Company
Skydio
Summary
- San Mateo, CA, United States
- Stage: Startup
- Use: Dual-use
- Focus: Hardware-first
Fields
About
Builds autonomous drones for inspection, public safety and defence.
Funding
- Total raised
- At least $868M
- Newest round
- Series E Extension · $170M5 Oct 2024
- Led by
- KDDI
| Investor | Rounds |
|---|---|
| Andreessen Horowitz | SeedLead, Series ALead, Series B, Series C, Series DLead, Series E |
| IVP | Series BLead, Series C, Series D, Series E |
| Accel | Seed, Series A, Series B |
| N47 | Series CLead, Series D, Series E |
| Playground Global | Series BLead, Series C |
| NVIDIA | Series B, Series E |
| David Ulevitch | Series DLead, Series E |
| Linse Capital | Series D, Series ELead |
| UP.Partners | Series D, Series E |
| KDDI | Series E, Series E ExtensionLead |
| Buddy Arnheim | Seed |
| CAA Ventures | Series A |
| Matthew Bellamy | Series A |
| Parcel B | Series B |
| Thirty Five Ventures | Series B |
| Levitate Capital | Series C |
| NTT DOCOMO Ventures, Inc. | Series C |
| Ching-Yu Hu | Series C |
| Debjit Mukerji | Series C |
| NaHCO3 | Series D |
| Brent Brown | Series D |
| Axon | Series E |
| DOCOMO Innovations, Inc. | Series E |
| Hercules Capital | Series E |
| LINSE | Series E Extension |
| Benjamin Kuna | Series E Extension |
| Andrzej Jacek Szlendak | Series E Extension |
Aviato · checked 12 Oct 2026
Machines
4Drones
X10
Autonomous drone for inspection, public safety and defence.
Commercial
Commercially available
Evidence
Documented real-world operation
Drones
X10D
Small military-focused drone (sUAS) with thermal and visual cameras for ISR and operations in contested environments.
Commercial
Not stated
Evidence
Company demo only
Drones
R10
Compact indoor flying robot for confined, cluttered and zero-light spaces such as tanks and tunnels.
Commercial
Not stated
Evidence
Company demo only
Drones
F10 Lightrunner
Dock-based fixed-wing flying robot for long-range, rapid-response missions beyond multirotor coverage.
Commercial
Not stated
Evidence
Company demo only
On the map
Sources
5Independent reports1
Skydio was founded in 2014.
WikidataUndated
Company claims4
X10 is sold to enterprise, public safety and defence customers.
SkydioUndatedSkydio names F10 Lightrunner on its website.
skydio.comUndatedSkydio names X10D on its website.
skydio.comUndatedSkydio names R10 on its website.
skydio.comUndated
Skydio
4 machines on robomap
