Soren Monroe-Anderson
Soren Monroe-Anderson is the co-founder and CEO of Neros Technologies, a defense manufacturing company headquartered in El Segundo, California, that produces first-person-view (FPV) drones for military applications. He founded the company in 2023 with co-founder Olaf Hichwa, after traveling to Ukraine to field-test prototype drones with Ukrainian forces. Neros manufactures the Archer FPV drone, was selected as a primary supplier under the US Army's Purpose-Built Attritable Systems program, and has raised approximately $121 million in total funding. Monroe-Anderson is a former professional drone racing pilot who won the 2020 MultiGP Drone Racing League World Championship.
“A lot of the defense tech, maybe the majority of defense tech products that are being put out right now by startups are not very effective and maybe even completely useless.”
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