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Capital & Funding Paths

Clear, staged financing to accelerate Watcher’s hardware-first roadmap—$2.5M to expand production and go-to-market, $10M to bring manufacturing in-house (including PCB build), and $30M to stand up an on-premises AI Data Warehouse for customers—while preparing an Executive Park that serves high-end tenants integrated with our factory floor.

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Hardware-First 52 GS/s capture • 400 Gbps fabric • FPGA + AI
Manufacturing On-Site PCB fabrication & assembly • LRIP • QA & compliance
On-Premises AI Data Warehouse Secure tenant pods • Signal-truth repository
Executive Park Leasable suites • Labs • Conference & test floors

Round A — $2.5M

Production Expansion & Go-To-Market

  • Pilot-ready evaluation units (IC, ACS-SI, Acquisition & Storage Servers)
  • Production enablement: supplier lock-in, test fixtures, early inventory
  • Go-to-market posture: sales engineering, demo assets, field pilots
  • Firmware/FPGA acceleration + AI signal analytics (sub-microsecond detection)
SAFE or Priced Pro Rata Observer Seat

Round B — $10M

In-House Manufacturing

  • PCB fabrication & assembly line (prototype → LRIP), secure parts flow
  • Manufacturing cells, QA/ATE, compliance & documentation
  • Integrated shop floor for partner engineering and rapid iteration
  • Multi-site pilots graduating to early-revenue deployments
Board Seat Pro Rata Co-Dev Options

Round C — $30M

AI Data Warehouse

  • On-premises AI Data Warehouse: secure customer data pods & toolchains
  • Tenant engineering suites for software and AI interface design
  • Signal repository built from voltage-current truth for model training
  • Services: on-site compute, MLOps, and mission-specific apps
Lead/Co-Lead Pro Rata Strategic Rights

Non-Dilutive

Grants & Programs

  • DIANA / DoD initiatives • CHIPS-aligned activities
  • Joint trials with national labs and critical infrastructure
  • Export-compliant research collaborations
  • Grant writing and co-funded R&D support
Grants CRADAs OTA

Use of Funds — Round A Snapshot

Focus: production expansion, pilot-ready hardware, go-to-market activation, and manufacturing readiness.

Illustrative allocation; final budgets set per scope, partners, and co-development commitments.

Milestone Timeline — From NDA to Production

Standard path for partners across defense, intelligence, energy, telco, and enterprise; manufacturing and the AI Data Warehouse kick off as milestones are met.

As pilots succeed, Round B manufacturing (including PCB) engages; Round C AI Data Warehouse activates with tenant suites. Executive Park build proceeds in parallel as demand materializes.

Instruments

  • SAFE: Valuation cap & discount; MFN available
  • Priced Equity: Lead/Co-Lead with standard protections
  • Strategic Co-Dev: Milestone-tied SOWs with IP options
  • Non-Dilutive: Grants, CRADA, OTA where applicable

Investor Rights

  • Pro Rata: Participation in future rounds
  • Information: Quarterly reporting cadence
  • Governance: Board observer (A), board seat (B/C)
  • Strategic Access: Manufacturing & AI Data Warehouse previews

Co-Funded R&D

  • Feature sprints aligned to mission use cases
  • Lab time and waveforms for validation
  • Export-compliant deliverables and support
  • Tenant engineering pods (software, AI, PCB) on campus

Risk & Mitigation

  • Hardware risk: Mitigated via eval units and LRIP
  • Supply chain: Qualified alternates and buffer stock
  • Regulatory: Export controls and data residency
  • Adoption: Red/Blue pilot proof versus digital-only
Analog signal sniffing waveform
Analog-layer truth: full voltage-current capture enables reconstruction beyond digital artifacts
Dithered signal visualization
Signal fidelity and dither management support sub-microsecond threat detection at the electrical layer
What is the core investment thesis?

Watcher captures raw voltage-current pairs (52 GS/s) to reconstruct ground-truth signals, enabling detection and attribution that digital-only tools miss—serving defense, intelligence, critical infrastructure, and enterprise markets.

How fast can pilots start?

After NDA and scope, we align success metrics and site requirements. Pilot timelines depend on customer clearance and data-policy constraints; Eval Kits are configured per mission profile.

Why an on-premises AI Data Warehouse in Round C?

It gives customers secure, sovereign environments for model development on signal-truth data, with tenant suites adjacent to manufacturing and test floors for rapid prototyping and deployment.

Export and data policy?

Materials and deployments comply with export controls and data-residency mandates; certain demos are restricted to U.S./NATO-aligned entities.

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