Chaos Industries raises $510 million to build counter-drone radar networks

Chaos Industries has raised in $510 million in new funding to scale its distributed counter-drone radar networks. The Los Angeles company, founded in 2022, is now valued at $4.5 billion after a round led by Valor Equity Partners with participation from existing backers 8VC and Accel, bringing total capital raised to more than $1 billion in three years.

Chaos builds Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN), a family of networked sensors and radars that designed to give warfighters and border agencies more decision time against drones and other autonomous threats. The company recently acquired Ziva Corporation, whose wireless time-sync technology underpins CDN’s claim to detect threats to troops, borders, and critical infrastructure up to ten minutes faster than traditional high-end radars.

The raise lands as drone use spikes in live conflict and at the U.S. border, and as investors pour billions into defense startups focused on sensing and autonomy.

“Autonomous threats are compressing decision time on every front. CHAOS is developing the sensing and timing capabilities needed to restore that time advantage for U.S. and allied forces. We look forward to bringing Valor’s operational expertise to support the company as it continues to scale,” said Valor’s CEO Antonio Gracias.