It All Starts With A Sketch
TRL-1 to TRL-6 in 10 months. Zero venture capital.
Late 2024. A camper van in Norway. A breakthrough moment: GPUs had shrunk to the size to fit inside a small hobby high power rocket Scott built all through his younger years. Computer vision + autonomous guidance + man-portable form factor—all technically feasible for the first time. The front lines were calling. Soldiers needed this yesterday.
February 2025: Scott Hasbrouck founded Orcrist with a single mission—build the portable air defense system warfighters desperately need. No venture capital. No defense contractor bureaucracy. Just execution velocity borrowed from Silicon Valley and applied to hardware that matters.
— Scott Hasbrouck, Founder & CEO
The partnership with Devin, CEO of Method Endeavors, brought immediate access to operator expertise and field validation. Veterans who'd faced drone threats firsthand guided every design iteration. Not consultants reviewing specs in conference rooms—warfighters testing prototypes in real conditions, providing feedback that shaped the system.
October 2025: TRL-6 achieved. Ten months from concept to validated system demonstrated in relevant environment. The hardware works. The software works. The integration works. From sketch to operational capability faster than defense giants complete their first design review.
No venture capital theater. No 400-person organization. Just a team of 6 executing at skunkworks velocity on a problem that saves lives. Space Coast, Florida to the front lines—built by operators, for operators.