Overview
Doodle Labs is a Marina del Rey, CA-based manufacturer of Mesh Rider mesh-radio datalinks for drones/UAS command and control and video transmission. Founded by Nimesh Parikh, the company received a .6M Tactical Funding Increase from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory for beamforming technology.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
HQ
Type
Product
Presence
Founder
Key product
U.S. AFRL contract
Partners
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Partnerships
Every company Doodle Labs has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Draganfly1× joint
- 2Evolve Dynamics1× joint
Most recent
Doodle Labs on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Nimesh Parikh Founderreported, not verified
Founders (1)
Safety record
No incidents on record for Doodle Labs.
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Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Doodle Labs in third-party press
Doodle Labs eyes US, European production sites as demand soars for jam-resistant drones
Doodle Labs Expands European Strategy to Support NATO-Aligned Autonomous Systems Programs - The National Law Review
Doodle Labs Introduces New Nano² Mesh Rider Radio - Unmanned Systems Technology
Supplies to (1)
Outbound supply edges from this company. Each relationship appears here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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Partnerships
2 total · 2 just announced
Every company Doodle Labs has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1Draganfly1× joint
- 2Evolve Dynamics1× joint
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- doodle-labs x Evolve DynamicswithEvolve Dynamicstechnology—just announced
- doodle-labs x DraganflywithDraganflytechnology—just announced
Timeline
Every recorded move in Doodle Labs’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Red Cat Holdings
2026-06-27Supply: mesh-radio to Red Cat Holdings
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 27, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
Common questions
What is Doodle Labs?
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Is Doodle Labs a top robotics company?
Is Doodle Labs safe?
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Doodle Labs.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Doodle Labs from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Doodle Labs eyes US, European production sites as demand soars for jam-resistant drones
Doodle Labs hopes to turn its success in equipping jam-hardened drones in Ukraine into additional production sites in Europe and he United States.
Doodle Labs Expands European Strategy to Support NATO-Aligned Autonomous Systems Programs - The National Law Review
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Doodle Labs Introduces New Nano² Mesh Rider Radio - Unmanned Systems Technology
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Doodle Labs’ Ash Parikh on jamming, anti-jamming, and drone warfare - Interesting Engineering
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Black Widow Multirotor Drone Calls on Doodle Labs Radios for Anti-Jamming - Unmanned Systems Technology
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Doodle Labs Provides Scalable Radio Solutions for High-Volume Deployment - Unmanned Systems Technology
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Doodle Labs’ Mini Mesh Rider Radio at XPONENTIAL 2025 - Unmanned Systems Technology
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Doodle Labs Unveils Mobile App for Managing Mesh Networks - Unmanned Systems Technology
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Anti-Jamming Drones: Enhancing Battlefield Resilience - Dronelife
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Mesh Radios Integrated into New NDAA-Compliant Astro UAS - Unmanned Systems Technology
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Doodle Labs named to Fast Company’s list of the world’s most innovative companies - Vertical Mag
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How battlefield testing has validated the long-range wireless systems from Doodle Labs - Fast Company
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/doodle-labs.md
- RSS feed: /companies/doodle-labs/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/aca2ad25-61c1-4d3c-af5c-0f3cd15472d5
- Revision history: /companies/doodle-labs/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Heat Index
Serious54/100
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
Not enough verified signal yet to place Doodle Labs against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
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: Sep 3, 2026