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This Greek startup is challenging defense giants with its low-cost autonomous weapon systems

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By Maggie Stamets

July 29, 2025

This Greek startup is challenging defense giants with its low-cost autonomous weapon systems

This Greek startup is challenging defense giants with its low-cost autonomous weapon systems

This week on StrictlyVC Download, TechCrunch Editor-in-Chief Connie Loizos and Alex Gove of StrictlyVC speak with Dimitrios Kottas, the founder and CEO of Delian Alliance Industries. They discuss his journey from Apple’s Special Projects Group to building autonomous defense systems in Greece; how his company is reimagining surveillance and strike capabilities using AI and commercial tech; and why he thinks we’re at the start of a decade-long technological race in the next generation of warfare.

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