B2B (Defense & Space)

Bluebook

We help defense firms win more contracts with the Pentagon

YC Batch:

YC Batch:

Winter 2025

Ben Rhodes-Kropf

Co‑Founder & CTO

Founded by a team combining manufacturing and operations experience with AI research expertise Nelson Ray (manufacturing leadership former Chief of Staff at a manufacturing/defense firm; UC Berkeley M.E.T.) Ben Rhodes‑Kropf (AI research and engineering background MIT and DARPA experience) and Maciej Szymczyk (ML research background at UC Berkeley; AI algorithms).

Total Raised

$5.5M

Stage

Early

Latest Round

Seed

Industry

B2B (Defense & Space)

About

SalesPatriot is a back-office operating system for defense firms. It helps you find review and bid on RFQ solicitations both directly with the Pentagon and as a subcontractor.

US Government procures billions of dollars worth of parts and products every year yet the procedure is riddled with red tape and repetitive manual work.

Nelson worked at a manufacturing firm during his gap year prior to attending Berkeley. As the Chief of Staff he witnessed first-hand the tedious process of finding great contract opportunities the lengthy solicitation preparation process and paper-based communication between departments.

He teamed up with Ben and Maciej whom he met during Berkeleys M.E.T. admit day. Both of them had extensive experience in AI research and applications which they applied to creating a powerful framework for humans and AI agents to collaborate during the lifecycle of a contract.

With SalesPatriot your firm can run on autopilot - we find suitable contracts automatically ingest RFQs from primes streamline the communication between the departments and provide analytics to improve your win rate.

Wether you are a manufacturer reseller or distributor SalesPatriot can reduce your manual tasks increase throughput and boost your revenue.

Key Investors

Y Combinator CRV Pear VC SV Angel Angel investors (incl. angels associated with Palantir Anduril Applied Intuition)

Company Snapshot

Employee Count

13

Status

Active

Tags

"Artificial Intelligence""SaaS""B2B""Sales""Industrial"

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