PiggyGPT

Private companiesCovered

Cathedral

Washington, DC

Cathedral is a startup founded by four former Department of Government Efficiency staffers to provide AI-driven cyber capabilities, offensive and defensive, to the U.S. military. It plans to win U.S. government contracts and is looking to acquire or partner with a data center for dedicated compute. It has announced no product, customer or contract.

Profile

What it builds and who buys it

  • ·Cathedral aims to use AI to expand U.S. military cyber capabilities, including offensive and defensive operations against adversaries such as China, Reuters reported.WHTC (Reuters), Jul 22, 2026
  • ·It plans to secure U.S. government contracts for those cyber operations, Reuters reported.WHTC (Reuters), Jul 22, 2026
  • ·It is looking to acquire a data center, or partner with a data center provider, for dedicated compute power for the cyber operations, Reuters reported.WHTC (Reuters), Jul 22, 2026
  • ·Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital led its $160 million round and took board seats, Reuters reported.WHTC (Reuters), Jul 22, 2026
  • ·Crunchbase News described it in August 2026 as a Washington, D.C.-based company less than a year old.Crunchbase News, Aug 14, 2026
  • ·A Cathedral spokesperson declined to comment to Reuters.WHTC (Reuters), Jul 22, 2026
  • ·The Next Web wrote that the company has no disclosed revenue or contracts.The Next Web, Jul 23, 2026
  • ·Reuters reported that the founding team has deep ties to the Trump administration and national security officials, and that the company faces risks from changes in the administration and from scrutiny of government contracts if Democrats take the House or Senate in the November 2026 midterms.WHTC (Reuters), Jul 22, 2026

Founders and leadership

  • Gavin KligerCo-founder

    A former DOGE staffer. Reuters reported in July 2026 that he had until recently been the Pentagon’s chief data officer, where he was involved in its legal fight with Anthropic over how its AI would be used by the military.WHTC (Reuters), Jul 22, 2026

  • Luke FarritorCo-founder

    A former SpaceX intern. During his DOGE tenure he oversaw cost cutting at the General Services Administration.WHTC (Reuters), Jul 22, 2026

  • Marko ElezCo-founder

    Worked at SpaceX before joining DOGE, where he worked at the U.S. Treasury Department.WHTC (Reuters), Jul 22, 2026

  • Jack SteinCo-founder

    A former Department of Government Efficiency staffer.WHTC (Reuters), Jul 22, 2026

Prospects, after the July 2026 Series A

Prepared by PiggyGPT, as of Oct 15, 2026

  • ·No product, customer or contract is on file. The company declined to comment on its launch, and its round and valuation on file are from press reports.WHTC (Reuters), Jul 22, 2026
  • ·Reuters reported a $160 million round at $1.4 billion, led by Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital. Crunchbase News names it a Series A and counted Cathedral among July 2026’s new unicorns.Crunchbase News, Aug 14, 2026
  • ·The plan as reported includes dedicated compute: the company is looking to buy a data center or partner with a provider.WHTC (Reuters), Jul 22, 2026
  • ·One Reuters source said Cathedral could win major government contracts and partnerships. Reuters named changes in the administration and contract scrutiny after the November 2026 midterms as risks.WHTC (Reuters), Jul 22, 2026
  • ·For the acquisition read, the investors on file are two venture firms. No defense prime or other strategic holds a cited stake, and no talks or approach are on file. Cathedral is itself looking to buy a data center. The posture is quiet.

A summary of what the figures on this page add up to, prepared by PiggyGPT from the record on file and its cited sources. Not the Street's view, and not advice.

Funding

Last valuation

$1.4B

Post-money, Series A, reportedWHTC (Reuters), Jul 22, 2026

Last round or tender

$160Mraised

Series A, Jul 22, 2026Crunchbase News, Aug 14, 2026

Led by Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital, which both took board seats. Reuters reported the round and the $1.4 billion valuation from three sources, saying it closed in the weeks before July 22, 2026; the day recorded is Reuters’ report. Crunchbase News names it a Series A. A Cathedral spokesperson declined to comment, and the two firms did not respond. No Form D under the Cathedral name is on EDGAR.

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
Jul 22, 2026Series ALed by Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital, which both took board seats. Reuters reported the round and the $1.4 billion valuation from three sources, saying it closed in the weeks before July 22, 2026; the day recorded is Reuters’ report. Crunchbase News names it a Series A. A Cathedral spokesperson declined to comment, and the two firms did not respond. No Form D under the Cathedral name is on EDGAR.$160M$1.40Breported

Primary capital across the rounds on file: $160M

Revenue

No citable revenue figure on file.

Secondary venues

  • Caplightpublic page seen Oct 15, 2026

    No price on the public page.

    No public MarketPrice; Caplight gives it to its users and historical pricing is behind a login. The page shows only Caplight’s last-round figures, a $1.4 billion estimated valuation, and lists a founding year of 2026.

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

Acquisition: Quiet

No cited tie to a buyer. What is on file is contracts, rounds and partnerships without one.

Prepared by PiggyGPT, as of Oct 15, 2026

Signals

  • Jul 22, 2026Reuters reported that Cathedral closed a $160 million round at a $1.4 billion valuation, led by Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital, both of which took board seats.WHTC (Reuters), Jul 22, 2026

A summary of what the figures on this page add up to, prepared by PiggyGPT from the record on file and its cited sources. Not the Street's view, and not advice.

Sources

Researched Oct 15, 2026