Space defense

9 Mothers

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Founded 2024Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

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

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
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Founders & team

Previously 9 Mothers Corporation

Company history As recorded 2026-11-08

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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Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
19team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2024 · Source

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Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedAustin, TX, USA
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Maturity: Not assessed · 3 of 6 areas documented

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