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Agentic AI at The Edge
pitch_v1_importBloomingtonFounded 2023
Autonomous Vehicles (AVs)DefenseAutomotiveTransportation & MobilitySports
🟢 Raising seed — $5.0M target
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Agentic AI at The Edge
pitch_v1_importBorn from our own engineers’ need for a better human-machine interface, Code19 Racing developed the first prototype of Maveric AI—an active, voice-forward agent built to narrate autonomy in real time. Designed to reduce cognitive load and improve trust during autonomous operations, Maveric AI transforms live telemetry and autonomy decision data into natural language explanations and real-time insights. We publicly showcased the prototype at our Circuit of the Americas (COTA) AI Summit to the Army Applications Lab, marking its first live demo and setting the stage for future defense and dual-use deployments.
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Code19 Racing entered a non-exclusive partnership alliance with Booz Allen Hamilton, the nation’s leading defense AI integrator, to accelerate the deployment of agentic AI across mission-critical domains. This partnership connects our high-performance autonomy lab with Booz Allen’s deep expertise in AI-enabled defense systems. Together, we’re advancing MavAI autonomous platforms—from the track to the tactical edge—building trust, transparency, and decision superiority into the next generation of warfighter-AI teaming.
Code19 Racing has entered into a Collaborative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Navy to advance trusted autonomy at the tactical edge. The project focuses on integrating electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) sensor data into the high-level planner of our autonomy stack, enabling intelligent decision-making in contested environments. Maveric AI will serve as the human-machine interface, providing real-time transparency into system behavior. This collaboration supports scalable, explainable AI for maritime missions where speed, trust, and adaptability are mission-critical.
Code19 Racing was selected to represent the United States at the Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League (A2RL), the world’s top autonomous motorsport event held at Yas Marina Circuit. We competed against global teams—including China—and delivered a strong performance, outperforming China in head-to-head competition. While we didn’t take the overall win, the event validated our high-speed Modular Autonomy Software Stack (MASS) through testing under extreme conditions. No driver, no teleop,
Word's first professional autonomous racing team. The track is our lab. Founded by former intelligence officers, code19 has a crack team of experts delivering agentic AI to the warfighter. https://www.youtube.com/@Code19Racing
In a world where first contact is metal on metal, our warfighers are overwhelmed by a flood of real-time data, disconnected systems, and black-box automation. Commanders and operators are being asked to manage increasingly complex machine teams, make split-second decisions, and maintain accountability—all without the tools to truly understand or trust what their systems are doing. Beyond defense, the same challenges plague industrial robotics, autonomous logistics, and smart infrastructure
We built a Modular Autonomy Software Stack (MASS) from the ground up—complete with high-speed perception, decision-making, and control—and paired it with our agentic AI platform, Maveric AI. After competing in the world’s top autonomous racing league and raising $1.85M in pre-seed funding, we turned our on-track success into real-world traction: a strategic alliance with Booz Allen, a CRADA with the U.S. Navy, and an AI Crew Chief in development for a NASCAR team. Now, we’re raising our seed round to scale Maveric AI for mission-critical use in defense and beyond.
O.G. Wells
founder
Wynn Lemmons
investor
Lawrence Walter
founder