About

Founded

2014

Headquarters

San Mateo, California

Industry

Drones

Company Description

Skydio is the leading U.S. drone manufacturer and world leader in autonomous flight. Skydio leverages breakthrough AI to create the world’s most intelligent flying machines for use by consumers, enterprises, and government customers.

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Funding

Total Raised

$562 million

Valuation

$2.2 billion+

Significant Investors

Andreessen Horowitz, Linse Capital, Next47, IVP, DoCoMo, Nvidia, UP.Partners

Company Traction

As of February 2023, Skydio is used by every branch of the US Department of Defense, over half of the US State Departments of Transportation, and 200+ public safety agencies.

As of February 2023, Skydio has 1,200+ enterprise customers and reported 30x growth over the past three years.

In February 2022, Skydio won the US Army contract for its Short Range Reconnaissance (SRR) Program of Record, which has a total contract value of up to $99.8 million.

Leadership Team

Adam Bry: Co-Founder & CEO at Skydio. Former Software Engineer, Project Wing GoogleX at Google.

Matt Donahoe: Co-Founder of Skydio. Former Mobile Engineer at Pocket Gems.

Abraham Bachrach: Co-Founder & CTO at Skydio. Former Software Engineer, Project Wing GoogleX at Google.

Kevin Kirn: CPO at Skydio. Former VP of Product & Design at Clever.

Macario Namie: CMO at Skydio. Former CMO and Chief Strategy Officer at ASAPP.

Press

DroneDJ (June 7, 2023): Skydio earns ‘unprecedented’ BVLOS authorization across Japan

TechCrunch (February 27, 2023): Skydio soars to a $2.2 billion valuation after raising $230M Series E

The Verge (December 7, 2022): This is the dock that lets Skydio drones truly fly themselves

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