# BRINC: company

Canonical ID: `c9c5664a-cb1e-434d-8965-74f5870ad1be`

## Key facts

- **Founded:** 2017, Seattle, by Blake Resnick (Thiel fellow)
- **Funding:** $75M Series C (Apr 2025, led by Index Ventures + Motorola Solutions); ~$157M total
- **Alliance:** Motorola Solutions strategic alliance + investment; CommandCentral 911/CAD integration
- **Scale:** 900+ public-safety agencies; 20%+ of US SWAT teams
- **Software / autonomy:** BRINC LiveOps (operator dispatch + remote piloting); onboard 'Autonomy Engine' / DFR 3.0 feature (LiDAR mapping, GPS-denied hover) - not a standalone autonomy product

- **Slug:** brinc
- **Status:** private
- **Founded:** 2017
- **HQ:** Seattle, Washington, USA

## Models

- [BRINC Guardian](/models/brinc-guardian.md) (aerial) (id: `31b19d69-7002-45ca-8e45-2728ac43e1e0`)
- [BRINC Responder](/models/brinc-responder.md) (aerial) (id: `6023ec9f-c8e7-44ad-818a-31f1561a6df1`)
- [BRINC LEMUR 2](/models/brinc-lemur-2.md) (aerial) (id: `469bfc7d-d694-4c16-ac33-b1c7ebff74fc`)

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Sources (12)

1. https://brincdrones.com/about/
2. https://brincdrones.com/blake-resnick/
3. https://www.geekwire.com/2022/meet-blake-resnick-the-22-year-old-engineer-who-just-moved-his-fast-growing-drone-startup-to-seattle/
4. 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
5. https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/08/a-25-year-old-police-drone-founder-just-raised-75m-led-by-index/
6. https://brincdrones.com/news/brinc-secures-75-million-forms-strategic-alliance-with-motorola-solutions-to-scale-production-and-use-of-911-response-drones/
7. 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
8. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/public-safety-drone-maker-brinc-raises-75m-forms-strategic-alliance-with-motorola/
9. https://dronedj.com/2025/04/08/brinc-funding-motorola-drones-china/
10. 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
11. https://www.motorolasolutions.com/newsroom/press-releases/brinc-unveils-guardian-drone-as-first-responder.html
12. https://dronelife.com/2026/03/24/brinc-us-drone-manufacturing-public-safety-guardian/

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