# Shield AI Hivemind, brain

Shield AI's AI pilot and autonomy stack: it flies aircraft without GPS, communications, or a human pilot, and is offered as the Hivemind Enterprise developer platform (EdgeOS, Pilot, Commander, Forge). Has flown the X-62 VISTA (F-16-class) under DARPA ACE and the Anduril Fury, and powers the V-BAT.

- **Slug:** hivemind
- **Type:** Foundation model
- **Maturity (DEPLOY ladder):** Production
- **Open source:** no

## Developed by (1)

- [Shield AI](/companies/shield-ai.md)


## Powers (2)

- [Shield AI V-BAT](/models/shield-ai-v-bat.md) (Shield AI)
- [Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A)](/models/anduril-fury.md) (Anduril Industries)


## Sources (6)

1. **Shield AI Hivemind autonomy solutions (AI pilot) (official)** · https://shield.ai/hivemind-solutions/
2. **Hivemind Enterprise platform (EdgeOS, Pilot, Commander, Forge) (official)** · https://shield.ai/enterprise/
3. **Hivemind on the X-62 VISTA (F-16-class autonomy) (official)** · https://shield.ai/autonomy-for-the-world-x-62-vista/
4. **Hivemind Enterprise as an autonomy developer platform** · https://www.therobotreport.com/shield-ai-raises-250m-scale-hivemind-enterprise-autonomy-developer-platform/
5. **Shield AI $2B at $12.7B for the autonomous combat pilot Hivemind (Mar 2026)** · https://thenextweb.com/news/shield-ai-2-billion-hivemind-autonomous-defence
6. **How the Hivemind SDK powers next-gen autonomy (official)** · https://shield.ai/from-concept-to-combat-how-hivemind-sdk-powers-next-gen-autonomy/


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