Skydio
San Mateo drone maker that builds AI-driven autonomous drones, docks and software for defence, public safety and infrastructure inspection.
Skydio was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California. In its 2023 funding release it said it designed its drones at headquarters and built them in Hayward, California. Its drones use onboard AI to fly autonomously and serve defence, public safety, utilities, transportation agencies and other enterprises. In February 2023 the company said it had more than 1,200 enterprise customers and that every branch of the U.S. Department of Defense used its drones. In April 2026 it said it had shipped more than 60,000 drones to over 3,800 organisations and announced a plan to spend $3.5 billion over five years on U.S. manufacturing, research and development and supply chains. Its disclosed rounds are a $100 million Series C led by Next47 in July 2020 and a $170 million Series D led by the growth fund of Andreessen Horowitz in March 2021, after which it put its valuation above $1 billion. In February 2023 it announced a $230 million Series E led by Linse Capital and said its valuation was above $2.2 billion. In November 2024 it added a Series E extension of more than $170 million co-led by KDDI and Axon, taking the Series E above $400 million in total.
- Latest funding
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- Total funding
- $500M
- Latest valuation
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- Founded
- 2014
- Country
- United States
- Nov 15, 2024Series E extension—
- Feb 27, 2023Series E$230M
- Mar 1, 2021Series D$170M
- Jul 13, 2020Series C$100M