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Correction 12/14/2022 11:25am ET: The original version of this story incorrectly identified BlackShark.ai’s Michael Putz as being associated with Improbable. This story has been edited to remove that mention.

WASHINGTON — Unlikely US Defense & National Security, a technology company looking to enter the US defense sphere, has closed its doors.

The group was a subsidiary of Britain-based Improbable, which bills itself as “the tech company of the metaverse.” The company’s website claims to have more than 1,000 employees worldwide and an investment of $600 million. Its US defense arm, which has…