At today’s Oracle AI World in Las Vegas, Oracle announced the second cohort of its Oracle Defense Ecosystem, a global initiative designed to “accelerate technological innovation” and “strengthen” the capabilities of the defence community across the US and its allied nations.
Established in June 2025, the Oracle Defense Ecosystem brings together leading startups, scale-ups, and established enterprises to drive AI and cyber innovation and enhance national security.
The ecosystem is purpose-built to help government organisations adopt next-generation technologies “more easily and securely”.
“Emerging threats demand fast, secure, and collaborative innovation,” said Rand Waldron, vice president, Oracle. “Through the Oracle Defense Ecosystem, we are committed to enabling the next generation of defence innovators to solve vital national security challenges with speed and scale. The incredible response to our inaugural cohort demonstrated the urgent need for such partnerships. We are thrilled to welcome a new group of visionary companies to this growing community.”
The new companies specialise in critical domains, including secure communications, AI-powered situational awareness, autonomoussystems, cyber resilience, and advanced analytics. The new cohort includes:
Airis Labs
American Binary
Defense Unicorns
Druid Software
Duality Technologies
Galvanick
Heven AeroTech
Reka
Scaleout
Strider Technologies
New members gain exclusive access to Oracle resources, preferred pricing, and expert guidance to accelerate solution development and go-to-market strategies within the defence sector. The tailored programme helps Oracle and its partners deliver results for the newly named US Department of War, allied government agencies, and industry leaders.
Members of the inaugural cohort included Arqit, Blackshark.ai, Entanglement, Fenix Group (now part of Nokia Federal Solutions), Koniku, Kraken, Mattermost, Metron, SensusQ, and Whitespace.
