Pentagon impatience is the roadmap now: $61m for Smack, $500m for Scale AI
Smack Technologies' second raise of 2026 and Scale AI's fivefold contract jump point the same way: the buyer is paying for software in the field on a stopwatch, not for demos.
Reality
- Evidence28
- Adoption34
- Hype gap+24
- Incentives72
- Confidence33