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  "id": 1658750,
  "title": "Pentagon pressure to move AI faster drives Smack's new funding round, CEO says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/pentagon-pressure-to-move-ai-faster-drives-smacks-new-funding-round",
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  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-18T06:31:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Economic Times Tech",
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    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/pentagon-pressure-to-move-ai-faster-drives-smacks-new-funding-round-ceo-says/articleshow/133313739.cms"
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  "summary": "The $61 million Series B funding round comes months after the Defense Department declared Anthropic a \"supply-chain risk\" in March, a rupture that sent military branches scrambling to diversify their AI vendors and turned startups like Smack from afterthoughts into hot commodities.",
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        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Pentagon pressure to move AI faster drives Smack's new funding round, CEO says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/pentagon-pressure-to-move-ai-faster-drives-smacks-new-funding-round",
        "published": "2026-08-17T18:31:55.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Pentagon pressure to move AI faster drives Smack’s new funding round, CEO says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/pentagon-pressure-to-move-ai-faster-drives-smacks-new-funding-round-1540398",
        "published": "2026-08-17T18:48:53.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Tech in Asia",
        "title": "US Defense AI startup Smack lands $61m as Pentagon pushes AI",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/us-defense-ai-startup-smack-lands-61m-as-pentagon-pushes-ai",
        "published": "2026-08-18T03:16:59.000Z"
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