VALOR combines Ukraine's frontline ingenuity, SRI International's world-leading research, and Silicon Valley's deep-tech ecosystem into a trusted pipeline that lets allied governments, primes, and investors source, validate, and scale defense & dual-use capability — fast.
Anchored at SRI in Menlo Park, with an active network spanning Ukraine, the United States, Europe, and the Indo-Pacific.
DTSA — VALOR's flagship accelerator vector — already shows the model compounding.
Capability cycles built for a stable world are mismatched to a battlefield where tactics, EW, and autonomy evolve on a week-to-week cadence.
Five integrated pillars, one flywheel — sourcing, validating, and scaling allied defense & dual-use innovation.
DTSA and related programs prepare defense & dual-use startups for global markets, investors, and allied defense customers.
Executive programs for military, government, and industry to operate at faster cycles and understand modern defense innovation.
Joint applied research connecting SRI, Ukrainian experts, startups, and partner countries across autonomy, EW, sensing & AI.
A high-trust international network of startups, investors, military leaders, academics, primes, and policymakers.
Topic-focused expert hubs bringing operators, engineers, researchers, startups, primes, and military stakeholders together.
Anchored at SRI in Silicon Valley, VALOR's reach already extends across the Indo-Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East — alongside its founding partnership with Ukraine.
Founding partner. MOUs with the Ministry of Defence and the Ukrainian Council of Defence Industry anchor VALOR's battlefield feedback loop.
75+ years of DoD and allied-military partnership, deep labs, and commercialization pathways host VALOR's R&D core.
Cohort startups represented Ukraine at a Tokyo defense-tech showcase co-hosted with Rakuten; active proposal with Japanese primes.
Structured engagement with Taiwanese partners on a defense innovation program timeline running through late 2026.
Pitch and partnership track opening Indo-Pacific market access for validated cohort startups.
Active exploratory visit and engagement extending VALOR's Indo-Pacific footprint.
Early-stage outreach extending VALOR's dual-use and resilience network into the Eastern Mediterranean.
Direct engagement with European MoDs and NATO-aligned stakeholders on procurement and interoperability pathways.
DTSA's 2025 cohorts at SRI International, Menlo Park — the repeatable dealflow-and-convening format VALOR scales globally.
A 5-year program limited to 10 members — built to keep governance high-trust and execution-focused, toward a $20M / 5-year target.
Annual program output: 3 targeted research programs · 1 BEAST Mode accelerator cohort (25 startups) · 12 executive master classes · 2 global conferences & 2 hackathons · prime access to every accelerated startup.
A team built across Silicon Valley, Ukraine, and SRI International's commercialization network.
Shape the problem set, access vetted dual-use innovators, and help build a long-term allied defense innovation engine anchored in SRI International and Ukraine's frontline advantage.
