Massive news from @Stendr_tech today. We just signed Major General (ret) Henning-Frantzen as an advisor. Frantzen brings exactly the kind of senior policy experience Stendr is building around. He served as Head of the Department of Defence Policy and Long Term Planning in the Norwegian Ministry of Defence from 2021 to 2025, capping a career in the Norwegian Armed Forces that spanned more than three decades. Across that career he held senior roles in defence policy, doctrine, and operations, and served as commander and rector of the Norwegian Defence University College. He holds a PhD in War Studies from King's College London.

The speed of relevance I don’t think anyone would think that the company doing a field test yesterday just raised $5.4M in VC funding The product looks, frankly, pretty bad. Some commercial grade sensors drilled into briefcases supported by a plastic broom handle. But anything to save a minute, hour or day. The point is that it works. Data is being collected and we have a benchmark for the next iteration. More sensors, embedded AI and eventually a beautiful chassis that represent @Stendr_tech Embrace the cringe and just ship it #physicalAI

Drones controlled by AI agents will dominate the battlefield in short order

We're building @Stendr_tech . A new European defence prime in the making. Counter-drone systems. A hardware-software R&D pipeline 10x faster than the norm. Hiring engineers across software and electronics. DM me.

Stendr secures $5.4M pre-seed to develop AI-driven defence systems tech.eu/2026/04/15/stendr-se…

Today, @Stendr_tech announces a $5.4M pre-seed round. One of the largest in Nordic Defence Tech history. When I stepped away from Sky Mavis, I had nearly eight years of hard lessons in my pocket. What it takes to survive near-bankruptcy. What it takes to find product-market fit. What it takes to scale something real under pressure. Speed and focus. The startups that win move faster than anyone thinks is reasonable, and cut everything that does not serve the mission. Those lessons apply everywhere. Especially in defence, where the cost of moving slowly is measured in lives. Stendr is building the foundational technology stack for a new Nordic defence prime: an AI-native platform for the rapid development and deployment of defence software and hardware. Built to perform today and adapt to the warfare of tomorrow. The immediate problem we are pursuing is among the most urgent in modern warfare. Drones have changed what the battlefield looks like, and Europe's detection and response capability has not kept pace. We are building the sovereign technology to close that gap. Norway is where we are building it. The engineering talent is world-class, the strategic context is clear, and the window to build something foundational is open. I am building it alongside Robin Alexander Holm Pedersen, one of the most versatile engineers I have met, and Markus Leonhard Hansen, who built Gungnir of Norway from nothing into a globally recognized hardware brand. Together, we have the software, AI, and hardware depth to build something that lasts. A big thank you to Rainfall Ventures, ACME, Skyfall Ventures, Sisyphus Ventures, Antler, Startuplab, Max Samuel, Magne Uppman, Thomas Falck, Tord Moe Laeskogen, BORGET Sebastien, Arthur Madrid, Joachim Haraldsen, Alex Svanevik, Kenneth King, Jeffrey Zirlin, Sandeep Nailwal, Stephen McKeon, Marcus Krylborn, Yat Siu, Michael Arnold, Einar H. Braathen, Sebastian Almnes, Thuc Hoang and Andreas Helbig for backing me to build again, and from Norway no less. It truly means everything. We are hiring a software architect, senior electronics and cybernetics engineer, and growth operations lead. The people who join now will help define what European defence looks like for the next generation. Apply at stendr.com/

#siliconfjord @Stendr_tech secures $5.4M pre-seed to develop AI-driven defence systems. By @tech_eu tech.eu/2026/04/15/stendr-se… #NordicMade #defencetech