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Steven Simoni

Co-founder and President of Allen Control Systems, an Austin-based defense technology startup building the Bullfrog, an AI-powered autonomous machine gun turret for counter-drone warfare. U.S. Navy veteran and former nuclear engineer who worked on instrumentation and control systems for Navy nuclear reactors.

Previously co-founded and was CEO of Bbot, a restaurant robotics and software startup acquired by DoorDash. Holds MS in Nuclear Engineering and BS in Electrical Engineering from Penn State.

American · 1 current role · 1 founding

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    Allen Control Systems (ACS) is an Austin-based defense robotics company building autonomous weapon stations for counter-drone defense.

    Series B · $200M1 model

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  1. https://www.reuters.com/technology/how-silicon-valley-warlord-got-pentagons-attention-2025-10-01/
  2. Allen Control Systems · https://www.allencontrolsystems.com/company
  3. X · https://x.com/StevenSimoni

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