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Harmattan AI

Defense marketsecurityCurated record
harmattan.ai

Designs and builds autonomous military drone systems with an in-house AI autonomy stack: Sonora micro-quadcopter (training and combat), Gobi VSHORAD interceptor, Sahara ISR and Barkhan precision-strike drones, tied together by the Kalahari C2 platform. Dassault partnership will integrate Harmattan's autonomy stack into the Rafale F5 and a future AI-wingman UCAS.

HeadquartersParis, FR
Founded2024
Defense funding$200M
Team51-200
Deployments3
Open roles143
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Company overview

Identity and operating footprint

Company typeRobot maker
Market segmentDefense
StageSeries B
FoundersMouad M'Ghari (CEO), Marc Grelet, Edouard Rosset, Martin de Gourcuff
Regions servedEurope
Countries deployedNot listed
Service footprintNot listed
Last reviewed2026-07-05
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Robot models

Specifications remain vendor-claimed

Machinesecurity

Gobi

  • VSHORAD (very-short-range air defense) autonomous interceptor drone

    vendor-stated role of the Gobi interceptor

    Claim source
Machineamr

Gobi Tempest

  • No specifications on file.
Machinesecurity

Sonora

  • AI-enabled micro-quadcopter for training and combat; full 1,000-unit program-of-record batch delivered to French forces within six months of contract signature, in time for the Orion 2026 exercise

    press-stated delivery record of the Sonora sUAS

    Claim source
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Deployment log

Announced and cited only

AnnouncedCustomerSiteCountryCountEvidence
2026-06-23French Ministry of the Armed Forces (DGA) — follow-on orderdefense / ISRFR5000Announcement
2026-06-17Royal Armed Forces of Moroccodefense / counter-droneMANot disclosedAnnouncement
2025-09-10UK Ministry of Defencedefense / ISRGB3000Announcement
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Funding history

Publicly announced rounds

Investors on recordDassault Aviation
HR

Hiring signal

Public job board · 2026-07-13

Open roles143

Hiring is an operating signal, not deployment evidence. Roles are refreshed from the company’s public careers system.

Finance & Operation ManagerG&A · MoroccoGroup Accounting DirectorG&A · ParisOffice ManagerG&A · MoroccoGeneral ApplicationGeneral · ParisGeneral Application (MOR)General · MoroccoHR Industrial Site AssociateHR · OrlyMEA Talent AcquisitionHR · MoroccoTalent SourcerHR · Paris
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Company timeline

Milestones and announcements

2026-06-23French DGA renewed the Sonora program of record with an additional 5,000-unit order (fivefold increase) after on-time delivery of the first 1,000Army Technology
2026-01-15Delivered the full 1,000-unit Sonora program-of-record batch to the French armed forces within six months of the June 2025 contractTech Times
2026-01-12$200M Series B led by Dassault Aviation at $1.4B valuation; France's first defense-sector unicorn; Rafale F5 / UCAS autonomy integration partnershipTechCrunch
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Source ledger

6 unique public sources

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Harmattan AI raises $200M Series B led by Dassault Aviation, becomes defense unicornTechCrunch · retrieved 2026-07-05
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France Orders 5,000 AI Drones From a Startup That Delivered on TimeTech Times · retrieved 2026-07-05
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France renews Harmattan AI contract with order for 5,000 Sonora dronesAerotime · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Inside the Harmattan AI technology Morocco will deploy to hunt drones autonomouslyAtalayar · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Harmattan AI Secures Program of Record for 3000 UASHarmattan AI · retrieved 2026-07-05
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France orders 5,000 additional Sonora ISR systems from Harmattan AIArmy Technology · retrieved 2026-07-05