AI ApplicationGreater Los Angeles

Smack Technologies

AI Application · El Segundo, CA

Smack Technologies — national-security "frontier AI lab" building domain-specific deep-RL models in synthetic warfare environments for DoD decision dominance. Founded 2024 by Andrew Markoff and Clint Alanis (MARSOC veterans); CTO Dan Gould; El Segundo, CA. $32M Series A led by Geodesic Capital and Costanoa Ventures with Point72 Ventures, Felicis, Bloomberg Beta, Washington Harbour.

Founded

2024

Region

Greater Los Angeles

Investors

People

About Los Angeles

Los Angeles is a sprawling basin with no single center, home to Hollywood but also, less visibly, to one of the country's largest historic concentrations of aerospace employment — Douglas, Lockheed, and Caltech's JPL all built deep engineering talent there before the "entertainment capital" label took over. USC, UCLA, and Caltech all anchor different corners of that same base, and the render-and-storage infrastructure behind modern film and media is a direct descendant of both industries.

Region Stats

Total firms 90

VC / investors 36

Companies 42

Schools 12

Known For

Hollywood

Filmtech

Render & Storage