9 Mothers

About

We have sold $1.6m of systems to the DoW. Multiple systems delivered to the DoW. Our first product - EDDA - is a counter drone system - small, low power, low cost fully autonomous-capable. It's designed to be used on vehicles, bases, or carried - to stop group 1 suicide drones. We have multiple contracts, sales, etc. We have 3 more products with demand in various stages of development. More details at https://9mothers.com

Founders

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  Russell Smith· Founder / CEO

  Making AI weapon systems.

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  Roman Khomenko· Founder

  Co-founder of 9 Mothers Defense. Previously Data Scientist at Rainforest QA (YC S12), hacker, and builder of weird things. I love everything old: Lisp, NES games, IRC, trackers, and 8-bit music. Now building AI-driven counter-drone systems.

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  Bogdan Pyzh· Co-Founder, COO

  Building Counter-Drone Systems.

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Product launches · 1 launch

• 9 Mothers - AI mission systems ↗▲ 9Jun 5, 2026

  EDDA - is a tiny robot that protects soldiers and critical assets from Group 1 suicide drones

Change history · 14 recorded

1. July 12, 2026
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2. June 28, 2026
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3. June 14, 2026
   • Pitch updated07:00 PM
4. June 12, 2026
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5. June 11, 2026
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6. June 10, 2026
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7. June 2, 2026
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