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Shield AI

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

HQ San Diego, USFounded 2015late stageWebsite

On the watchlist — 1.4k employees.

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Headcount
1.4k
0.0%
90d change
0.0%
Funding events (90d)
0
10 all-time tracked
Layoff events (90d)
0

headcount + trends: LinkedIn-tracked weekly series · funding & layoff counts: through Jul 2026 (frozen) + live news extraction

Signals

source: PDL v25
Inferred revenue
$1B-$10B
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$3.9M
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
14.5%
within typical band
Average tenure
1.8 yrs
—
Time since last raise
5 mo
recent raise

Hiring flow · Shield AI

source: PDL v25

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25
Engineering
668
+53%
Operations
113
+56%
Fulfillment
89
+40%
Human Resources
53
+71%
Finance
48
+45%
Sales Engineering
35
+133%
Product
34
+13%
Analyst
26
+80%
Other
122
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In the news

relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days
  1. TechCrunch5d ago
    TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s new Real World AI Stage features Nvidia, robots, and extinct animals

    Shield AI is listed as a speaker (Nate Michael, CTO) on the Real World AI Stage but is not a primary focus of the article.

  2. Air & Space Forces19d ago
    Navy Invests in Shield’s Vertical-Takeoff Drone; Air Force Holds Off

    Article is primarily about Shield AI's $50M funding win from Navy/DIU for its X-BAT vertical-takeoff drone autonomy platform.

  3. TechCrunch1mo ago
    TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s Real World AI Stage features robots, automated factories, and extinct animals

    Shield AI speaker featured in Real World AI Stage lineup but not a focus of the article itself.

  4. Air & Space Forces2mo 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.

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Events

Funding · series g · $2.0B
6mo ago
Funding · debt financing · $250M
6mo ago
Funding · series f · $20M
11mo ago
Funding · series f · $240M
2y 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 · debt financing · $75M
4y ago
Funding · series e · $90M
4y ago

Score history