Pryzm has raised a $12.2 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz’s American Dynamism fund, with participation from existing investors XYZ Venture Capital, Amplify.LA, and Forum Ventures, as the company scales an AI-driven procurement operating system intended to help federal agencies and private-sector technology providers move faster from concept to contract.
Based in Boston with an expanding presence in Arlington, Virginia, Pryzm was built by alumni of Palantir and Lockheed Martin and is designed to connect government and industry through a shared platform that unifies market intelligence, budgets, program activity, and relationship insights. The company says its goal is to modernize how the federal government discovers, evaluates, and acquires emerging technology, while giving industry clearer visibility into opportunities and a faster path to engage mission buyers.
Pryzm is positioning its platform as infrastructure for a procurement environment increasingly focused on speed and adaptability, particularly across national security. The company pointed to recent policy momentum in the Pentagon, including a November 7, 2025 speech titled “The Arsenal of Freedom,” in which Secretary of War Hegseth described reforms aimed at accelerating acquisition cycles. Pryzm says its product is built to help translate that policy direction into execution by reducing friction created by paperwork, opaque processes, and fragmented information systems that can slow funding decisions and fielding timelines.
The company says it already supports federal programs and organizations across the defense ecosystem and works with contractors and innovators, including Forterra, Vannevar Labs, HII, and the Defense Innovation Unit. Pryzm’s pitch is that federal acquisition teams can use its platform to create a connected view of how funding, requirements, and procurement actions flow. Private-sector suppliers can use real-time insights to identify where demand is forming, align with priorities, and engage the right stakeholders earlier in the cycle.
Pryzm also highlighted progress on compliance and deployment readiness, stating it has achieved IL5 and FedRAMP High authorizations to enable users to connect sensitive mission and procurement data securely. The company said it has been selected by the Defense Innovation Unit for its Enterprise Workflow and Reporting Platform effort, supporting AI-driven program, budget, and contract management, and that it has expanded operations with a new Arlington office alongside its Boston headquarters.
With the new capital, Pryzm said it plans to broaden its customer base across government and industry, deepen deployments with existing partners, and continue enhancing its AI platform with new capabilities. The company also intends to expand its federal compliance posture through additional certifications and authorizations and grow its engineering and go-to-market teams across Washington, D.C., Boston, and New York.
KEY QUOTES:
“The future of national defense depends on how fast we can get the right technology into the right hands,” said Nick LaRovere, Co-Founder and CEO of Pryzm. “Procurement shouldn’t be a barrier to innovation. It should be the spark that drives it. With this round led by a16z, we’re accelerating a new era of speed, adaptability, and technological advantage for national security.”
Nick LaRovere, Co-Founder and CEO, Pryzm
“We will foster competition, embrace modularity, and pursue multi-source procurements at every opportunity, moving fast to contract, test, scale, and deploy when a solution is clear.”
Secretary of War Hegseth
“Pryzm is building the connective tissue between America’s innovation base and its mission buyers,” said David Ulevitch, General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz. “We believe their platform will redefine how the government collaborates with private industry to strengthen our technological edge.”
David Ulevitch, General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
“Pryzm isn’t just speeding up procurement. They’re becoming the operating system the entire defense ecosystem runs on. You can feel that shift happening across startups, primes, and government teams,” said Ross Fubini, Founder & Managing Partner, XYZ. “It’s rare to see a company define a category this quickly in a space as complex as federal acquisition.”
Ross Fubini, Founder and Managing Partner, XYZ
