CommercialStrategy_DARPAVentureHorizons_09.14.2026[51].pdf

D e f e n s e A d v a n c e d R e s e a r c h P r o j e c t s A g e n c y ( D A R PA )

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DARPA Commercial Strategy | Venture Horizons Distribution Statement “A” (Approved for Public Release, Distribution Unlimited)

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Commercial Strategy Team is Looking for Partners DARPA seeks to provide opportunities to connect investors with non-adversarial capital to DARPA Program Managers and DARPA Research & Development performers through a partnering initiative, DARPA Venture Horizons, to amplify the impact of DARPA’s development of breakthrough technologies

DARPA Commercial Strategy | Venture Horizons

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Throughout its history, DARPA has created game-changing technologies, empowering industry leading technologists to solve some of the world’s most complex problems

Computer Mouse & GUI

1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s

TCP/IP &

The Internet

Microelectronics CAD, IR, RF, MEMS

AI, Computer Vision Speech Recognition

Self-Driving Cars MRNa Vaccines

Material Science

Lithium Ion Batteries

LCD Screens DNA Sequencing Syn.

Bio

Personal Assistant Quantum Computing & Devices

DARPA Commercial Strategy | Venture Horizons

2020s

FutureG and Advanced Materials

DARPA Venture Horizons will provide investors access to certain DARPA portfolio and subject matter experts with the potential to create game-changing outcomes

Distribution Statement “A”

Distribution F: Further distribution only as directed by DARPA/Commercial Strategy (April 2026) or higher DoW authority.

DARPA’s Research Portfolio Across Six Technical Offices

Strategic Technology Office

(STO)

• Advanced sensors and processing

• Battlefield effects

• Command, control, and communications

• System of autonomous systems

• Empowered human decision making

Tactical Technology Office

(TTO)

Multi X Office

(MXO)

• Materials and Components to expand foundations

• Tools and processes for indigenous development

• New modalities to achieve mission effects

DARPA comprises approximately 220 government employees, including nearly 100 Program Managers, who oversee more than 250 research and development programs across six Technical Offices:

• Disruptive platforms and systems

• Reimagination of hardware design, development, test, manufacture and sustainment

• Focus on rapid, affordable, and scalable deployment

Defense Sciences Office

(DSO)

• Novel materials and structures

• Sensing and measurement

• Computation and processing

• Enabling operations

• Collective intelligence

• Emerging threats

Information Processing Techniques Office

(IPTO)

• Proficient AI

• Advantage in cyber operations

• Confidence in the information domain

• Resilient, adaptable, and secure systems

Biological Technologies Office

(BTO)

• Maintain force readiness

• Tactical warfighter care and functional restoration

• Operational resilience and logistical security

• Biosensors and novel methods and materials

DARPA’s Research Portfolio - Six Technical Offices

DARPA Commercial Strategy | Venture Horizons Distribution Statement “A”

This is an RFI issued solely for information and new initiative planning purposes; it does not constitute a formal solicitation for proposals. In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 15.201(e), responses to this RFI are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government as such

DARPA General Service Agreement (GSA) and Senior Commercial Advisor (SCA) team members may be ineligible to participate in this program

To access and submit to this Request For Information:

https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/3aeec0ed9fa447339 c2541082e3cf503/view

Important Notes

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DARPA Commercial Strategy | Venture Horizons Distribution Statement “A” (Approved for Public Release, Distribution Unlimited) https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/3aeec0ed9fa447339c2541082e3cf503/view https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/3aeec0ed9fa447339c2541082e3cf503/view