---
id: "entity-product-maven-smart-system"
type: "entity"
entityType: "product"
canonicalName: "Maven Smart System"
aliases: ["Maven"]
source_timestamps: ["§ What Incumbents Should Do Now"]
tags: ["defense-tech", "computer-vision"]
related: ["action-partner-ai-startups", "entity-emilia-probasco"]
sources: ["futures"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-futures"
originDay: 2
articleStem: "hbr-new-24-agentic-ai-supercharges-startups"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/07/how-agentic-ai-supercharges-startups-and-threatens-incumbents"
sourceTitle: "How Agentic AI Supercharges Startups and Threatens Incumbents"
---
# Maven Smart System

The **Maven Smart System** is a computer-vision AI platform developed by the U.S. Army's 18th Airborne Corps. It accesses sensor data to help soldiers identify military targets and provides workflow support for chain-of-command approval.

Its success relied heavily on collaboration with industry field engineers to design intuitive interfaces — the source's illustration of [[action-partner-ai-startups]] (partnering to observe and co-design modern workflows). [[entity-emilia-probasco]] is the source's defense-technology voice associated with this domain.

**Enrichment note.** Appears to be a specific implementation within the broader U.S. Department of Defense 'Project Maven' computer-vision initiative (analyzing drone/sensor imagery), here combining sensor data with workflow/approval support.