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Shield AI

Autonomous flight stack (Hivemind) for drones and fighter aircraft.

HQ San Diego, USFounded 2015late stageWebsite

On the watchlist — 1.3k employees.

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Headcount
1.3k
0.0%
90d change
+1.6%
Funding events (90d)
0
10 all-time tracked
Layoff events (90d)
0

Signals

source: PDL v25
Inferred revenue
$1B-$10B
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$4.2M
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
15.2%
within typical band
Average tenure
1.8 yrs
—
Time since last raise
4 mo
recent raise

Hiring flow · Shield AI

source: PDL v25

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25
Engineering
626
+58%
Operations
103
+47%
Fulfillment
81
+39%
Human Resources
55
+83%
Finance
41
+32%
Product
33
+26%
Sales Engineering
29
+123%
Partnerships
28
+50%
Other
114
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In the news

relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days
  1. Air & Space Forces12d ago
    Software Sold Separately: What the Air Force’s New Approach for CCAs Means

    Shield AI awarded production option deal for mission autonomy software for Air Force CCAs; named among three vendors but not primary focus.

  2. Defense News1mo ago
    Poland buys V-BAT drones to boost Baltic Sea naval operations

    Article is primarily about Shield AI's V-BAT drone contract award to Poland's Navy; major defense procurement news.

  3. Defense News1mo ago
    US Air Force awards first CCA production contracts to General Atomics, Anduril

    Shield AI selected as one of three companies to compete on autonomous software for Air Force CCA production aircraft.

  4. Air & Space Forces1mo ago
    Air Force Selects Both General Atomics and Anduril for CCA Production

    Shield AI selected as one of three vendors for mission autonomy software production options, but not a primary focus of the article.

  5. Defense News1mo ago
    Poland weighs joining X-BAT autonomous vertical-takeoff fighter program

    Shield AI is a primary subject; article focuses on its X-BAT autonomous fighter program and Poland's potential involvement in manufacturing.

Events

Funding · debt financing · $250M
4mo ago
Funding · series g · $2.0B
4mo ago
Funding · series f · $20M
9mo ago
Funding · series f · $240M
1y ago
Funding · series f · $240M
2y ago
Funding · debt financing · $200M
3y ago
Funding · series f · $300M
3y ago
Funding · series e · $60M
4y ago
Funding · series e · $90M
4y ago
Funding · debt financing · $75M
4y ago

Score history