Traysar
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About
Traysar is an Austin, Texas-based defense technology company building autonomous “subterra” platforms for the subterranean domain 12. The company emerged from stealth on June 16, 2026 at the 2026 Reindustrialize Summit in Detroit, describing itself as the world’s first subterranean defense tech company 13. Traysar is developing two initial systems: an excavator-class autonomous tunnel breaching platform designed to navigate and map underground networks, and a high-speed autonomous burrowing platform for creating subsurface access points and payload delivery 12. The engineering team includes early SpaceX and The Boring Company engineers, and the company was co-founded by CEO Yadin Soffer alongside Asher Katz and Gilad Adin 13.
Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Co-investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-16 | Seed | $25M | Silent Ventures | Lux Capital, Ora Global, NeverLift VC, Mana, Impatient Ventures, New Vista, Entree Capital; angels including Steve Blank, founders from Anduril and Erebor, early SpaceX engineers 1234 |
What Investors Say
“Traysar is pioneering the doctrine and developing the technology required for U.S. military supremacy across the subterranean domain.” — Jackson Moses, General Partner at Silent Ventures 1
What Founders Say
“For decades, we have allowed a massive capability gap to widen beneath our feet. Our message to adversaries is clear: there is no place to hide.” — Yadin Soffer, Co-Founder & CEO, in the Traysar seed funding press release 1
Sources
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“Traysar Raises $25M Seed, Emerges from Stealth at Reindustrialize as the World’s First Subterranean Defense Tech Company,” PR Newswire press release, June 16, 2026, accessed July 2026. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/traysar-raises-25m-seed-emerges-from-stealth-at-reindustrialize-as-the-worlds-first-subterranean-defense-tech-company-302802698.html↩↩↩↩↩↩↩
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“Traysar emerges from stealth with $25M seed for subterranean defence tech,” Dealroom.co, accessed July 2026. https://app.dealroom.co/news/note/traysar-emerges-from-stealth-with-25m-seed-for-subterranean-defence-tech↩↩↩
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“Traysar Raises $25M Seed, Emerges from Stealth at Reindustrialize as the World’s First Subterranean Defense Tech Company,” Yahoo Finance / Morningstar syndication of PR Newswire release, June 17, 2026, accessed July 2026. https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/articles/traysar-raises-25m-seed-emerges-043300776.html↩↩↩
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SatNews, “Underground Maneuver: Traysar Emerges From Stealth With $25M Seed Round to Modernize Subterranean Warfare,” June 23, 2026. Accessed July 2026. https://satnews.com/2026/06/23/underground-maneuver-traysar-emerges-from-stealth-with-25m-seed-round-to-modernize-subterranean-warfare/ — Independent third-party contemporaneous confirmation of Silent Ventures lead with Lux Capital, Ora Global, NeverLift VC, Mana, Impatient Ventures, New Vista, and Entree Capital participating; strategic angels include Steve Blank and founders from Anduril and Erebor. ↩