Stark Defence

Agile Defense delivers advanced capabilities and solutions tailored to the most critical national security and civilian missions. With more than 1,000 teammates operating in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, Agile Defense supports customer missions around the globe. The company specializes in digital transformation, cyber security, and data analytics, providing innovative solutions that protect sensitive assets and strengthen operational readiness. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Agile Defense is a portfolio company of Enlightenment Capital. The company’s collaborative, multi-disciplinary teams bring creativity and flexibility to developing advanced solutions for federal agencies including the Department of Defense and various civilian organizations. Agile Defense maintains a culture defined by the 6H values: Happy, Helpful, Honest, Humble, Hungry, and Hustle.

We're a veteran-founded team building software that makes running modern applications on military systems actually work. Most of us came from the Department of Defense, so we know firsthand how painful it is to get mission-critical software into air-gapped, classified environments. We started Defense Unicorns because we were tired of seeing the people protecting our country struggle with outdated tools and impossible delivery processes. Our platform, UDS (Unicorn Delivery Service), bundles once and deploys anywhere - from cloud to edge, satellites to submarines. We believe in open source as a strategic advantage, not just a development philosophy. Our tools like Zarf, Pepr, and Lula solve real DoD problems: getting software into disconnected environments, automating compliance, and managing Kubernetes clusters at the tactical edge. We're not just building products; we're working to make software a strategic deterrent that advances freedom around the globe. The team includes former service members, engineers who helped build Kessel Run and Platform One, and people who've lived the problems we're solving.

In 2017, Obsidian Security was created to close a critical gap: securing the SaaS applications where modern business happens. The founders recognized that while enterprises had focused heavily on securing cloud infrastructure and endpoints, SaaS sprawl had exposed an enormous security vulnerability where users, data, and business operations actually live. Obsidian set out to build the first truly comprehensive security solution for SaaS environments. Backed by top investors including Greylock Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, GV, Wing, and IVP, Obsidian has built a complete SaaS security platform that combines application posture management with identity and data protection to prevent, detect, and mitigate threats across the entire kill chain. The platform provides real-time visibility into SaaS environments, detects deviations from normal behavior that can indicate account compromise or insider threats, and responds to risks as they happen. Today, Obsidian is trusted by global enterprises including Snowflake, T-Mobile, Pure Storage, and protects more than 200 organizations across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. The company's leadership team includes industry veterans who helped define the categories of endpoint and identity security at CrowdStrike, Okta, Cylance, and Carbon Black.

Tavily is the real-time search engine for AI agents and RAG workflows, providing fast and secure APIs for web search and content extraction. The company delivers high-quality, fresh, and structured web context that enables AI agents to stay grounded as they scale from prototypes to production. Trusted by over 1 million developers worldwide, Tavily processes more than 100 million monthly requests with 99.99% uptime SLA and industry-leading 180ms median latency. Optimized specifically for large language models and retrieval-augmented generation, Tavily's Search API handles the entire burden of searching, scraping, filtering, and extracting relevant information from online sources in a single API call. The platform connects AI agents to the web with built-in safeguards including security, privacy, and content validation layers that block PII leakage, prompt injection, and malicious sources. Tavily partners with leading technology companies including IBM, JetBrains, Databricks, and MongoDB to power the next generation of AI applications.

For more than 130 years, Thales has evolved from a pioneering electrical company into a global technology leader that shapes the future of our societies. The company traces its origins to 1893 as Compagnie Française Thomson-Houston, born from a vision to harness emerging technologies for critical infrastructure. Over decades of transformation through innovation and strategic growth, Thales recognized that as the world became increasingly connected, the need for trusted, secure, and sustainable technology solutions would become paramount. This insight drove the company to expand its expertise from electrical systems into aerospace, defence, space, and cybersecurity. Today, Thales stands at the forefront of "deep tech" innovation, investing over €4 billion annually in Research & Development to address humanity's greatest challenges: sovereignty, security, sustainability, and inclusion. With more than 83,000 experts across 68 countries and €20.6 billion in sales, the company has become indispensable to governments and enterprises worldwide. From protecting critical infrastructure and securing digital identities to advancing quantum computing and artificial intelligence, Thales continues its founding mission: building a future we can all trust through technological excellence.

At Markon, we believe that advancing national security requires more than technical expertise - it demands a culture where every team member feels valued, connected, and empowered to make an impact. Our 600-person team embodies this daily, with 89% holding top secret clearances or higher. We've built an environment where professional growth isn't just encouraged - it's embedded in our DNA through strategic career mapping, leadership training, and annual professional development allowances. Our people-centric approach has earned us recognition as a Top Workplace by USA Today and The Washington Post, but the real measure of success is how our team collaborates to solve the nation's most complex challenges. From all-hands meetings that foster transparency to corporate philanthropy programs that strengthen our communities, we cultivate a workplace where your contributions matter and your growth matters. We're not just consultants - we're mission integrators dedicated to what matters, supporting each other as we deliver critical results for federal clients across cybersecurity, technology, business operations, and infrastructure domains.