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Shield AI, Inc.

Drones / Aerial · San Diego, US · est. 2015

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Develops AI pilots and autonomous aircraft for defense and security missions.

Headquarters
San Diego, US
Data as of
Mar 2026
Disclosed funding
$1.5B
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Est. valuation
$1.5bn Series G at $12.7bn post-money valuation
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Products to market
Deployed · pilotsIndependentsource ↗

deployed pilots classification based on existing curated product/deployment evidence; needs category-level spot-check before investor-grade use.

Product dossier
Flagship productV-BAT, Nova, Hivemind
The “brain”Hivemind autonomy stack
Real-world traction

Autonomous aircraft technology used for defense ISR, contested-environment autonomy and unmanned aircraft programs.

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