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Vanguard Defense

Vanguard Defense
@JohnnyNi134.3K followersLA

MIT Lincoln Lab alum and founder of Vanguard Defense, building the data infrastructure layer for military AI.

MIT Lincoln Lab alum and founder of Vanguard Defense, building the data infrastructure layer for military AI.

Price
$20.00
▼-80.05%today
Last raised$5M·Seed·Jun 2026
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Volume 24h
$106.4K
Holders
2,840
7d change
-80.76%

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Career

  1. 2024–present
    Founder & CEO · Vanguard Defense
    Veteran-powered data labeling for autonomous defense systems.
  2. 2023–2023
    Software Engineer Intern · Meta
  3. 2023–2024
    Researcher · MIT Lincoln Laboratory
    Worked on ML infrastructure and defense applications.
  4. 2022–2022
    Software Engineer Intern · Northrop Grumman

About

Johnny Ni is the founder of Vanguard Defense, a defense-tech startup building the data observability and labeling infrastructure that powers next-generation national security AI.

Accomplishments

  • Founded Vanguard Defense; building data observability for defense AI
  • Raised $5M seed in March 2026 led by First In
  • Earlier work at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Northrop Grumman, and Meta
  • Built data infrastructure tooling for defense ML training pipelines
  • Operates a veteran-staffed labeling workforce in partnership with the VA

Pricing breakdown

Accomplishments12 · 35%
Funding · $5M raised
Mainstream popularity12 · 25%
Social popularity28 · 25%
X · 4.3K followers · 6.2 tweets/day · verified
Net worth21 · 15%
Composite
17/100
Intrinsic
$20.00
Market
+0.00%

Intrinsic price is set by the four-factor fundamentals score (35/25/25/15). Market price floats around it via a constant-product AMM — every trade moves the curve.

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