{"city":"San Diego","name":"Shield AI","slug":"shield-ai","facts":[{"date":"2026-09-10","type":"revenue_band","value":"[object Object]","source":"Shield AI"},{"date":"2026-09-10","type":"funding_round","value":"USD 500000000","source":"The Robot Report"},{"date":"2026-09-10","type":"partnership","value":"Shield AI named X-BAT the Official Autonomous Aircraft of America’s Game","source":"Shield AI"},{"date":"2026-09-09","type":"partnership","value":"Five-year X-BAT partnership letter of intent with Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa S.A. and Wojskowe Zakłady Lotnicze nr 2 S.A.","source":"Shield AI"},{"date":"2026-09-09","type":"product_launch","value":"X-BAT scheduled to begin flight testing","source":"Shield AI"},{"date":"2026-09-03","type":"deployment","value":"Group 3 V-BAT deployed for persistent ISR in Ukraine and the Middle East","source":"Shield AI"}],"peers":[{"name":"Rheinmetall","rank":9,"slug":"rheinmetall","score":"92"},{"name":"Anduril","rank":16,"slug":"anduril","score":"90"},{"name":"Elbit","rank":40,"slug":"elbit","score":"84"},{"name":"Elbit Systems Ltd.","rank":74,"slug":"elbit-systems-ltd","score":"80"},{"name":"Stark Defence","rank":84,"slug":"stark-defence","score":"79"},{"name":"Helsing","rank":86,"slug":"helsing","score":"79"}],"stage":"Established","state":"California","aliases":["X-BAT"],"country":"United States","domains":[{"why":"Shield AI develops and deploys autonomous military aircraft and drones, including V-BAT and X-BAT, for ISR and other defense missions. Its systems also support counter-drone operations through Tracker C-UAS.","list":"Robotics 100","rank":77,"tier":"member","layer":"Systems","total":80,"domain":"Robotics","scores":{"leverage":8,"position":8,"progress":10,"firepower":10,"commercial":8,"deployment":6,"production":6,"technology":8},"edition":"November 2026","segment":"Defense & security"},{"why":"Shield AI adapted Hivemind Pilot for satellite operations and demonstrated the software running autonomously aboard satellites in low Earth orbit for defense-oriented space missions.","list":null,"rank":null,"tier":"watchlist","layer":null,"total":61,"domain":"Space","scores":{"leverage":6,"position":6,"progress":10,"firepower":8,"commercial":3,"deployment":5,"production":5,"technology":5},"edition":null,"segment":null},{"why":"Shield AI develops Hivemind, an autonomy software stack and SDK for building reusable autonomous-drone and multi-vehicle systems.","list":null,"rank":null,"tier":"watchlist","layer":null,"total":59,"domain":"AI Core","scores":{"leverage":6,"position":6,"progress":10,"firepower":8,"commercial":3,"deployment":5,"production":5,"technology":4},"edition":null,"segment":null}],"founded":null,"signals":[{"date":"2026-10-11","header":"Shield AI unveiled the X-BAT vertical-takeoff drone prototype.","outlet":"Golem"},{"date":"2026-10-09","header":"The U.S. Navy committed another $150 million to Shield AI’s autonomous X-BAT fighter drone.","outlet":"The Register"},{"date":"2026-10-09","header":"Shield AI matched the US Navy’s additional $150 million commitment to X-BAT.","outlet":"The Register"},{"date":"2026-10-09","header":"The US Navy committed another $150 million to Shield AI’s autonomous X-BAT fighter drone.","outlet":"The Register"},{"date":"2026-10-08","header":"Shield AI and the U.S. Navy are investing $400 million in X-BAT drone development.","outlet":"Breaking Defense"},{"date":"2026-09-24","header":"Shield AI and Waabi executives discuss AI safety at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026","outlet":"TechCrunch"}],"website":"shield.ai","category":"Robotics · Systems","categories":[{"name":"Developer tooling","domain":"AI Core","parent":"AI · Agents & tooling"},{"name":"Defense & security","domain":"Robotics","parent":"Robotics · Systems"},{"name":"Defense & intelligence","domain":"Space","parent":"Space · Applications"}],"last_round":null,"updated_at":"2026-10-25T23:18:47.108753+00:00","facts_total":29,"positioning":"Shield AI is a US defense-autonomy company whose V-BAT drone is deployed with the Coast Guard, Netherlands, Romania, Indonesia, and Japan, with ~$300M revenue in the year ending March 2025 and guidance above $540M for FY26 (+80%). It raised a $1.5B Series G at a $12.7B valuation in March 2026, had its Hivemind software selected for the Air Force CCA program (running on General Atomics and Anduril airframes), and won a $198M Coast Guard IDIQ at 100% on KPPs. An Aechelon acquisition is pending, and it has a GE Aerospace engine partnership.","sub_category":"Defense & security","signals_total":46,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/shield-ai","title":"Shield AI · robotics, San Diego, California, United States · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"Shield AI develops and deploys autonomous military aircraft and drones, including V-BAT and X-BAT, for ISR and other defense missions. Its systems also support counter-drone operations through Tracker C-UAS. Robotics 100 rank 77 (score 80) 46 signals and 29 facts with sources.","publisher":"Frontier Tech Intelligence (Future Frontiers, a trade name of Essential Cognition Inc.)","note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}