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EdgeRunner AI, the leader in military-specific, on-device artificial intelligence, today announced EdgeRunner 20B, a new research model that matches GPT-5 level performance on four military test sets while running completely air-gapped on-device in Denied, Disrupted, Intermittent, and Limited (DDIL) environments. The company released a research paper detailing the full results.

EdgeRunner AI, the leader in military-specific, on-device artificial intelligence, today announced its selection for two Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). These dual collaborations will accelerate the deployment of mission-specific AI designed to give U.S. warfighters an unrivaled technological advantage at the tactical edge.

EdgeRunner AI, the leader in domain-specific, air-gapped, on-device AI agents for the military, today announced the release of new military-specific AI agents in the EdgeRunner platform, including smaller AI agents capable of running on less powerful hardware without the internet. Department of War (DoW) users now have access to these AI agents at no cost as part of the EdgeRunner DoW Beta.

EdgeRunner AI, the leader in domain-specific, air-gapped, on-device AI agents for military and enterprise, today announced that Jack FitzGerald has joined the company as its first Chief Science Officer (CSO), leading AI research and strategy.

EdgeRunner AI, the leader in domain-specific, air-gapped, on-device AI agents for the U.S. military, today announced the public beta of the EdgeRunner platform for Department of Defense (DoD) users. Military users now have access to EdgeRunner at no cost.

EdgeRunner AI, the leader in domain-specific, air-gapped, on-device AI agents for military and enterprise, today announced the closing of its $12M Series A fundraise. The round was led by Madrona Ventures with participation from seed lead Four Rivers Ventures and joined by new investors HP Tech Ventures and Alumni Ventures. This brings EdgeRunner AI’s total funding to $17.5M. The company will use the new capital to grow its team and invest in product development.

EdgeRunner AI, the leader in domain-specific, air-gapped, on-device AI agents for military and enterprise, today announced that it has been designated as an “Awardable” vendor for the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office’s (CDAO) Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace. EdgeRunner AI’s platform has been added to the Marketplace and is available to support critical missions across the Department of Defense (DoD).

EdgeRunner AI, the leader in air-gapped, on-device AI agents for military and enterprise, today announced that Jay Yonamine has joined the company as its first Chief Product Officer (CPO).

EdgeRunner AI, the leader in air-gapped, on-device AI agents for military and enterprise, has partnered with Intel® to bring on-device AI agents to Intel AI PCs.

EdgeRunner AI, a new startup building Generative AI for the edge, is thrilled to announce that the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) has lauded EdgeRunner’s Battle Buddy, a groundbreaking offline AI platform designed to revolutionize military support. This cutting-edge system, which integrates seamlessly with any device—including laptops and smartphones—operates in fully air-gapped environments, bridging critical knowledge gaps between non-commissioned officers (NCOs) and Officers across all experience levels. The EdgeRunner Battle Buddy leverages the advanced EdgeRunner Tactical model, boasting 7 billion parameters that deliver performance on par with Meta's Llama 3-70B model, yet with significantly lower resource requirements.

EdgeRunner AI, a new startup building Generative AI for the edge, announced today its official launch and the closing of a $5.5 million seed funding round led by Four Rivers Group with participation from Madrona Ventures and strategic angels. The funding will go towards building EdgeRunner AI’s innovative platform, powered by state-of-the-art transparent models designed to operate seamlessly on any device or hardware without requiring internet access. This technology will transform how enterprises and organizations responsibly deploy Generative AI, providing them with hyper-personalization and domain specific use cases.