The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies BRINC: 3 models, 6 deployments across 3 regions, $225.0M raised. 13 sources back the record.
CategoryDrones
Overview
BRINC is a Seattle-based drone manufacturer designing UAV solutions for public safety, founded by Blake Resnick in 2019. The company's LEMUR 2 and Guardian drones provide first responders with 'eyes and ears' in emergency situations, offering 24/7 operations, satellite connectivity, and advanced imaging. BRINC has delivered drones to U.S. police and emergency response agencies and launched the Drone as First Responder (DFR) era with its Guardian platform.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 6 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries B post-money
Key facts
Founded
Fundingsee investors →
Alliance
Scale
Software / autonomy
CEO
Target market
July 2026 round
Data & sources
Press releases
6
News coverage
1
Web sources
6
13 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (3)
View all models →Current platform
BRINC Guardian
BRINC's newest DFR platform (announced Mar 2026): satellite-connected (Starlink), about 62-minute flight, 8-mile range, IP55, with a battery-swap Guardian Station; positioned as able to replace some police-helicopter roles.
Current platform
BRINC Responder
Purpose-built 911-response drone for Drone-as-First-Responder programs: about 70-second response time, 42-minute flight, 40x zoom, and a payload dropper.
Current platform
BRINC LEMUR 2
Indoor/tactical drone with a glass-breaker, two-way communications, LiDAR, and a loudspeaker, designed to fly inside buildings during police and SWAT operations.
Partnerships
Every company BRINC has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1US Public Safety Agencies1× joint
Most recent
- BRINC x Public Safety Agencies2020-01-01with US Public Safety Agenciesoperating
BRINC on the deployment map
View the global map6 verified deployments across 3 regions, newest verified Feb 2025. Explore where BRINC's robots are operating, by place and type.
- operationalBRINC Responder at California →West Coast · verified Feb 2025
- operationalBRINC Responder at Las Vegas →verified Jun 2024
- operationalBRINC LEMUR 2 at Las Vegas →verified Jun 2024
- operationalBRINC Guardian at Las Vegas →verified Jun 2024
- operationalBRINC LEMUR 2 at Las Vegas →verified Jun 2024
- operationalBRINC LEMUR 2 at United States →United States · verified Jan 2023
View the full BRINC deployment record →
Relationships
Explainers
Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about BRINC, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.
What is the BRINC Responder?
Is the BRINC Responder autonomous?
What is the BRINC LEMUR 2?
Current leadership (1)
- Blake Resnick Founder & CEOIR-verified
Founders (2)
- Blake Resnicksolefounded 2017-01-01
later founded BRINC Drones
- Blake Resnickcofounder
later founded BRINC Drones
Safety record
No incidents on record for BRINC.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- BRINC6 deployments
Recent coverage
BRINC in third-party press
Peers
99 peers across 1 segment. Every BRINC competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
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- AeroVironmentdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AgXeeddirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AirForestrydirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Supplied by (2)
Sensors
- SpaceXvia BRINC GuardianStarlink satellite communications panel (integrated hardware) -- BRINC Guardian is "the world's first Starlink-connected drone"; BRINC March 2026 launch PR describes "integrated Starlink satellite panel" providing connectivity independent of terrestrial cellular or radio infrastructure; Starlink hardware (not service) embedded in airframesupplies
- Teledyne FLIRvia BRINC LEMUR 2FLIR Lepton 3.5 LWIR thermal micro-camera module (160x120px, 7 Hz) -- one of seven sensors in BRINC's array; listed as "Thermal by FLIR" collaborator April 2023; provides thermal signature detection for law enforcement and emergency response missionssupplies
Inbound supply edges feeding this company directly or via the models it owns. Same source bar as the outbound view (verified against at least two strong sources).
Financial state
- Total funding
- $225.0M
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company BRINC has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- BRINC x Public Safety Agencies2020-01-01with US Public Safety Agenciesoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1US Public Safety Agencies1× joint
All 1 partnerships
open in the atlas →- BRINC x Public Safety AgencieswithUS Public Safety Agenciesdeployment2020-01-01operating
Funding rounds (3)
BRINC’s 3 disclosed rounds, $225M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series B2026-07-14
$125M(reported) · $1.0B post
Investors: Index Ventures, Motorola Solutions (lead)
- Strategic2025-02-19
$75M(reported) · $600M post
Investors: Motorola Solutions (lead)
- Series A2021-10-01
$25M(reported) · $150M post
Investors: 8VC (lead), Tribe Capital
Timeline
Every recorded move in BRINC’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2026-07-14Series B raising $125000000
Funding roundStrategic funding round
2025-02-19Strategic raising $75000000
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2021-10-01Series A raising $25000000
PartnershipBRINC x Public Safety Agencies
2020-01-01BRINC deploys its LEMUR 2 and Guardian drones with police and fire departments across the US for drone-as-first-responder (DFR) programs, enabling rapid aerial response to emergencies.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 4, 2026
BRINC Guardian drone-in-a-box
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 4, 2026
BRINC Responder drone-as-first-responder
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 4, 2026
BRINC Lemur 2 tactical drone
- Record createdMay 31, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedFeb 25, 2025
BRINC Responder at California
Sources (13)
- https://brincdrones.com/about/
- https://brincdrones.com/blake-resnick/
- https://www.geekwire.com/2022/meet-blake-resnick-the-22-year-old-engineer-who-just-moved-his-fast-growing-drone-startup-to-seattle/
- https://www.commercialuavnews.com/public-safety/blake-resnick-brings-an-industry-to-the-brinc-of-a-revolution-with-drones-that-support-first-responder-dfr-operations
- https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/08/a-25-year-old-police-drone-founder-just-raised-75m-led-by-index/
- https://brincdrones.com/news/brinc-secures-75-million-forms-strategic-alliance-with-motorola-solutions-to-scale-production-and-use-of-911-response-drones/
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/brinc-secures-75-million-forms-strategic-alliance-with-motorola-solutions-to-scale-production-and-use-of-911-response-drones-302423065.html
- https://www.geekwire.com/2025/public-safety-drone-maker-brinc-raises-75m-forms-strategic-alliance-with-motorola/
- https://dronedj.com/2025/04/08/brinc-funding-motorola-drones-china/
- https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250408177136/en/Motorola-Solutions-Forms-Strategic-Alliances-with-BRINC-and-SkySafe-for-Drone-as-First-Responder-and-Drone-Detection-for-Public-Safety
- https://www.motorolasolutions.com/newsroom/press-releases/brinc-unveils-guardian-drone-as-first-responder.html
- https://dronelife.com/2026/03/24/brinc-us-drone-manufacturing-public-safety-guardian/
- https://www.commercialuavnews.com/brinc-raises-125-million-911-response-drones-
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 13 sources (6 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 6
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 6
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for BRINC.Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
- Earendil Robotics4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning BRINC from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
BRINC drones now come with live wildfire and smoke tracking
Wildfire response can get complicated fast. There are drones in the air, crews on the ground, dispatch information coming in, and, increasingly, huge areas of smoke making it…
BRINC Brings Wildfire and Smoke Tracking Into Drone Operations
New LiveOps layers integrate NOAA fire and smoke data to give public safety agencies a more complete operational picture BRINC has added wildfire and smoke tracking to its LiveOps…
Motorola backs BRINC’s $125 million emergency drone expansion
Imagine calling 911 and, before the first police officer or firefighter arrives, a drone is already hovering over the scene, streaming live video back to dispatchers and first…
BRINC Raises $125 Million To Put A 911 Response Drone On Every Police And Fire Station Roof
BRINC, a public safety drone technology company, announced a $125 million financing round led by Motorola Solutions, with participation from Index Ventures and Dylan Field,…
BRINC Public Safety Drone Maker Closes $125M Round Led by Motorola
BRINC raised $125M led by Motorola Solutions to deploy 911 response drones at police and fire stations nationwide, with participation from Index Ventures and Dylan Field.
BRINC raises 5M in funding for emergency response drones
BRINC Drones raised 5M for emergency response drones, forming a strategic alliance with Motorola Solutions. Total funding reached 57M.
BRINC Unveils Guardian, Launching the Next Era of Drone as First Responder
BRINC unveiled Guardian, a drone-as-first-responder platform delivering 24/7 operations, satellite connectivity, and advanced imaging to help public safety agencies respond to 911…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/brinc.md
- RSS feed: /companies/brinc/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/c9c5664a-cb1e-434d-8965-74f5870ad1be
- Revision history: /companies/brinc/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
- Earendil Robotics4 models
Heat Index
Category contender77/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
BRINC draws attention at the 24th percentile but verifies reality at the 81st percentile among aerial robots. Hype Gap -56.3, 124th widest among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 6 verified deployments. Well-capitalized with $225M raised and recent funding activity. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Aug 29, 2026