CEO Ethan Thornton has big visions on how to scale his defense tech company. He’s just getting started.

Mach's approach differs sharply from some of its peers.

Mach Industries, the three-year-old defense tech startup run by 22-year-old founder and CEO Ethan Thornton, has raised a $300 million Series C at a $1.8 billion valuation, the company announced on ...

Defense tech leader Mach Industries closes a massive $300M Series C and acquires Exquadrum. Discover how this $1.8B startup is changing modern warfare!

"Mach Industries exists to enhance national readiness and preserve America's strategic edge," said founder and CEO Ethan Thornton, who was still in his late teens ...

Defense company Mach Industries of Huntington Beach says it will make military drones with HevenDrones, a Florida-based company with an R&D center in Israel. They aim to break the dominance of Chinese ...

The Huntington Beach defence-tech startup, run by a 22-year-old MIT dropout, has raised a $300M Series C at a $1.8bn valuation, nearly 4x its mark from June 2025. Mach Industries, the three-year-old ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., June 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Mach Industries, a leading defense manufacturer building advanced unmanned systems for modern defense, today announced it has raised $300 million ...

Leveraging state-of-the-art hydrogen creation and combustion techniques, Mach aims to build a new generation of defense technology. Founded by Ethan Thornton, Mach Industries is spearheading a ...

A new, well-funded defense technology upstart, founded by a teenager, has moved its base of operations to Orange County, the Business Journal has learned. Mach Industries, which aims to make a variety ...

Mach Industries has successfully closed its USD100 million Series B funding round, which was “led by Khosla Ventures and Bedrock, with participation from Sequoia Capital and existing investors”, ...