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A combat drone software IPO surges 700%

development2026-03-18

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Swarmer Inc. surged 700% at IPO, the best US debut in years, on more than 100,000 real-world combat drone missions in Ukraine since April 2024, while the Pentagon planned for AI to train on classified data.

Reported metric: +700% / 100,000 missions

Reporting date: 2026-03-18 (not necessarily the event date)

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A combat drone software IPO surges 700%
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Reporting date: 2026-03-18
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-03-18-drone-software-ipo-surges-700pct
Claim: Swarmer Inc. surged 700% at IPO, the best US debut in years, on more than 100,000 real-world combat drone missions in Ukraine since April 2024, while the Pentagon planned for AI to train on classified data.
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- Welcome to March 18, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-march-18-2026
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