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Top 10 Startups developing AI for Drones
Updated: February 07, 2024 |
From surveillance and security to construction projects and airport movement tracking, AI powered drones are taking this trained data up in the air to perform specialized inspections.
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Country: USA | Funding: $773.1M
Shield AI works with the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, and other federal, state, and local departments and agencies to deliver next generation intelligence, reconnaissance, and surveillance systems. Shield AI’s first product, Nova, is a Hivemind-powered drone that searches buildings while simultaneously streaming video and generating maps.
Shield AI works with the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, and other federal, state, and local departments and agencies to deliver next generation intelligence, reconnaissance, and surveillance systems. Shield AI’s first product, Nova, is a Hivemind-powered drone that searches buildings while simultaneously streaming video and generating maps.
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Country: USA | Funding: $570M
Skydio is a robotics company that makes flying tools that free your hands and mind. The company's unique computer vision and motion planning algorithms coupled with the same cheap image sensors and processors in mobile phones give drones the ability to navigate intelligently with respect to their surroundings.
Skydio is a robotics company that makes flying tools that free your hands and mind. The company's unique computer vision and motion planning algorithms coupled with the same cheap image sensors and processors in mobile phones give drones the ability to navigate intelligently with respect to their surroundings.
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Country: Germany | Funding: $166.6M
Quantum-Systems is innovative developer, designer, and producer of advanced eVTOL UAVs
Quantum-Systems is innovative developer, designer, and producer of advanced eVTOL UAVs
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Country: Israel | Funding: $139.5M
Percepto offers Fully Autonomous Multi-Mission Drone Solution including computer applications, a base station and a management software.
Percepto offers Fully Autonomous Multi-Mission Drone Solution including computer applications, a base station and a management software.
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Country: Israel | Funding: $123.7M
Airobotics provides an end-to-end, fully automatic solution for collecting aerial data and gaining invaluable insights. The industrial grade platform is available on-site and on-demand, enabling industrial facilities to access premium aerial data in a faster, safer, more efficient way.
Airobotics provides an end-to-end, fully automatic solution for collecting aerial data and gaining invaluable insights. The industrial grade platform is available on-site and on-demand, enabling industrial facilities to access premium aerial data in a faster, safer, more efficient way.
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Country: UK | Funding: $64.6M
DRONAMICS develops unmanned aerial systems for shipping commercial and special cargo applications.
DRONAMICS develops unmanned aerial systems for shipping commercial and special cargo applications.
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Country: USA | Funding: $55.2M
Exyn is developing fully autonomous aerial robot systems with multi-modal sensing to enable robust performance in commercial environments.
Exyn is developing fully autonomous aerial robot systems with multi-modal sensing to enable robust performance in commercial environments.
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Country: USA | Funding: $32.1M
Make your products and services more intelligent with The Neurala Brain, a deep learning neural network software that mimics how the human brain works. Neurala is looking to put AI in the hands of toy makers, drone enthusiasts and IoT engineers alike.
Make your products and services more intelligent with The Neurala Brain, a deep learning neural network software that mimics how the human brain works. Neurala is looking to put AI in the hands of toy makers, drone enthusiasts and IoT engineers alike.
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Country: South Korea | Funding: $29.2M
Nearthlab is developing deep learning based software solution for autonomous drones to inspect industrial facilities such as wind turbine blades
Nearthlab is developing deep learning based software solution for autonomous drones to inspect industrial facilities such as wind turbine blades
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Country: USA | Funding: $28M
Iris Automation is an artificial intelligence and safety avionics company building collision-avoidance systems for autonomous drones.
Iris Automation is an artificial intelligence and safety avionics company building collision-avoidance systems for autonomous drones.
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Country: Israel | Funding: $10.8M
AgroScout system combines data from multiple sensors: drones, external data from weather, satellite, local sensors; machine learning; and deep learning to accurately and autonomously detect, identify, and monitor diseases in the field.
AgroScout system combines data from multiple sensors: drones, external data from weather, satellite, local sensors; machine learning; and deep learning to accurately and autonomously detect, identify, and monitor diseases in the field.
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Country: India | Funding: $9.5M
Enord is designing & developing drones that have an AI pilot system for autonomous navigation which is capable of flying even in any confined spaces that will ultimately create ease in operating, generating insights, and taking action that does not rely on GPS.
Enord is designing & developing drones that have an AI pilot system for autonomous navigation which is capable of flying even in any confined spaces that will ultimately create ease in operating, generating insights, and taking action that does not rely on GPS.
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Country: Sweden | Funding: $6.9M
Skyqraft conducts aerial inspection of power lines through unmanned airplanes and machine learning
Skyqraft conducts aerial inspection of power lines through unmanned airplanes and machine learning
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Country: USA | Funding: $4.5M
Wonder Robotics provides robust AI layers for autonomous and safe flights for both commercial and military delivery drones.
Wonder Robotics provides robust AI layers for autonomous and safe flights for both commercial and military delivery drones.
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Country: Germany | Funding: €1.5M
WARdrones enables soldiers to protect their perimeter against unwanted intruders through AI-led drone perimeter defense.
WARdrones enables soldiers to protect their perimeter against unwanted intruders through AI-led drone perimeter defense.
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Country: USA
Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision & Data Science for maritime, ports, harbors, boating & marinas, underwater drone inspections
Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision & Data Science for maritime, ports, harbors, boating & marinas, underwater drone inspections
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Country: USA | Funding: $120K
Cleo Robotics is developing a revolutionary new drone technology designed specifically for indoor applications. The company claims to incorporate a combination of stereo vision-based SLAM and neural networks for indoor navigation and obstacle avoidance.
Cleo Robotics is developing a revolutionary new drone technology designed specifically for indoor applications. The company claims to incorporate a combination of stereo vision-based SLAM and neural networks for indoor navigation and obstacle avoidance.
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Country: USA | Funding: $40K
Neya Systems is a leading developer of advanced unmanned systems technologies.
Neya Systems is a leading developer of advanced unmanned systems technologies.
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Country: USA | Funding: $1K
Developer of AI-enabled and electric unmanned aerial systems. The company offers stealth to radar, autonomous operations, encrypted communications, multi-constellation navigation, anti-jamming and anti-spoofing systems, and endurance systems. It also provides smart Persistent intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (SP-ISR) as a service. It can be used in the defense, security, and aerospace sectors.
Developer of AI-enabled and electric unmanned aerial systems. The company offers stealth to radar, autonomous operations, encrypted communications, multi-constellation navigation, anti-jamming and anti-spoofing systems, and endurance systems. It also provides smart Persistent intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (SP-ISR) as a service. It can be used in the defense, security, and aerospace sectors.
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Country: Ukraine
Drone.UA is the leading integrator of unmanned technologies in the Ukrainian market.
Drone.UA is the leading integrator of unmanned technologies in the Ukrainian market.