Ziz Defense

Small cheap drones are changing modern warfare. While just a few years ago, deaths by fpv made up 2-3% of all deaths; now, they make up 80% of all deaths. We have no reliable defense against them. Humans are way too slow.

But AI can. Ziz is an acoustic AI defense company. We detect, track, and enable mitigation with existing military systems. We do this using advanced AI, sensor fusion, and training in a digital twin acoustic universe.

Predict:

The System uses a proprietary AI-driven triangulation system that fuses data from over a dozen microphones using edge compute and deep learning to isolate, detect and triangulate the location of incoming drones. Our system offers centimeter accuracy thanks to a unique fusion of acoustics and LiDAR.

Protect:

System is vehicle mounted or ground based based on operational requirements, and uses a kinetic system to intercept and mitigate the aerial threat at range.

Prevail:

By combining predictive AI with rapid response capabilities, our integrated defense system ensures tactical superiority in contested airspace. The result is decisive battlefield advantage through autonomous threat neutralization that operates faster than human reaction time.

Our Team

Jonathan Hunter

Founder & CEO

Jonathan Hunter is a threat mitigation professional with extensive technical, battlefield, and commercial leadership expertise having founded a leading C-UAS company and successfully leading Series A & B rounds. He has served in a range of military deployment and consultative roles including 4 tours to Afghanistan (510 Days); United Nations (UN) Mali Mission (MINUSMA - 85 days); and Bosnia (SFOR-4 –212 days). Jonathan was awarded the Bronze Star for actions in a warzone.

TJ Hoeft

Senior Research Engineer

TJ Hoeft, Winner of DefenseTech Innovation of the Year 2019 for an Advance ML CUAS system, 20 years of ML/AI Tech, has authored patents in acoustics and RF detection and led the development of the AniML CNN for real-time RF signal classification.

Joshua Rubenstein

Business Development

Joshua Rubenstein previously founded two consumer tech companies.

Peter Selfridge

AI Advisor

Peter Selfridge has built AI for 22 years at DARPA, advised $100M+ companies on AI strategy and applications.

Dr. Irit Idan

Strategic Advisor

Previously VP of R&D at Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and investment consultant for SoftBank Vision Fund, Irit is deeply involved with Ziz's strategy and tech development.

General Daniel Karbler

Strategic Advisor

Previously Commander of the United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command and Chief of Staff of the United States Strategic Command.