An ex-Apple engineer just raised $14 million for his own defense startup, which borrows a key strategy from Apple and Tesla

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An ex-Apple engineer just raised $14 million for his own defense startup, which borrows a key strategy from Apple and Tesla

fortune.com/2025/07/30/dimitrios-kottas-delian-alliance-industries-series-a-investors-apple-tesla-defense-tech-vertical-integration

Delian Alliance Industries, founded by former Apple engineer Dimitrios Kottas, announced Tuesday it’s raised $14 million in Series A funding to accelerate production of its affordable and autonomous defense systems. Kottas, who spent five years working in Apple’s secretive robotics lab,…

This story appeared on fortune.com, 2025-07-30 14:49:09.