Gallatin AI Inc., a developer of military logistics software, today announced that it has raised $50 million in funding.

The Series A round included contributions from 8VC, Silent Ventures and several others. It follows a $15 million seed raise in 2024.

El Segundo, California-based Gallatin has built a software platform called Navigator that helps the U.S. military manage its supply chain. The company counts the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force as customers. According to Gallatin, Navigator can also be used by the U.S. Defense Department’s commercial logistics partners. The company says that the software streamlines the movement of supplies and saves time for logistics teams in the process. 

“The opportunity in front of us is bigger than building better software,” said Gallatin Chief Product Officer Brian Ballard. “It is making logistics a source of operational advantage, and giving sustainers the ability to make better decisions before constraints become mission problems.”

Determining what supplies are needed and where involves a significant amount of manual work. Logistics teams must review lengthy inventory reports and short, ad hoc supply requests transmitted via systems such as the U.S. military’s internal chat tools. In some cases, it’s also necessary to analyze data from vehicle sensors. Such sensors can detect when an important commodity such as fuel needs to be replenished. 

Navigator automates the data collection workflow. It aggregates supply chain records from multiple systems and organize them in a standardized form. From there, the software uses artificial intelligence to visualize the data in dashboards.

It also lists all the assets that a logistics team is responsible for supporting. If those assets are aircraft, the platform might show details such as the fuel, corrosion prevention sprays and spare parts they require. The software turns some of that information into graphs, while other data points are overlaid on a map. There’s also a spreadsheet-like record viewer.

Navigator uses AI to predict when supplies will run out. It generates forecasts based on data points such as current inventory levels and historical consumption patterns. Furthermore, the software adjusts its estimates in response to new events such as an unexpected consumption spike.

Logistics teams can use the information surface by Navigator to develop resupply plans. According to Gallatin, the platform’s built-AI automatically flags areas for improvement in those plans. It also automates certain related tasks such as creating administrative documents.

Gallatin will use the proceeds from its funding round to enhance Navigator’s AI capabilities. The company will hire more engineers to support the effort. 

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