Partnering with Kela: Modern Defense for Israel and Western Allies

• Kela: defense tech prime built by four Israeli military veterans.
  • Founded by ex-Palantir Israel GM + Talpiot + Unit 8200 + Iron Dome engineer.
• Open-architecture platform: integrates sensor data via unified command interface.
  • Militarizes commercial tech; embeds AI across disparate military systems.
• Israel’s edge — cyber, autonomous systems, GPS-denied nav — now NATO-exportable.
• Sequoia led $10M seed; Lux Capital led Series A.
• Product live in field; team at 20 with multiple active deployments.

David Cahn, Dean Meyer, Shaun Maguire — Sequoia Capital (Mar 17, 2025) · 2025-03-17 · Read on sequoiacap.com