Emerging technology for the national security community

Your mission will need it in a year. We find it now.

We scout emerging technology, bring the right partners together, and help them turn commercial capabilities into mission value.

Audience Invitations

For mission owners

You know the mission.

We unlock its full potential.

Find a capability

For technology builders

You know your technology.

We find where it fits, who strengthens it, and the opportunity to expand your footprint.

Explore a partnership

02Approach

Scout. Pair. Deliver.

Ahead of the requirement. Alongside the mission.

The next breakthrough capability is likely forming outside of government sight.

We follow both sides: what builders are making and what mission owners will need next.

  1. Scout

    Find it early

    Track mission priorities. Find emerging technology. Recognize the fit before need is obvious.

  2. Pair

    Make it compound

    Curate the technology and expertise around the need. Align the partners around the shared opportunity.

  3. Deliver

    Move it forward

    Shape the use case, develop the opportunity, and coordinate the team from the first evaluation toward adoption.

03Why the pairing matters

Two and two is eight.

Pairing emerging technology with the right expertise creates a compounding effect. The result is capability a mission owner can act on. Enigma brings the combination together.

Technology

Combine strengths.

Expertise

Give it context.

Outsized mission value

Make it usable.

Core areas of expertise

Applied AI for intelligence fusion

Research, synthesis and decision support.

Financial intelligence

Financial networks and commercial data.

Cyber layer orchestration

Coordinated workflows with human judgment in command.

04For technology builders

Keep building. Reach the right mission.

We learn your product, scout relevant demand, and bring in partners that make the offer stronger. Together, we shape a path into government.

Explore a technology partnership

05Founders

Two careers in the mission. One job now.

Connecting what technology can do with what the mission needs next.

We support veterans and the special operations community.

Jack Richmond

Managing Partner

Retired Navy captain and intelligence officer, and a former government contracting officer. Jack has led joint ventures that brought dozens of small and veteran-owned businesses, and their technology, into the National Security Community.

Kyle Helseth

Partner

National security technology practitioner and former intelligence analyst in the special operations community. As an early team member of a Y Combinator unicorn, Kyle spearheaded the introduction of blockchain intelligence into U.S. defense. He brings niche technologies into U.S. national security before and after product-market fit, drawing on operational experience in uniform and commercial experience building go-to-market teams and educating DoW leaders on how emerging technologies can support the mission.

06Contact

Start with the need. Or the possibility.

Mission owners

Tell us what you need and why it matters.

Technology builders

Show us what you have… we show you where you can take it.

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