Overland AI
About
About Overland AI
Overland AI builds autonomous ground vehicles and software for off-road military logistics. OverDrive is the autonomy stack, SPARK is an upfit kit for compatible vehicles and ULTRA is a purpose-built autonomous ground platform. The systems are designed to navigate terrain with limited maps, communications or human supervision.
The company develops its technology through U.S. defence programmes focused on contested logistics and robotic ground movement. Its role combines autonomy software, vehicle integration and complete platforms. Programme awards and field tests support active development and deployment work, with quantities and operational status defined by specific contracts.
Articles
Products
Operations
Facilities & manufacturing
- Facility
2025-03-17 - Overland AI opened a Seattle factory to manufacture off-road autonomous vehicles and ground-autonomy systems at greater scale. - single factory opening - Seattle factory
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Supply
Supply chain relationships
- Hoverfly Technologies
Inbound - Air Systems - Hoverfly Technologies supplies tethered UAS platforms for Overland ULTRA and OverDrive air-ground autonomy systems
Source - United States Army
Outbound - Equipment - Overland AI supplies autonomous breaching systems and integration for Engineer Autonomous Breaching Capability initiative
Source - United States Marine Corps
Outbound - Ground Autonomy - Overland AI received a production contract to supply autonomous ground vehicles for the U.S. Marine Corps MADIS programme
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Funding
Investors
- 8VC - Lead - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-01-13
- Ascend Venture Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-01-13
- Caprock - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-01-13
- Osage University Partners - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-01-13
- Overmatch Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-01-13
- Point72 Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-01-13
- Shasta Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-01-13
Team
- Byron Boots - Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer - Provides the company’s core robot-learning and off-road autonomy leadership after years of Army Research Laboratory collaboration.
- Stephanie Bonk - Co-founder and President - Leads product and commercial software execution as Overland scales ground autonomy with military users.
- Greg Okopal - Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer - Connects Overland’s autonomy stack to defense program execution, fielding and applied autonomy transition.
- Jon Fink - Chief Technology Officer - Adds Army autonomy-stack and field robotics leadership to Overland’s tactical ground-vehicle roadmap.
- Ben Barocas - Chief Financial Officer - Supports financing, growth and corporate execution as Overland scales manufacturing and field support for military customers.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-10-07 - Product Launch - Overland AI launches IBEX autonomous ground vehicle
Overland specifies a 2,000-pound payload, autonomous speeds above 35 mph and a 250-mile cruising range at 20 mph. The diesel/JP-8 vehicle provides 5 kW of export power and is designed for V-22 transport. IBEX combines OverDrive autonomy software, OverWatch control software and SPARK hardware, with common parts shared with the military's MRZR fleet.
Source - 2026-10-06 - Contract Award - Overland AI receives $4.5M APFIT extension for the 75th Ranger Regiment
The additional funding supports production and fielding of autonomous ground vehicles for the 75th Ranger Regiment. It extends the original $20M APFIT award supporting the Marine Air Defense Integrated System, in coordination with Marine Corps PM GBAD.
Source - 2026-09-08 - Contract Award - Overland AI wins $20M U.S. Army autonomous-breaching contract
The package uses Overland’s OverDrive ground-autonomy stack for vehicle integration and multi-robot coordination. The Army selected Overland for the program in July; the funded contract is the new Sept. 8 milestone. The award is separate from Overland’s June U.S. Marine Corps APFIT production contract.
Source - 2026-08-12 - Facility Opening - Overland AI opens Bay Area robot-operations and engineering centre
The site supports remote tasking, monitoring and operation of Overland’s autonomous vehicle fleets. Overland plans to double its Bay Area headcount during the following six months. The location expands engineering and operating capacity alongside the company’s Seattle headquarters.
Source - 2026-06-29 - Contract Award - Overland AI wins $20M APFIT production OTA for U.S. Marine Corps autonomous ground vehicles
The award comes through the APFIT program with PM Ground Based Air Defense, U.S. Marine Corps, and is framed as a production OTA agreement. The contract funds autonomous ground vehicles in support of the Marine Air Defense Integrated System, or MADIS. Overland said the award makes it the first ground-autonomy company to prime a production contract for the U.S. military.
Source - 2026-05-14 - Demonstration - Overland AI demonstrates ULTRA combat capabilities during African Lion 2026
The exercise ran April 20 through May 8 at the Cap Draa Training Area during U.S. Africa Command’s largest annual joint exercise. Overland trained soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade and 7th Engineer Brigade and Marines from 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion on ULTRA operations. The two AGVs supported counter-attack and defense-lane missions using CROWS, APOBS and XM204 terrain-shaping payloads.
Source - 2026-04-23 - Demonstration - Overland AI demonstrates autonomous ground capability for USMC ROGUE Fires
The prototype used OverDrive and SPARK to support autonomous maneuver in expeditionary, GPS-denied and comms-denied environments. Overland said the ROGUE Fires prototype operated without human intervention over mixed terrain for several hours. The demonstration also included operations between ROGUE Fires and other platforms, including manned-unmanned teaming.
Source - 2026-03-11 - Partnership - Hoverfly Technologies and Overland AI expand collaboration on integrated air-ground unmanned capabilities
Overland AI and Hoverfly expanded their collaboration to pair Hoverfly's tethered UAS platforms with autonomous ground maneuver from Overland's ULTRA and OverDrive stack. The combined system was presented as a multi-domain unmanned capability for persistent situational awareness, communications relay, EW sensing, and mobile overwatch. The companies said the integrated system had been highlighted in demonstrations with CAL FIRE, the 82nd Airborne Division, and DIU.
Source - 2026-02-03 - Funding - Overland AI raises $100M package to scale ground autonomy with U.S. Armed Forces
Overland AI announced $100M in new funding to scale operations with end users across the U.S. Armed Forces. The total included an equity round led by 8VC and a $20M venture debt facility from TriplePoint Capital. The company said the capital would support manufacturing, field support, and operational integration for ULTRA and its broader ground-autonomy stack.
Source - 2026-01-20 - Demonstration - CAL FIRE and Overland AI lead first evaluation of autonomous ground vehicles for wildfire response
CAL FIRE and Overland AI conducted an initial evaluation of autonomous ground vehicles for wildfire response. The exercise assessed unmanned ground mobility in conditions relevant to emergency and fire operations.
Source - 2025-04-14 - Product Launch - Overland AI unveils ULTRA, a fully autonomous tactical vehicle for ground operations
Overland AI unveiled ULTRA as a fully autonomous tactical ground vehicle. The platform is designed for off-road defence missions without continuous human driving.
Source - 2025-03-27 - Demonstration - Overland AI showcases its fully autonomous tactical vehicle at an Army Applications Lab demo
Overland AI demonstrated its autonomous tactical vehicle through an Army Applications Laboratory event. The vehicle executed off-road ground-mobility tasks using the company’s autonomy stack.
Source - 2025-03-18 - Product Launch - Overland AI launches SPARK to deliver vehicle autonomy to military fleets
Overland AI launched SPARK as a vehicle-agnostic autonomy system for military fleets. The product is intended to convert existing ground vehicles for autonomous tactical operation.
Source - 2025-03-17 - Facility Opening - Overland AI opens a new factory in Seattle for advanced ground autonomy manufacturing
Overland AI opened a new factory in Seattle to manufacture off-road autonomous vehicles and autonomy systems at greater scale. The facility-opening milestone sat alongside the company's SPARK and ULTRA launches as it moved from autonomy software toward in-house autonomous-vehicle production.
Source - 2025-01-21 - Product Launch - Overland AI unveils OverWatch command-and-control software for tactical ground autonomy
Overland AI unveiled OverWatch as command-and-control software for autonomous ground systems. The interface supports mission planning and supervision of tactical unmanned vehicles.
Source - 2025-01-13 - Funding - Overland AI raises $32M Series A to advance ground autonomy for U.S. defense forces
Overland AI announced a $32M Series A to accelerate adoption of ground autonomy for defense and national security. The round was led by 8VC, with Point72 Ventures, Overmatch Ventures, Shasta Ventures, Ascend, Osage University Partners and Caprock participating. The company said its autonomy stack had been integrated into Polaris RZR, Textron Ripsaw M5 and General Dynamics S-MET vehicles.
Source - 2024-01-10 - Contract Award - Overland AI is awarded an $18.6M-ceiling prototype OT for U.S. Army robotic combat vehicle autonomy
The U.S. Army awarded Overland AI a prototype Other Transaction with an $18.6 million ceiling. The programme covers autonomous navigation for the Army’s Robotic Combat Vehicle.
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Relations
Relationships
- ROGUE Fires
Rogue Fires Integration - Overland AI integrated OverDrive and SPARK onto the Marine Corps ROGUE Fires platform for autonomous mixed-terrain operation.
- Hoverfly Technologies
Air Ground Unmanned Integration - Overland AI and Hoverfly Technologies expanded an air-ground unmanned collaboration pairing ULTRA and OverDrive with Hoverfly tethered UAS platforms.
- United States Marine Corps
Rogue Fires Autonomy Integration - Overland AI integrated OverDrive and SPARK onto the Marine Corps ROGUE Fires platform for autonomous mixed-terrain operation.
- CAL FIRE
Wildfire Response Evaluation - Overland AI and CAL FIRE evaluated ULTRA autonomous ground vehicles for wildfire response, resupply and mobile overwatch at Camp Pendleton.
- United States Army
Army Field Testing - Overland AI demonstrated autonomous tactical ground vehicles with Army and Marine combat engineers at an Army Applications Lab experimentation event.
- TriplePoint Capital
Venture Debt Facility - TriplePoint Capital provided a $20M venture debt facility included in Overland AI’s February 2026 $100M funding package.
Context
Comparable profiles
- Ground Robotics
comparable profile - Autonomous Tactical Ground Vehicle Builder
- Hanwha Aerospace
comparable profile - Autonomous Tactical Ground Vehicle Builder
- Digital Concepts Engineering
comparable profile - Autonomous Tactical Ground Vehicle Builder
- EINSA
comparable profile - Autonomous Tactical Ground Vehicle Builder
Shared workflows
- ARX Robotics
workflow adjacency - Tactical Offroad Autonomy
Context tags
- Tactical off-road autonomy - Workflow - Overland enables tactical off-road autonomous mobility.
- Tactical ground robot OEM - Stack Layer - Overland builds autonomous tactical ground robot systems.
- Off-road mobility autonomy - Capability - Overland provides off-road mobility autonomy.
- Autonomous tactical ground vehicle builder - Peer Group - Overland builds autonomous off-road tactical ground vehicles.
- Off-road defence autonomy stack - Stack Layer - Overland provides off-road defence autonomy stacks.
- Autonomous mission execution - Capability - Overland supports autonomous mission execution.
- Mission autonomy software - Stack Layer - Overland provides mission autonomy software.
- Contested defence environments - Customer Environment - Overland systems operate in contested environments.
- Tactical ground operations - Customer Environment - Overland serves tactical ground operations.
Commercial
- Overland AI receives $4.5M APFIT extension for the 75th Ranger Regiment
2026-10-06 · Order / contract · The production-contract modification expands Overland's autonomous ground-vehicle programme from the Marine Corps to the Army and SOCOM.
Source - Overland AI wins $20M U.S. Army autonomous-breaching contract
2026-09-08 · Order / contract · Overland AI received a $20 million U.S. Army contract to deliver an autonomous breaching package for the Engineer Autonomous Breaching Capability program.
Source - Overland AI wins $20M APFIT production OTA for U.S. Marine Corps autonomous ground vehicles
2026-06-29 · Order / contract · Overland AI announced a $20 million APFIT production Other Transaction Authority agreement to produce autonomous ground vehicles for the U.S. Marine Corps MADIS program.
Source - Overland AI is awarded an $18.6M-ceiling prototype OT for U.S. Army robotic combat vehicle autonomy
2024-01-10 · Order / contract
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