{"city":"San Mateo","name":"Skydio","slug":"skydio","facts":[{"date":"2026-04-01","type":"funding_round","value":"Series F; $4.4B valuation; US manufacturing push","source":"skydio.com"},{"date":"2026-04-01","type":"revenue_band","value":"[object Object]","source":"skydio.com"},{"date":"2026-04-01","type":"headcount","value":"201-1000 (est)","source":"skydio.com"},{"date":"2026-04-01","type":"total_funding","value":"USD 850000000","source":"skydio.com"},{"date":"2026-04-01","type":"funding_round","value":"Series F at $4.4B valuation; US manufacturing push","source":"skydio.com"},{"date":"2024-10-02","type":"product_launch","value":"Skydio X10 with NightSense enables autonomous drone navigation at night","source":"Foxglove"}],"peers":[{"name":"DJI","rank":10,"slug":"dji","score":"92"},{"name":"Quantum Systems","rank":21,"slug":"quantum-systems","score":"88"},{"name":"Zipline","rank":66,"slug":"zipline","score":"81"},{"name":"Wing","rank":71,"slug":"wing","score":"80"},{"name":"XAG","rank":81,"slug":"xag","score":"79"},{"name":"Tekever","rank":96,"slug":"tekever","score":"78"}],"stage":"Private","state":"California","aliases":["Skydio"],"country":"United States","domains":[{"why":"Skydio builds and sells autonomous drones, including the Skydio X10, for aerial operations in low-light and other environments.","list":"Robotics 100","rank":69,"tier":"member","layer":"Systems","total":80,"domain":"Robotics","scores":{"leverage":8,"position":8,"progress":8,"firepower":8,"commercial":8,"deployment":8,"production":8,"technology":8},"edition":"November 2026","segment":"Drones & aerial"}],"founded":2014,"signals":[{"date":"2026-10-16","header":"L3Harris Technologies and Skydio are integrating tactical radio technology into U.S. military drones.","outlet":"Interesting Engineering"},{"date":"2026-09-25","header":"Skydio introduces the F10 drone model","outlet":"IEEE Spectrum Robotics"},{"date":"2026-02-27","header":"Encord’s platform supports multimodal data workflows for more than 300 AI teams.","outlet":"EU-Startups"},{"date":"2024-10-02","header":"Skydio X10’s NightSense enables autonomous drone navigation at night.","outlet":"Foxglove"}],"website":"https://www.skydio.com","category":"Robotics · Systems","categories":[{"name":"Drones & aerial","domain":"Robotics","parent":"Robotics · Systems"}],"last_round":null,"updated_at":"2026-10-16T10:00:50.96+00:00","facts_total":9,"positioning":"Skydio is a US drone maker (60,000 cumulative units, the largest US drone factory, a $3.5B expansion announced) with nine-figure annual revenue, serving 1,200+ public-safety agencies and 45 of 51 state DOTs. It raised a $110M Series F at a $4.4B valuation (April 2026), won a $52M US Army order for 2,500+ X10D drones, and signed a CentralSquare DFR partnership, though it lost the Minneapolis DFR contract (July 2026). Revenue is estimated at 100-500m.","sub_category":"Drones & aerial","signals_total":4,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/skydio","title":"Skydio · robotics, San Mateo, California, United States · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"Skydio builds and sells autonomous drones, including the Skydio X10, for aerial operations in low-light and other environments. Robotics 100 rank 69 (score 80) 4 signals and 9 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."}