat Index
Serious52/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place USIT against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 4, 2026