Talonel

Eyes on everything. Threats stopped.

Seed · Sep 2025 Autonomous defense Active

Autonomous drones and edge AI for real-time intelligence, surveillance, and counter-drone defense.

Illustrative profile. Talonel is presented to show how AWSM VC lists a portfolio company. Concept and funding date are indicative; founders, team size, and roles are illustrative until publicly announced.

Active founders

Ryan Cole

Co-founder & CEO

Former operator who saw how slow situational awareness costs lives.

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Fatima Zahra

Co-founder & CTO

Built the edge-AI autonomy Talonel's drones run on.

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Latest news

Defense News · 2025 Talonel raises seed for autonomous ISR and counter-drone Illustrative
Breaking Defense · 2025 Edge autonomy reshapes real-time situational awareness Illustrative

Jobs at Talonel

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Founding Autonomy Engineer

Arlington / On-site · 5+ years

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Edge AI Engineer

Remote (US) · $170K – $230K

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Systems Integration Lead

Arlington · 4+ years

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