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Skydio is a robotics company founded 2014, based in United States, developing 4 robots primarily in the Warehouse AMR category.
CAPITAL & EVIDENCE
Skydio has raised US$400.0M across 2 confirmed rounds and has 1 known customer, not yet tied to a specific model.
Raised
US$400.0M
across 2 confirmed rounds · latest Nov 2024
- Nov 2024· US$170.0M· investors: KDDI, Axon, Linse Capital· TechCrunch ↗· 3 outletsCorrect this round
- Feb 2023· Series E· US$230.0M· led by Linse Capital· Crunchbase News ↗· 3 outletsCorrect this round
Confirmed rounds recorded from January 2017. Every amount links to its source.
Correct this →Shipped
1 known customer — no deployment yet tied to a specific model
Used by
Named in a public source that did not say which model
- Florida police department· United Statesairmedandrescue.com
Also cited
- U.S. Department of Defense· 2023research.contrary.com ↗
- Public safety agencies across states· 2023research.contrary.com ↗
- Energy utilities· 2023research.contrary.com ↗
Backed by: Andreessen Horowitz (on its portfolio ↗) · Next47 (on its portfolio ↗)
Autonomous drones for DFR, inspection, and national security.
Skydio is a U.S.-based robotics company that builds autonomous drone systems and integrated solutions, including Skydio 2+, Skydio X10, Dock for X10, and software for consumers, enterprises, public safety, and government customers. It designs, assembles, and supports its products in the United States and operates from the San Mateo, California area with a manufacturing hub in Hayward.
Active products
4
RoboIndex
62.50
RoboScore 61.14 + Momentum 1.36
Company facts
- Legal name
- Skydio, Inc.
- HQ
- San Mateo, United States
- Founded
- 2014 · 12 yrs
- Employees
- 501
- Stage
- Series E (2023)
- Website
- www.skydio.com
RoboScore
61.14 RoboScore + 1.36 Momentum· Strong evidence
Products 65%, Depth 5%, Evidence 30% set the number, and every rated company has all three. Attention has no weight of its own — it is one of the two things Evidence is built from, and it can only ever add. Activity and Readiness describe the brand but never move it. A value we don't have reads —, never zero. Momentum is independently collected news coverage, worth at most 15 points and never a deduction — a maker we have heard nothing about keeps its full RoboScore. Claiming or paying moves nothing.
6 of 6 factors known. How it's calculated
On the company boards
- #46 of 167·Warehouse AMR·best robot 57.78 + depth 1.67 + news 1.36 = total 60.81
- #3 of 26·Drone·best robot 59.76 + depth 0.00 + news 1.36 = total 61.12
A board total ranks makers within one category. It is built from the best robot's RoboScore, a capped credit for more ranked robots, and news. It is not this company's RoboIndex above. How boards work
Milestones
Raised a $230 million Series E round.
Skydio was founded.
Press coverage
- Skydio
Wikipedia
- Skydio Business Breakdown & Founding Story
Contrary Research
In the news
4 events · last 90 days
+1.36momentumof 15 maxAmerican drone company Skydio shows new robotic winged drone with AI.capabilities – and gets a pat on the back from the US government
In the news
4 events · last 90 days
Why Skydio has been in the news, across 5 outlets — collected and classified independently, so a maker cannot add to it. It never changes a robot's RoboScore — the evidence half of the RoboIndex — and it can move a robot up a board by at most 15 points.
Public loss record
US makers file into registers that compel reporting — device adverse events to the FDA, driverless crashes to NHTSA, workplace deaths to OSHA. A maker with no record here has genuinely not had one filed against it.
Active products by Skydio
4 shown| # | Category | Key specs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Skydio X10 | Drone | Runtime 0.7 hr·Payload 0.4 kg | 2023 | 59.8 |
| 2 |  | Skydio 2+ | Security | Payload 0.8 kg·Top speed 16.1 m/s | 2014 | 58.1 |
| 3 |  | Skydio R10 | Warehouse AMR | Top speed 12.1 m/s | — | 57.8 |
| 4 | Dock for X10 | Warehouse AMR | Top speed 20.1 m/s | — | 56.4 |
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