The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies DEXA: 2 models, 4 deployments across 3 regions, $15.0M raised. 1 source back the record.
CategoryDrones
Appears inLogistics robots/Delivery drones
Overview
Autonomous drone delivery company (formerly Drone Express) building last-mile drone logistics for retail and consumers. Headquartered in Dayton, OH. Closed oversubscribed USD 15M seed in three stages (2021, 2023, 2025) led by G2A Investment Partners. Expanding to major U.S. metropolitan markets with FAA authorization. CEO Beth Flippo.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 4 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Total fundingsee investors →
Founder & CEO
FAA certifications
Aircraft
Employees
Parent company
App
Financial stage
Data & sources
Web sources
1
1 source backing this record.View all →
Models (2)
View all models →Current platform
Dexa Delivery Drone
Fully autonomous delivery drone with fewer rotors and increased load capacity of up to 20 pounds. Designed for local business last-mile delivery.
Current platform
DE-2020
US-made autonomous hexacopter designed and manufactured by DEXA for last-mile delivery. S1-listed aircraft certified by the FAA, operated under Part 135 authority with national BVLOS waiver for beyond-visual-line-of-sight commercial flights.
DEXA on the deployment map
View the global map4 verified deployments across 3 regions, newest verified Mar 2026. Explore where DEXA's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full DEXA deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Beth Flippo CEO & FounderSEC-verified
- Russell Kline Chief Regulatory OfficerSEC-verified
Founders (1)
- Beth Flippocofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for DEXA.
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)
- DEXA4 deployments
Recent coverage
DEXA in third-party press
Peers
192 peers across 2 segments. Every DEXA competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
drone(99)
57 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 1809.2177305910177) · leader Anduril Industries at 3057%
- AEVEX Aerospacedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- ATL Global Holding AGdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aereodirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AeroVironmentdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AgXeeddirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AirForestrydirect competitor(inferred)moderate
humanoid(93)
68 companies in this segment · competitive (HHI 574.5255335898561) · leader Figure AI at 1207%
- 1X Technologiesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AI2 Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AIST Humanoid Research Groupdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Acuminodirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AgiBotdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Agility Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Mentioned on (4)
Registry pages whose text names DEXA.
Financial state
- Total funding
- $15.0M
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.
Funding rounds (1)
- Seed2025-09-24
$15M(reported)
Investors: G2A Investment Partners (lead), Venture 53, Tech Square Ventures
Timeline
Every recorded move in DEXA’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeed funding round
2025-09-24Seed raising $15000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 23, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedMar 18, 2026
DE-2020 at Green Brook, New Jersey, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedNov 24, 2025
Dexa Delivery Drone at Dayton, Ohio, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2021
Dexa Delivery Drone at Centerville, Ohio (Kroger)
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2021
DE-2020 at Dayton
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-10
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-10
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for DEXA.Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- DJI9 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- Skydio6 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning DEXA from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Grubhub and Dexa Introduce New Jersey's First Drone-Powered Food Delivery Program
Grubhub and DEXA launch a three-month drone food delivery test program at Wonder's Green Brook, NJ location, marking the first commercial drone food delivery in New Jersey.
DEXA takes drone delivery into the future to Dayton and beyond
DEXA (formerly Drone Express) piloting drone delivery in Dayton, OH. Kroger pilot since 2021. New drone certified with fewer rotors and 20-pound load capacity. Plans for hundreds…
DEXA Secures $15M to Expand At-Home Drone Delivery in Major U.S. Cities
DEXA closes oversubscribed $15M seed round in three $5M stages (2021, 2023, 2025), led by G2A Investment Partners with Venture 53 and Tech Square Ventures participating.
DEXA Closes Oversubscribed $15M Seed Funding
DEXA (Drone Express) closed USD 15M seed in three stages (2021, 2023, 2025) led by G2A Investment Partners. Expanding at-home drone delivery to major U.S. metropolitan markets.…
DEXA Secures National FAA Waiver for Beyond Visual Line of Sight Drone Operations
DEXA receives a national BVLOS waiver from the FAA, placing it among an elite group of drone operators cleared to scale commercial delivery without case-by-case flight approvals.
Dexa Receives National FAA Waiver To Expand Drone Deliveries
Aviation Week reports on DEXA's national FAA BVLOS waiver, enabling the company to operate drones beyond visual line of sight without individual flight approvals.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/dexa.md
- RSS feed: /companies/dexa/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/58363865-5849-4ef5-93cb-8f639d44a583
- Revision history: /companies/dexa/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- DJI9 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- Skydio6 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
Video
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Heat Index
Category contender75/100
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
DEXA draws attention at the 35th percentile but verifies reality at the 76th percentile among aerial robots. Hype Gap -41.6, 102nd widest among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 4 verified deployments. 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: Oct 22, 2026