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Shield AI named #14 in Giga Stage

A defense technology company, Shield AI develops AI-driven autonomous aircraft systems for military and defense applications.

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Shield AI is a defense technology company whose mission is to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems. In pursuit of this mission, Shield AI is building the world's best AI pilot. Its AI pilot, Hivemind, has flown jets (F-16; MQM-178 Firejet), a vertical takeoff and landing drone (MQ-35 V-BAT), and three quadcopters (Nova, Nova 2, iPRD). The company has offices in San Diego, Dallas, Washington DC and abroad. Shield AI's products and people are currently in the field actively supporting operations with the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. allies.

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San Diego, CA
https://shield.ai/
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Total Raised: $1.2B
Valuation: $5.3B
Founded: 2015
Employees: 900

Category

Defense / Aero
Giga Stage

Financing

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US Innovative Technology Fund, Snowpoint Ventures, Point72 Ventures, Riot Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Homebrew, MilVet Angels, 2468 Ventures, AJI Capital, Fabrica Ventures, Inflection Ventures, Other People's Capital, Stack Capital Group, Washington Harbour, AFW Partners, Alpha Partners, ARK Investment Management, ARK Venture Fund, Bossa Invest, Brave Capital, Calm Ventures, Deep Checks, Gauntlet Ventures, GoalVest Advisory, HF Scale, JVH Ventures, Kinled Holding, Labyrinth Capital Partners, Level Ventures, Lightscape Partners, MSA Capital, Rosecliff Venture Partners, WP Global Partners, Island Green Capital Management, 10X Capital, Bali Venture Partners, Inertia Ventures, SV Pacific Ventures, Woori Technology Investment Company, Brighter Capital, Disruptive, Marlinspike, Chaos Ventures, Gaingels, Levitate Capital, AFWERX, 515 Ventures, SVB Capital, Breyer Capital, Harvard Innovation Launch Lab, Bloomberg Beta, Dorm Room Fund, Founder Collective, Samsung Electronics, Hanwha Aerospace Company, L3 Harris Technologies

CEO, Co-Founders, Board Members

Ryan Tseng, Co-Founder and CEO — Brandon Tseng, Co-Founder and President — Andrew Reiter, Co-Founder — Andrew Berlin, Chairman — Doug Philippone, Founder and General Partner, Snowpoint Ventures — Stephen Marcus, Co-Founder and General Partner, Riot Ventures — Gaetano Crupi, Managing Director, USIT — Peter Levine, General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz — Daniel Gwak, Managing Partner, Point72 Private Investments — Shivon Zilis, Director of Operations and Special Projects, Neuralink

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