# Surtr Defense Systems

[Surtr Defense Systems on Hacklab](https://hacklab.so/org/surtr-defense-systems)

Startup · 2 people on Hacklab

## Links

- [Website](https://surtrdefense.com/)
- [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/surtr-defense-systems)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/surtr-defense-systems/)
- [X](https://x.com/surtrdefense)

## About

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## YC company profile

The hardware-agnostic operating system for drone defense

Surtr builds ParallaxOS, the open operating system for counter-UAS. It takes sensor data from any radar, RF detector, camera, or acoustic array and fuses it into a single unified picture with AI-driven threat classification and engagement recommendations. One interface, any hardware, human in the loop.

- **YC batch:** Spring 2026
- **Founded:** 2026
- **Team size:** 2
- **Location:** San Francisco
- **Country:** US
- **Status:** Active
- **Industry:** Industrials
- **Stage:** Early
- **YC partner:** Andrew Miklas

## Founders

### Anshul Ahluwalia — Founder/CEO

Ex Shield-AI Autonomy Engineer working on building open & modular C2 for Counter UAS

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anshul-ahluwalia-17658264/)

### Cameron Fiore — Founder/CTO

Building a hardware-agnostic, AI operating system for air defense. Before Surtr, I was an an autonomy engineer at Anduril and Shield AI, where I worked on missile defense systems and robot teaming in contested environments.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/camfiore/) · [X](https://x.com/cam_fiore)

[Source: Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/surtr-defense-systems) · Retrieved 2026-11-02. Company information is self-reported on YC.

## Current staff

- [Anshul Ahluwalia](https://hacklab.so/anshul-ahluwalia) — Founder/CEO (Present)
- [Cameron Fiore](https://hacklab.so/cameron-fiore) — Founder/CTO (Present)