Mission

America’s Biology Prime

Pilgrim engineers, manufactures, and deploys advanced biotechnology for defense and national security

ARGUS
ARGUS device at an airport checkpoint
ARGUS
Hardware for autonomously detecting threats and identifying pathogens in near real time
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for Biology

Pilgrim is built by exceptional engineers, scientists and operators with ingenuity and a track record of building remarkable things

Own the hardware from initial design through manufacturing and field deployment
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Investors

We're grateful for the support of our early investors:

Thiel Capital
Buckley Ventures
Cantos
Conviction
Shine Capital
Mantis
Refactor Capital
Magellan
  • Peter ThielPalantir, PayPal
  • Brian ArmstrongCoinbase, NewLimit
  • Fred EhrsamCoinbase, Nudge
  • Dylan FieldFigma
  • Karim AtiyehRamp
  • Paul SciarraJoby, Pinterest
  • Bryan JohnsonBlueprint, Kernel
  • Matt RidleyRational Optimist, Viral
+ more angels
Peter Thiel
Palantir, PayPal
Brian Armstrong
Coinbase, NewLimit
Dylan Field
Figma
Fred Ehrsam
Nudge, Coinbase
Karim Atiyeh
Ramp
Paul Sciarra
Joby, Pinterest
Bryan Johnson
Blueprint, Kernel
Raj Gokal
Solana
JD Ross
WithCoverage, Opendoor
Jai Malik
Amca, Countdown Capital
Sholto Douglas
Anthropic
Logan Graham
Anthropic
Matt Ridley
Rational Optimist, Viral
Charlie Songhurst
Meta
Shana Fisher
Third Kind