Tempest Droneworx has been chosen to present at Venture Atlanta 2026, one of the nation's leading venture capital conferences, scheduled for October 14-15 at the Woodruff Arts Center and Atlanta Symphony Hall. The Houston-based company was selected after a highly competitive application process that identifies the Southeast's most promising tech companies. This selection is significant because it places Tempest Droneworx in front of top-tier investors, corporate innovation leaders, and strategic partners, potentially accelerating the commercialization of its real-time intelligence technology.
At the core of Tempest Droneworx's offering is its Harbinger platform, which aggregates and analyzes data from unmanned systems, security cameras, LiDAR, thermal and RGB sensors, RADAR, satellite data, and other sources into a real-time 3D common operating picture. This system is designed to prevent issues from becoming serious problems by providing actionable insight. The company's technology has already been demonstrated through programs with the Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. Air Force, including simultaneous control of heterogeneous unmanned aircraft and the development of airspace deconfliction capabilities. Such validation from federal agencies underscores the platform's potential for defense, government, and public safety markets.
Tempest Droneworx is also bringing Corvus MRDR (Modular Robotics Development & Reporting) to market, an engineering platform that allows researchers and developers to build and test robotics, autonomy, cooperative control, and multi-vehicle technologies using combinations of virtual and physical systems. Corvus MRDR enables teams to move incrementally from simulation to real hardware without rebuilding the test environment, while capturing telemetry for analysis and playback. This could significantly reduce development cycles and costs for organizations working on complex robotics projects.
The implications of this announcement extend beyond a single company. Venture Atlanta has helped launch more than 1,000 companies, facilitating over $8.8 billion in capital raised and $22 billion in successful exits. By presenting at this event, Tempest Droneworx gains access to a network that has consistently fueled growth in the Southeast's technology ecosystem. Moreover, the company's participation highlights the increasing convergence of robotics, autonomous systems, and real-time data analytics—a sector poised for rapid expansion as industries seek integrated solutions for security, infrastructure, and agriculture.
Tempest Droneworx serves defense, government, public safety, research, agriculture, infrastructure, and commercial markets. As an SBA-certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, the company brings a unique perspective to the challenges of real-time intelligence. Its platform-agnostic approach allows customers to integrate existing and future systems without being locked into a single hardware or software ecosystem, which could lower barriers to adoption and foster innovation.
For more information about Venture Atlanta, visit www.ventureatlanta.org. The full announcement, including downloadable images and bios, can be viewed here.
