Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning | Machine Perception Shield AI | Building The World’s Best AI Pilot


Enterprise, Aerospace & Defense, Robotics, Autonomy, Perception, Drones, UAV, UAS San Diego, California, United States

Shield AI

Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning | Machine Perception


Shield AI | Building The World’s Best AI Pilot

Shield AI

Aerospace & Defense, Robotics, Autonomy, Perception, Drones, UAV, UAS


San Diego, California, United States

AI pilots will revolutionize battlefields and commercial aviation at a scale greater than the self-driving movement reshaping our highways. We’re building Hivemind, our AI pilot, to enable swarms of drones and aircraft to operate autonomously without GPS, communications, or a pilot. Our mission is to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems.

More than just preset behaviors & waypoints. Like a human pilot, Hivemind reads and reacts to the battlefield, and does not require GPS, waypoints, or prior knowledge to make decisions. It is the first and only fully autonomous AI pilot deployed in combat since 2018. From indoor building clearance with quadcopters to integrated air defense breach with fixed-wing drones and F-16 dogfights, Hivemind™ learns and autonomously executes missions.

A new generation of aircraft flown by Hivemind to provide persistent aerial dominance across the sea, air, and land, on the tactical edge. From today’s F-16s to Next Generation Air Dominance and beyond, jet aircraft are rapidly evolving by leveraging Hivemind. Combat tested and deployed since 2018, V-BAT flies in a class of its own. It’s the most tactical, most logistically simple VTOL aircraft in the world, capable of executing group 2 to group 5 mission sets. It is the UAS of choice for the US and allied forces. Built for the future fight. Nova 2 has proven its value in close-quarters combat with the most demanding customers in the world – on the most high-profile missions. Hivemind gives Nova 2 full autonomy - no GPS, no comms, no pilot needed.

 
 

   Total Funding: $513.1M

   Funding Stage: Series E

   Business Stage: Scaling Up

   Market: B2B

   Company Size: 251 to 500

   Founded: 2015

Feb 2022

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Jan 2022

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Date

Round

$ Raised

Investors

01/01/2024

Funded

$200M

Hercules Capital

Date : 01/01/2024

Round: Funded

$ Raised: $200M

Investors: Hercules Capital

09/15/2023

Funded

$150M

Andreessen Horowitz, Point72 Ventures, Snowpoint Ventures

Date : 09/15/2023

Round: Funded

$ Raised: $150M

Investors: Andreessen Horowitz, Point72 Ventures, Snowpoint Ventures

06/09/2022

Series E

$165M

Snowpoint Ventures, Riot Ventures, Disruptive VC, Homebrew, Point72, Andreesen Horowitz, Breyer Capital, Silicon Valley Bank

Date : 06/09/2022

Round: Series E

$ Raised: $165M

Investors: Snowpoint Ventures, Riot Ventures, Disruptive VC, Homebrew, Point72, Andreesen Horowitz, Breyer Capital, Silicon Valley Bank

01/14/2022

Series A

$15M

Macquarie Capital, OurCrowd, Mindset Ventures

Date : 01/14/2022

Round: Series A

$ Raised: $15M

Investors: Macquarie Capital, OurCrowd, Mindset Ventures

08/24/2021

Series D

$210M

Point72 Ventures, Disruptive Technology Advisers, Breyer Capital, Andreessen Horowitz

Date : 08/24/2021

Round: Series D

$ Raised: $210M

Investors: Point72 Ventures, Disruptive Technology Advisers, Breyer Capital, Andreessen Horowitz

 

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Ryan Tseng


Ryan Tseng
CEO

Brandon Tseng


Brandon Tseng
COO & Co-Founder

Andrew Reiter


Andrew Reiter
Co-founder

Siva Vadivelu


Siva Vadivelu
CFO

Andrew Dimitruk


Andrew Dimitruk
Chief Operations Officer

Scott Chaplin


Scott Chaplin
Chief Legal and People Officer

 Nathan Michael


Nathan Michael
Chief Technology Officer

 
 

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