Headquarters: El Segundo, California, USA / Washington, D.C., USA
Founded: 2024
Founder(s): Brendan (Woody) Glier, Daniel Buchmueller, Brian Ballard
Notable Investors: 8VC, Silent Ventures, Moonshots Capital, Timeless Partners, Banter Capital
Gallatin is building the future of military logistics by applying cutting-edge artificial intelligence to the physical supply chain – empowering the U.S. and its allies to move, supply, and fight with unmatched speed and precision.
Founded in 2024 and headquartered in El Segundo, California – with a strategic presence in Washington, D.C. – Gallatin operates at the intersection of defense technology and enterprise-grade logistics. The company’s platform, Navigator, integrates real-time data, dynamic planning algorithms, and autonomous decision systems to modernize military supply chains – systems that for decades have been fragmented, slow-moving, and overburdened by legacy infrastructure.
At its core, Gallatin’s platform functions like an intelligent logistics brain. It ingests data from across the battlespace – fleet positions, cargo inventories, repair needs, terrain, threats – and outputs optimal courses of action for supply officers and commanders. For example, if a convoy needs to be rerouted due to emerging threats or fuel scarcity, Gallatin’s engine anticipates the constraint and redirects logistics in real time. It’s a generational leap beyond static spreadsheets and siloed logistics systems.
The team behind Gallatin blends enterprise software DNA with deep military know-how. CEO Woody Glier spent years leading federal programs at Scale AI and previously worked at Palantir. CTO Daniel Buchmueller co-founded Amazon Prime Air and holds over 75 patents in unmanned aviation and autonomous logistics. Chief Product Officer Brian Ballard brings operational expertise from the DoD and previously built logistics-focused data platforms at Upskill. Together, they are reengineering the defense supply chain from the ground up – with software-first thinking and a combat-ready execution model.
Gallatin’s technology is already being piloted by major U.S. military stakeholders. It addresses long-standing friction points: siloed data, lagging communications, and brittle supply chains that falter under pressure. As logistics becomes a strategic differentiator in modern conflict – where speed, flexibility, and data fusion are more important than raw tonnage – Gallatin delivers the software stack to win the supply war before the first shot is fired.
In April 2025, Gallatin raised a $15 million seed round led by 8VC through its Build program, with participation from Moonshots Capital, Timeless Partners, Banter Capital, and Silent Ventures. The firm also announced a deep technology partnership with Palantir to embed its platform into defense planning workflows. This support underscores the emerging consensus that logistics – not just weapons systems – will determine the outcome of 21st-century conflict.
At Bhansali SFO, we’ve long believed that military logistics is both the most overlooked and most mission-critical component of national defense. The wars of tomorrow will not be won solely by firepower, but by the ability to sustain, adapt, and resupply faster than the adversary. Gallatin is the most compelling answer we’ve seen to that challenge.
Just as cloud infrastructure reshaped commercial enterprise, we believe Gallatin will reshape the military supply chain. We invested in Gallatin as a natural complement to our broader defense-tech thesis, and in particular as a counterpart to our interest in logistics-driven autonomy. We are proud to support a team whose mission is as clear as its code: ensure freedom of movement, under any conditions, with intelligence as the backbone.