Skydio ranks 69 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 80; XAG ranks 81 with 79. Skydio is ahead on leverage. XAG is ahead on progress. Level on deployment, production, commercials, technology, positioning and firepower. Skydio is based in San Mateo, United States, XAG in Guangzhou, China. Skydio: Private, founded 2014. XAG: Established. Skydio is named in 4 signals and XAG in 17.
Skydio builds and sells autonomous drones, including the Skydio X10, for aerial operations in low-light and other environments.
Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.
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.
4 signals name Skydio.
9 facts on file.
XAG develops and sells autonomous agricultural drones, including the P150 Max, P100 and P60, for crop spraying and precision farming.
Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.
XAG is a Chinese agricultural-drone maker (#2 in China plant-protection drones), with 2024 revenue of RMB 935M in agri-drones (87.8% of a ~RMB 1.06B/~$148M total) and H1-25 revenue of RMB 663M at a RMB 130M net profit. It filed for a Hong Kong IPO in late September 2025 after its first annual profit, though a price war with DJI is compressing ASPs (about RMB 37,500 per drone in H1-25). IPO completion and pricing, full-year 2025, and current DJI share are the open items.
17 signals name XAG.
24 facts on file.
Skydio ranks 69 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 80; XAG ranks 81 with 79. Skydio is ahead on leverage. XAG is ahead on progress. Level on deployment, production, commercials, technology, positioning and firepower. Skydio is based in San Mateo, United States, XAG in Guangzhou, China. Skydio: Private, founded 2014. XAG: Established. Skydio is named in 4 signals and XAG in 17.
Skydio ranks 69 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 80; XAG ranks 81 with 79. Skydio is ahead on leverage. XAG is ahead on progress. Level on deployment, production, commercials, technology, positioning and firepower. Skydio is based in San Mateo, United States, XAG in Guangzhou, China. Skydio: Private, founded 2014. XAG: Established. Skydio is named in 4 signals and XAG in 17. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.
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