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Updates · 14.07.2026 · 4 min Valarian raises $50M Series A led by NEA Valarian has secured a $50 million Series A led by New Enterprise Associates, bringing total investment to $70 million and marking NEA's first defence and dual-use investment in Europe. Read →
Insights · 07.07.2026 5 Questions To Ask Before AI Becomes One Of The Most Privileged Systems In Your Organisation Before allowing AI to become one of the most privileged systems inside your organisation, we believe every leadership team should already be able to… Read → Insights · 16.06.2026 Part 1: Lessons From Building EU Native Enterprise AI Stacks The discussion around AI often gravitates toward which model is smartest. After spending the last year implementing these environments, that feels… Read → Press · 24.02.2026 CEO Max Buchan in the Financial Times Valarian CEO Max Buchan spoke to the Financial Times about Europe's digital dependency crisis. Here's why the Greenland dispute changed everything --… Read → Press · 10.02.2026 Scaling Europe: Building infrastructure to secure critical systems Valarian CEO, Max Buchan, joined Scaling Europe to talk about building systems that are meant to keep working even when trust, borders, and… Read → Updates · 10.02.2026 Valarian x Second Front Systems Valarian and Second Front Systems Form Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Sovereign Defence Software Deployment Across UK and Europe Read → Press · 27.01.2026 Valarian on ETN: Fighting to Keep Deep Tech British Valarian CEO Max Buchan made the case for keeping deep tech British on the ETN podcast. Here's why cultural risk aversion is a sovereignty problem —… Read → Press · 16.10.2025 Valarian's CEO on Building Category-Defining Companies in Britain Valarian CEO Max Buchan recently appeared on the $100m Exits podcast, sharing insights on building category-defining companies in Britain, the… Read → Updates · 14.10.2025 THE UK STILL HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE A SUPERPOWER ON DATA AND INTELLIGENCE Last week, we convened a private forum in London: off record, under Chatham House Rule - focused on the evolving edge of defence, AI, and national… Read → Press · 30.09.2025 CEO Max Buchan in Entrepreneur UK Valarian CEO Max Buchan diagnosed Britain's tech challenges in Entrepreneur UK. Here's how to move from problems to proof points—starting with… Read →

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