PiggyGPT

Private companiesTracked

Arondite

London, UK · Founded 2023

Arondite builds Cobalt, software that integrates drones, robots, sensors and crewed assets from different makers so operators can plan and command them from one interface. The British Army’s 16 Air Assault Brigade and the Royal Navy use it.

Profile

What it builds and who buys it

  • ·Cobalt integrates sensors, effectors and data into one mission planning and command system, with AI decision support for operators.Arondite (product page)
  • ·In March 2026 the UK Ministry of Defence signed a multi-million pound contract to deploy Cobalt across 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team, under the British Army’s RAPSTONE rapid capability initiative.Arondite (company release), Mar 11, 2026
  • ·Arondite embeds deployed teams with Brigade units to integrate Cobalt across autonomous systems, electronic warfare and command and control.Arondite (company release), Mar 11, 2026
  • ·Babcock and Arondite formed a strategic partnership in December 2025 to co-develop maritime autonomy, with Cobalt as the orchestration layer of ARMOR Force, a Hybrid Navy concept unveiled with HII.Arondite (company release), Dec 8, 2025
  • ·The company says Cobalt is deployed across a number of Royal Navy and British Army units.Arondite (company release), Dec 8, 2025
  • ·In September 2025 Arondite announced a plan to invest more than £100 million over five years in the UK, alongside the opening of its Farringdon headquarters.Arondite (company release), Sep 4, 2025

Founders and leadership

  • Will BlythCo-founder and chief executive

    Served as a British Army infantry officer, then in a specialist unit and the Ministry of Defence, before working at Palantir and Helsing. He holds a master’s in military and security studies from King’s College London.Arondite (company site)

  • Rob UnderhillCo-founder and chief technology officer

    Studied engineering at Cambridge and became a lead engineer at BAE Systems. He joined Garrison Technology in 2014 as its first employee and later headed its product group.Arondite (company site)

Funding

Last valuation

No citable valuation

Last round or tender

$10Mraised

SeedArondite (company release), May 1, 2025

Led by Index Ventures. The company announced over $12 million in funding: the $10 million seed and a previously undisclosed $2.25 million pre-seed led by Creator Fund and Concept Ventures, which Calibre Defence dates to 2024. No valuation was stated.

Latest revenue figure

—

Valuation to revenue

—

Post-money valuation by round

Fewer than two dated figures on file to plot; the table carries what there is.

DateRoundRaisedPost-money
May 1, 2025SeedLed by Index Ventures. The company announced over $12 million in funding: the $10 million seed and a previously undisclosed $2.25 million pre-seed led by Creator Fund and Concept Ventures, which Calibre Defence dates to 2024. No valuation was stated.$10M—

Primary capital across the rounds on file: $10M

Revenue

No citable revenue figure on file.

Secondary venues

No public venue page on file.

A venue is listed when its public page named the company on the date shown. A price is the figure that page showed, under the venue’s own name for it and dated as the venue dated it; it is a level the venue publishes, not a trade. Nothing is recorded from behind a login.

Reads

Tracked only. No read has been prepared for this company; the figures above are the record.

Sources

Researched Oct 15, 2026