Rivet Industries
Startup building soldier-worn mixed-reality prototypes competing with Anduril for the U.S. Army's SBMC program.
Rivet Industries, founded in 2024 by CEO Dave Marra (formerly Microsoft's IVAS program director, then Palantir), builds ruggedized mixed-reality hardware, sensors, and software — its 'Integrated Task Systems' — for defense, manufacturing, and field operations. In September 2025 it was selected alongside Anduril as the second competing prototype vendor for the U.S. Army's Soldier-Borne Mission Command (SBMC) program, receiving a $195M OTA to prototype and deliver 470 production-representative devices.
Overview
- Headquarters
- Washington, DC
- Founded
- 2024
- Employees
- Total funding
- Stage
- Status
- active
- Domains
- Website
- www.rivet.us
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Frequently asked
- What does Rivet Industries do?
- Rivet Industries, founded in 2024 by CEO Dave Marra (formerly Microsoft's IVAS program director, then Palantir), builds ruggedized mixed-reality hardware, sensors, and software — its 'Integrated Task Systems' — for defense, manufacturing, and field operations. In September 2025 it was selected alongside Anduril as the second competing prototype vendor for the U.S. Army's Soldier-Borne Mission Command (SBMC) program, receiving a $195M OTA to prototype and deliver 470 production-representative devices.
- Where is Rivet Industries headquartered?
- Rivet Industries is headquartered in Washington, DC and was founded in 2024.
- Does Rivet Industries hold government contracts?
- Defense Tech Atlas links Rivet Industries to 1 government contract.
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Rivet, founded in January 2024 by CEO Dave Marra, was selected alongside Anduril for the Army's SBMC prototype competition, receiving $195M
Defense One: Army picks startup Rivet to build AI-enabled soldier glassesVerified2025-09