\u010cL\u00c1NOK POKRA\u010cUJE POD REKLAMOU<\/p>\n
Mlad\u00fd, iba trojro\u010dn\u00fd americk\u00fd defense-tech startup Mach Industries ozn\u00e1mil \u00faspe\u0161n\u00e9 uzavretie investi\u010dn\u00e9ho kola s\u00e9rie C. Spolo\u010dnos\u0165, ktor\u00fa vedie len 22-ro\u010dn\u00fd zakladate\u013e a gener\u00e1lny riadite\u013e Ethan Thornton, v \u0148om z\u00edskala 300 mili\u00f3nov dol\u00e1rov (pribli\u017ene 275,6 mili\u00f3na eur).<\/p>\n
Trhov\u00e1 hodnota firmy sa t\u00fdm vy\u0161plhala na \u00farove\u0148 1,8 miliardy dol\u00e1rov, \u010do v prepo\u010dte predstavuje 1,65 miliardy eur.<\/p>\n
Tento \u00faspech znamen\u00e1 pre startup mimoriadny skok. E\u0161te v j\u00fani 2025 toti\u017e spolo\u010dnos\u0165 v r\u00e1mci predch\u00e1dzaj\u00faceho kola z\u00edskala 100 mili\u00f3nov dol\u00e1rov pri celkovom ohodnoten\u00ed 470 mili\u00f3nov dol\u00e1rov (cca. 431,8 mili\u00f3na eur).<\/p>\n
Hodnota firmy sa tak v priebehu jedin\u00e9ho roka takmer zo\u0161tvorn\u00e1sobila. Na invest\u00edcii sa okrem fondov Infinite Capital a Ribbit Capital podie\u013eali aj renomovan\u00ed hr\u00e1\u010di zo Silicon Valley ako Bedrock Capital, Sequoia Capital \u010di Khosla Ventures.<\/p>\n
Investori prejavili mas\u00edvny z\u00e1ujem<\/p>\n
Ke\u010f\u017ee v\u00fdvoj auton\u00f3mnych zbra\u0148ov\u00fdch syst\u00e9mov je finan\u010dne mimoriadne n\u00e1ro\u010dn\u00fd, \u0161\u00e9f firmy Ethan Thornton za\u010dal s h\u013eadan\u00edm kapit\u00e1lu u\u017e pred nieko\u013ek\u00fdmi mesiacmi. Z\u00e1ujem investorov ho v\u0161ak prekvapil.<\/p>\n
\u201eP\u00f4vodne sme si i\u0161li na trh po 200 mili\u00f3nov dol\u00e1rov. Dopyt investorov v\u0161ak t\u00fato sumu extr\u00e9mne prev\u00fd\u0161il a s pon\u00faknutou cenou sme boli nadmieru spokojn\u00ed. Rozhodli sme sa preto cie\u013eov\u00fa sumu nav\u00fd\u0161i\u0165 na 300 mili\u00f3nov dol\u00e1rov. Aj po tomto kroku z\u00e1ujem st\u00e1le prevy\u0161oval na\u0161e kapacity,\u201c pribl\u00ed\u017eil Thornton pre port\u00e1l TechCrunch<\/a>.<\/p>\n Vysok\u00fd entuziazmus investorov pramen\u00ed zo s\u00fa\u010dasnej geopolitickej situ\u00e1cie. Popri umelej inteligencii patria modern\u00e9 obrann\u00e9 technol\u00f3gie, auton\u00f3mne zbrane a syst\u00e9my na ochranu pred dronmi k naj\u017eiadanej\u0161\u00edm sektorom, \u010do pod\u010diarkuje aj ich re\u00e1lne nasadenie v prebiehaj\u00facich konfliktoch.<\/p>\n Thornton navy\u0161e patr\u00ed k zn\u00e1mym technologick\u00fdm talentom, kv\u00f4li rozbehnutiu podnikania v roku 2023 ako 19-ro\u010dn\u00fd pred\u010dasne opustil prest\u00ed\u017eny in\u0161tit\u00fat MIT.<\/p>\n Osobn\u00fd moment zakladate\u013ea<\/p>\n Pre Ethana Thorntona je raketov\u00fd \u00faspech vlastnej firmy nie\u010d\u00edm, \u010do si naplno uvedomil len ned\u00e1vno. Spom\u00edna, \u017ee e\u0161te pred dvoma rokmi sa celofiremn\u00e9 stretnutia konali v malej zasada\u010dke, kde sedelo zhruba 12 \u013eud\u00ed.<\/p>\n Ke\u010f v\u0161ak organizovali oslavu druh\u00e9ho v\u00fdro\u010dia od zalo\u017eenia startupu, v miestnosti bolo rozlo\u017een\u00fdch viac ako 200 stoli\u010diek a priestor bol tak\u00fd preplnen\u00fd, \u017ee neskoro prich\u00e1dzaj\u00faci zamestnanci museli po\u010das pr\u00edhovorov st\u00e1\u0165.<\/p>\n Pre mlad\u00e9ho, dnes len 22-ro\u010dn\u00e9ho l\u00eddra, to bol jasn\u00fd vizu\u00e1lny d\u00f4kaz toho, ak\u00fa divok\u00fa a r\u00fdchlu jazdu so svoj\u00edm t\u00edmom za\u017e\u00edva.<\/p>\n 6 auton\u00f3mnych strojov vo v\u00fdvoji a kontrakt s Pentagonom<\/p>\n Startup so s\u00eddlom v kalifornskom Huntington Beach pre\u0161iel od svojho vzniku r\u00fdchlou transform\u00e1ciou. Z p\u00f4vodn\u00fdch 12 zamestnancov ich dnes zamestn\u00e1va pribli\u017ene 350. Okrem hlavn\u00e9ho v\u00fdrobn\u00e9ho z\u00e1vodu s rozlohou viac ako 10-tis\u00edc \u0161tvorcov\u00fdch metrov buduje \u010fal\u0161ie dizajnov\u00e9 a produk\u010dn\u00e9 kapacity. Do konca roka 2026 pl\u00e1nuje firma uvies\u0165 do prev\u00e1dzky \u0161tyri nov\u00e9 v\u00fdrobn\u00e9 haly.<\/p>\n Spolo\u010dnos\u0165 m\u00e1 v s\u00fa\u010dasnosti vo v\u00fdvoji p\u00e4\u0165 auton\u00f3mnych dopravn\u00fdch prostriedkov:<\/p>\n Viper: vertik\u00e1lne \u0161tartuj\u00faci stroj s pr\u00fadov\u00fdm pohonom, Firma o\u010dak\u00e1va, \u017ee produkcia minim\u00e1lne troch z t\u00fdchto syst\u00e9mov sa spust\u00ed u\u017e v bud\u00facom roku. Mach Industries navy\u0161e aktu\u00e1lne z\u00edskal kontrakt od inova\u010dnej jednotky Ministerstva obrany USA (DIU).<\/p>\n Pre potreby americk\u00e9ho n\u00e1morn\u00edctva (Navy) vyvinie v porad\u00ed u\u017e \u0161iesty, doteraz utajovan\u00fd typ ve\u013ek\u00e9ho \u00fato\u010dn\u00e9ho lietadla, ktor\u00e9 bude schopn\u00e9 operova\u0165 nez\u00e1visle od klasick\u00fdch vzletov\u00fdch dr\u00e1h.<\/p>\n Pod\u013ea Thorntona n\u00e1jde toto lietadlo uplatnenie aj v komer\u010dnej sf\u00e9re.<\/p>\n Strategick\u00e1 akviz\u00edcia a boj s monopolom<\/p>\n D\u00f4le\u017eit\u00fdm m\u00ed\u013enikom pre z\u00edskanie d\u00f4very investorov bola minulomesa\u010dn\u00e1 akviz\u00edcia startupu Exquadrum, ktor\u00fd sa zaober\u00e1 v\u00fdrobou raketov\u00fdch motorov na tuh\u00e9 palivo (SRM). Mach Industries k\u00fapil firmu v hotovostno-akciovom deale v hodnote 50 mili\u00f3nov dol\u00e1rov (45,9 mili\u00f3na eur), pri\u010dom v s\u00fa\u0165a\u017ei porazil \u010fal\u0161\u00edch osem z\u00e1ujemcov.<\/p>\n Na trhu s raketov\u00fdmi motormi je moment\u00e1lne kritick\u00fd nedostatok kapac\u00edt, ke\u010f\u017ee mas\u00edvny rozmach dronov vytvoril bezprecedentn\u00fd dopyt. Trh doteraz kontrolovali najm\u00e4 dvaja dominantn\u00ed dod\u00e1vatelia americkej vl\u00e1dy \u2013 Aerojet Rocketdyne a Northrop Grumman, pri\u010dom dodacie lehoty sa predl\u017eovali na roky.<\/p>\n Touto akviz\u00edciou z\u00edskal Mach Industries nez\u00e1vislos\u0165 pri dod\u00e1vkach motorov pre vlastn\u00e9 syst\u00e9my a z\u00e1rove\u0148 spustil nov\u00fa komer\u010dn\u00fa div\u00edziu Mach Energetics. Hoci firma nezverejnila presn\u00e9 tr\u017eby, jej biznis model je v s\u00fa\u010dasnosti rozdelen\u00fd na polovicu medzi dod\u00e1vky pre vl\u00e1dne zlo\u017eky a predaj komer\u010dn\u00fdm spolo\u010dnostiam.<\/p>\n Hlavnou konkuren\u010dnou v\u00fdhodou startupov financovan\u00fdch rizikov\u00fdm kapit\u00e1lom je r\u00fdchlos\u0165.<\/p>\n Tradi\u010dn\u00ed dod\u00e1vatelia vyv\u00edjaj\u00fa pr\u00fadov\u00e9 motory be\u017ene \u0161tyri roky. T\u00edmu pod veden\u00edm Ethana Thorntona sa podarilo prejs\u0165 od n\u00e1boru zamestnancov k prv\u00e9mu \u00faspe\u0161n\u00e9mu z\u00e1\u017eihu pr\u00fadov\u00e9ho motora za necel\u00fdch osem mesiacov.<\/p>\n Zmena paradigmy \u2013 od drah\u00fdch kolosov k lacnej masivite<\/p>\n S\u00fa\u010dasn\u00fd syst\u00e9m obstar\u00e1vania zbran\u00ed v USA bol navrhnut\u00fd pre \u00e9ru mas\u00edvnych, centralizovan\u00fdch projektov, ako je st\u00edha\u010dka F-35, no dne\u0161n\u00e9 konflikty sa vyv\u00edjaj\u00fa v t\u00fd\u017ed\u0148ov\u00fdch cykloch a pripom\u00ednaj\u00fa sk\u00f4r segment spotrebnej elektroniky.<\/p>\n Pod\u013ea Ethana Thorntona spo\u010d\u00edva rie\u0161enie v prechode na asymetrick\u00fa vojnu a decentraliz\u00e1ciu, kde sa k\u013e\u00fa\u010dov\u00fdm meradlom pre\u017eitia na bojisku st\u00e1va samotn\u00e1 cena techniky.<\/p>\n \u201eAk dok\u00e1\u017eete vyrobi\u0165 tis\u00edce auton\u00f3mnych dronov v hodnote pribli\u017ene 4 590 eur za kus, pri\u010dom nepriate\u013e potrebuje na ich zostrelenie raketu za takmer 920-tis\u00edc eur, vytv\u00e1rate pre\u0148ho nerie\u0161ite\u013en\u00fd ekonomick\u00fd a logistick\u00fd probl\u00e9m,\u201c vysvet\u013euje Thornton v podcaste ImproveThePlanet<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tradi\u010dn\u00e1 vojensk\u00e1 infra\u0161trukt\u00fara, akou s\u00fa lietadlov\u00e9 lode, palivov\u00e9 sklady \u010di prist\u00e1vacie dr\u00e1hy, sa pod tlakom lacn\u00fdch rojov\u00fdch technol\u00f3gi\u00ed st\u00e1va pr\u00edli\u0161 zranite\u013enou, \u010do uk\u00e1zala aj vojna na Ukrajine.<\/p>\n Pr\u00e1ve u na\u0161ich susedov 80 % pozemn\u00fdch oper\u00e1ci\u00ed riadia alebo priamo vykon\u00e1vaj\u00fa bezpilotn\u00e9 syst\u00e9my.<\/p>\n Tichomorsk\u00e1 hrozba a logistick\u00e1 realita<\/p>\n T\u00e1to technologick\u00e1 transform\u00e1cia je kritick\u00e1 najm\u00e4 v kontexte narastaj\u00faceho nap\u00e4tia v Tichomor\u00ed a hrozby \u010d\u00ednskej inv\u00e1zie na Taiwan, ktor\u00fd glob\u00e1lne dominuje v produkcii pokro\u010dil\u00fdch polovodi\u010dov.<\/p>\n \u010c\u00edna si stanovila cie\u013e vojenskej pripravenosti na inv\u00e1ziu do roku 2027 a Spojen\u00e9 \u0161t\u00e1ty v s\u00fa\u010dasnosti nedok\u00e1\u017eu r\u00e1s\u0165 dostato\u010dne r\u00fdchlo na to, aby do tohto term\u00ednu presunuli v\u00fdrobu \u010dipov na svoje \u00fazemie.<\/p>\n Situ\u00e1ciu navy\u0161e komplikuje fakt, \u017ee \u010c\u00edna v oblasti stavby lod\u00ed mas\u00edvne prevy\u0161uje kapacity USA. Pod\u013ea \u0161tatist\u00edk ich vyprodukuje v ton\u00e1\u017ei a\u017e 232-kr\u00e1t viac. Thornton v tejto s\u00favislosti otvorene varuje:<\/p>\n \u201eAk by Washington v pr\u00edpadnom konflikte vsadil na konven\u010dn\u00fa flotilu, kv\u00f4li \u010d\u00ednskym invest\u00edci\u00e1m do nadzvukov\u00fdch a balistick\u00fdch rakiet by sa k bojisku nedok\u00e1zal ani bezpe\u010dne pribl\u00ed\u017ei\u0165 a pri simula\u010dn\u00fdch vojnov\u00fdch hr\u00e1ch by americkej arm\u00e1de do\u0161la mun\u00edcia v priebehu nieko\u013ek\u00fdch dn\u00ed.\u201c<\/p>\n Odstra\u0161enie namiesto konfliktu<\/p>\n Ke\u010f\u017ee USA nedok\u00e1\u017eu v doh\u013eadnej dobe \u010c\u00ednu predbehn\u00fa\u0165 v objeme priemyselnej v\u00fdroby, ich jedinou \u0161ancou je naplno vyu\u017ei\u0165 svoju historick\u00fa schopnos\u0165 inovova\u0165 a vytvori\u0165 technologick\u00fd \u201eoffset\u201c. Najlep\u0161\u00ed mo\u017en\u00fd scen\u00e1r pre nasleduj\u00face mesiace preto po\u010d\u00edta s t\u00fdm, \u017ee americk\u00fd syst\u00e9m vy\u010dlen\u00ed nieko\u013eko mili\u00e1rd eur na bezpilotn\u00e9 syst\u00e9my, ktor\u00e9 bud\u00fa \u0161pecificky ur\u010den\u00e9 na odstra\u0161enie Pekingu.<\/p>\n Tieto auton\u00f3mne zbrane musia by\u0165 vopred zhroma\u017eden\u00e9 a strategicky rozmiestnen\u00e9 po celom tichomorskom regi\u00f3ne.<\/p>\n \u201eV momente, kedy bude mo\u017en\u00e9 s absol\u00fatnou istotou vyhl\u00e1si\u0165, \u017ee ak\u00fdko\u013evek pokus o inv\u00e1ziu na Taiwan skon\u010d\u00ed okam\u017eit\u00fdm potopen\u00edm \u010d\u00ednskych lod\u00ed a zostrelen\u00edm ich lietadiel priamo z oblohy, Spojen\u00e9 \u0161t\u00e1ty dosiahnu skuto\u010dn\u00e9 odstra\u0161enie prostredn\u00edctvom vojenskej sily, bez nutnosti priameho zatiahnutia \u013eudsk\u00fdch pos\u00e1dok do konfliktu,\u201c uzatv\u00e1ra Thornton.<\/p>\n \n \u010c\u00edtaj viac z kateg\u00f3rie: Biznis a startupy<\/a>\n <\/p>\n \n \u010eakujeme, \u017ee \u010d\u00edta\u0161 Startitup. V pr\u00edpade, \u017ee m\u00e1\u0161 postreh alebo si na\u0161iel v \u010dl\u00e1nku chybu, nap\u00ed\u0161 n\u00e1m na redakcia@startitup.sk<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n Zdroje: ImproveThePlanet<\/a>, TechCrunch<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u010cL\u00c1NOK POKRA\u010cUJE POD REKLAMOU Mlad\u00fd, iba trojro\u010dn\u00fd americk\u00fd defense-tech startup Mach Industries ozn\u00e1mil \u00faspe\u0161n\u00e9 uzavretie investi\u010dn\u00e9ho kola s\u00e9rie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[11],"tags":[1122,64,507,65,66,1124,43,40,39,42,41],"class_list":["post-124790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ekonomika","tag-biznis","tag-business","tag-drony","tag-economic","tag-ekonomika","tag-podnikanie","tag-sk","tag-slovak","tag-slovakia","tag-slovencina","tag-slovensko"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@sk\/116923634997037030","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nGlide: klz\u00e1k pre lety vo vysok\u00fdch v\u00fd\u0161kach schopn\u00fd odpa\u013eova\u0165 zbrane,
\nStratos: vzdu\u0161n\u00e1 platforma ur\u010den\u00e1 na sledovanie a prieskum,
\nDart: n\u00edzkon\u00e1kladov\u00fd st\u00edha\u010d ur\u010den\u00fd na likvid\u00e1ciu nepriate\u013esk\u00fdch dronov,
\nPike: syst\u00e9m ur\u010den\u00fd na odpa\u013eovanie mun\u00edcie s dlh\u00fdm doletom.<\/p>\n