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Shield AI

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Builds self-driving technology that enables swarms of unmanned systems to operate on the edge without GPS, communications, or remote pilots

San Diego, United StatesFounded 2015Defence
Valuation $10–50B Last recorded · Mar/2026
Revenue $500M–1B Latest reported FY
Headcount 1–2k Current team size
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At a glance

Founded
2015
Headquarters
San Diego, United States
Sector
Defence
Power Law
Decacorn$10B+ valuation tierThoroughbred$100M+ revenue

Research & analysis

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News Shield AI in talks to raise at $20B valuation, up 60% in five months Sep 15, 2026 News Runway buys France's Kinetix, crosses $200M ARR in physical AI push Sep 8, 2026 News Powerlaw adds Shield AI, backer of $12.7B defense autonomy firm, to portfolio Aug 4, 2026 Market map US Defence Startups Jun 25, 2026 Market map US National Security & Defense Market Map Market map World models, physical AI, robotics general intelligence

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Press, funding announcements and product moves mentioning Shield AI.

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Investors

25 investors on the cap table

From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.

Seed4 investors entered at this stage

Series A2 investors entered at this stage

Series B and later19 investors entered at this stage

  • SVB Capital
  • US Innovative Technology Fund
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co
  • Advent International
  • Thomas Tull
  • Blackstone
  • L3Harris Technologies
  • Hanwha Aerospace
  • Elad Gil
  • Thrive Capital
  • Standard Treasury
  • Washington Harbour Partners
  • Jetstream Venture Fund
  • Riot Ventures
  • ARK Invest
  • Doug Philippone
  • Snowpoint Ventures
  • Point72 Ventures
  • Disruptive Tech

Ownership

Share of equity by holder

Estimated cap table from Dealroom's shareholder data — share of equity by holder. Stakes as last recorded by Dealroom (Mar/2026). Percentages are indicative.

19.6% Founders

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Talent

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Employees mapped 1,743 incl. 26 AI specialists
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Key operators 32 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
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Global footprint

Workforce and web traffic by country
Workforce by country
20 countries with
team presence
🇺🇸 United States90.7%
🇦🇺 Australia5.6%
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates0.6%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom0.5%
🇰🇷 South Korea0.5%
Top 5 of 20 shown
Web traffic by country
200K monthly visits
across markets
🇺🇸 United States41.4%
🇮🇳 India5.3%
🇦🇺 Australia4.9%
🇪🇸 Spain4.7%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom4.5%
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Patents

Estimated portfolio value
$756k

2 active patent families included in this estimate.

A patent family groups patent filings for the same invention. Source: Dealroom · PatSnap.

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Investments and acquisitions

Disclosed deals where Shield AI was the backer or acquirer, 2021–2026. Toggle between venture rounds, M&A, or both. The map below is grouped by the target company's sector — the colored pill on each chip is the round type.

Portfolio analysis

4 deals across Shield AI's capital deployment.

Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.

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        Shield AI's portfolio, mapped.

        Each chip is one company. Pill colour shows round type — green for Seed, blue for Series A, purple for B/C+, pink for late-stage, amber for M&A. Bigger sectors keep their full list behind “+ N more”.

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        Period
        4 of 4 deals

        Market sentiment

        Posts on X, past 7 days

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        Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

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