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Cameron Fiore

Founder

Founder at Surtr Defense Systems

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

FoundedSurtr Defense Systems · YC

About

Cameron Fiore worked as an autonomy engineer at Anduril and Shield AI on missile defense systems and robot teaming. He is now building an AI operating system for air defense at Surtr Defense Systems.

Founder at Surtr Defense SystemsYC X26

Intro paths

YC

Cameron went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Andrew Miklas, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Surtr Defense Systems's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Cameron can intro founders to Surtr Defense Systems's investors below.

Surtr Defense Systems's investors · 2

Streamlined VenturesPalo Alto · $100K – $1M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Surtr Defense Systems

AAAnshul Ahluwalia
Anshul AhluwaliaFounder

Experience

  1. Surtr Defense SystemsCo-founder & CTOcurrent2026 — present
  2. Anduril IndustriesRobotics Software Engineer2025 — 2026Boston, MA
  3. Shield AISoftware Engineer - Planning and Controls2023 — 2025San Diego, California, United States
  4. Brown University School of EngineeringComputer Vision Research2021 — 2023Providence, RI

Skills & more

LeadershipAlgorithmsLinuxComputer ScienceComputer HardwareGitArtificial Intelligence (AI)1Computational Geometry1Numerical Linear Algebra1Pandas (Software)1Python (Programming Language)1Qiskit1
+9 moreScikit-LearnOpenCVMachine LearningComputer VisionLaTeXMATLABJavaC++Python

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Cameron Fiore?
Cameron Fiore worked as an autonomy engineer at Anduril and Shield AI on missile defense systems and robot teaming. He is now building an AI operating system for air defense at Surtr Defense Systems.
Where does Cameron Fiore work?
Cameron Fiore is Founder of Surtr Defense Systems.
What companies did Cameron Fiore found?
Cameron Fiore founded Surtr Defense Systems.
Where did Cameron Fiore go to school?
Cameron Fiore studied at Brown University (Master of Science - MS, Computer Engineering); Brown University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering); Seton Hall Preparatory School (High School Diploma).

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Anshul AhluwaliaFounder at Surtr Defense Systems

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