Ziz Defense

We believe that in the future every soldier will carry a powerful GPU. Our mission is to provide accurate, real-time predictive insights with next generation AI software to tactical systems, enhancing situational awareness and decision-making capabilities for diverse operational scenarios, with precision and adaptability in complex environments. In short, Ziz Defense is an AI first defense company.

Small cheap drones are changing modern warfare. While just a few years ago, deaths by fpv made up 2-3% of all deaths; now, they make up 80% of all deaths. We have no reliable defense against them. Humans are way too slow.

But AI can. Ziz Defense detects, tracks, and mitigates incoming sUAS. Our aim: centimeter level predictive precision at 1 km+. We do this using advanced AI, sensor fusion, and training in a digital twin acoustic universe.

Predict:

The System uses a proprietary AI-driven triangulation system that fuses data from over a dozen microphones using edge compute and deep learning to isolate, detect and triangulate the location of incoming drones. Our system offers centimeter accuracy thanks to a unique fusion of acoustics and LiDAR.

Protect:

System is vehicle mounted or ground based based on operational requirements, and uses a kinetic system to intercept and mitigate the aerial threat at range.

Prevail:

By combining predictive AI with rapid response capabilities, our integrated defense system ensures tactical superiority in contested airspace. The result is decisive battlefield advantage through autonomous threat neutralization that operates faster than human reaction time.

Our Team

Jonathan Hunter

Founder & CEO

Jonathan Hunter is a threat mitigation professional with extensive technical, battlefield, and commercial leadership expertise having founded a leading C-UAS company and successfully leading Series A & B rounds. He has served in a range of military deployment and consultative roles including 4 tours to Afghanistan (510 Days); United Nations (UN) Mali Mission (MINUSMA - 85 days); and Bosnia (SFOR-4 –212 days). Jonathan was awarded the Bronze Star for actions in a warzone.

TJ Hoeft

Senior Research Engineer

TJ Hoeft, Winner of DefenseTech Innovation of the Year 2019 for an Advance ML CUAS system, 20 years of ML/AI Tech, has authored patents in acoustics and RF detection and led the development of the AniML CNN for real-time RF signal classification.

Aditya Nair

Robotics Engineer

Aditya Nair has an extensive background in robotics, mechanical engineering, and AI. He built a winged UAV (robotic bird) that flies through narrow spaces fully autonomously.

Yefim Radomyselskiy

Hardware Engineer

Yefim Radomyselskiy has developed a diverse range of hardware systems, from precision-driven automated photonics experiments with micron-level accuracy to large-scale environmental control systems. His innovations have earned him numerous hardware patents.

Monica Jayakumar

AI Systems Engineer

Monica Jayakumar builds advanced intelligent systems for autonomous robots.

Joshua Rubenstein

Business Development

Joshua Rubenstein previously founded two consumer tech companies.

Abirath Raju

Robotics Engineer

Abirath Raju's expertise spans autonomous navigation, computer vision, and RL.

Thabsheer Machingal

Computer Vision Engineer

Thabsheer Machingal's background is in Computer Vision and layering real world and simulations.