2x founder

Russell Smith

Venture Partner at Pioneer Fund

Co-founder

9 Mothers· Spring 2026🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States

2024Co-founder· 9 Mothers

Founder · since 2011

Company

9 Mothers

Role

Co-Founder, CEO

current

Stage

—

no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

current

Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

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9 Mothers

Counter Drone Systems. $1.6m sales. We delivered for the DoW.

Experience

Career

9 Mothers
Co-founder
Co-Founder, CEO · Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area · 2024 – Present
2024
Pioneer Fund
Venture Partner · 2022 – Present
2022
Rainforest QA
Board Member · 2022 – Present
2022
Rainforest QA
Co-founder
Co-founder & CTO · San Francisco Bay Area · 2011 – 2022
2011
Beyond Equity Partners
Managing Director · 2023 – 2024
2023
UKD1 Limited
CEO · Greater London, England, United Kingdom · 2007 – 2012
2007
Powder Blue Ltd
Senior Analyst · Winchester, England, United Kingdom · 2005 – 2009
2005
AKA Ltd
Lead Software Engineer · Hampshire, England, United Kingdom · 2004 – 2005
2004
CWL Ltd
Lead Software Engineer · Farnham, UK · 2003 – 2004
2003
Serck Controls Ltd
Software Engineer · 2001 – 2002
2001

Making AI weapon systems.