The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Emesent: 1 model. 1 source back the record.
CategoryDrones
Appears inInspection & survey drones
Key facts
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Data & sources
Web sources
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Models (1)
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Current leadership (2)
- Stefan Hrabar Co-founder & CEO
- Farid Kendoul Co-founder & CTO
Safety record
No incidents on record for Emesent.
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 →
Recent coverage
Emesent in third-party press
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
- Earendil Robotics4 models
Financial state
- 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.
Funding rounds (2)
Emesent’s 2 disclosed rounds, $23M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series B2025-07-01
$17M(reported)
- Series A2020-09-22
$6M(reported)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 27, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2021
Hovermap at United States
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2021
Hovermap at South Africa (underground mines)
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2019
Hovermap at Australia
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05
Verification posture
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Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-05
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Emesent.Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
- Earendil Robotics4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Emesent from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Emesent Secures $2M Grant to Develop GPS-Denied Autonomy Open Platform Cortex AI
August 12, 2026 ―Emesent, an autonomous mapping and robotics company, has been awarded a $2 million (USD) grant from the Australian Government’s Cooperative Research Centres…
Emesent Secures $2M Grant to Develop GPS-Denied Autonomy Open Platform Cortex AI
Emesent, an autonomous mapping and robotics company, has been awarded a $2 million (USD) grant from the Australian Government’s Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P)…
Drone mapping firm Emesent lands $17 million for AI growth
Australian drone mapping company Emesent has secured $17 million in new funding to accelerate its push into AI-powered autonomous operations, betting that smarter software — not…
Emesent secures $17 million to accelerate autonomous intelligence platform
8 July 2026: Emesent, an autonomous mapping and robotics company, today announced $17 million (USD) in total new funding to accelerate development of its Cortex AI autonomy…
Emesent Secures US$17 Million to Expand Autonomous Mapping
Emesent secures $17M to support development of autonomy software, cloud platform, and manufacturing for Hovermap.
Emesent — CSIRO Spin-off
Emesent, founded 2018 as CSIRO spin-off, uses Hovermap to map underground areas with LiDAR and SLAM in GPS-denied environments.
Emesent announces Hovermap integration with American-made Freefly Astro drone
Emesent integrates Hovermap LiDAR mapping payload with Freefly Astro drone, responding to US regulations banning Chinese drones.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/emesent.md
- RSS feed: /companies/emesent/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/944c1a19-4dea-4a63-b721-8b770c94a6a3
- Revision history: /companies/emesent/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
- Earendil Robotics4 models
Reality vs attention
Emesent draws attention at the 33rd percentile but verifies reality at the 57th percentile among aerial robots. Hype Gap -24.4, 83rd widest among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 3 verified deployments. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
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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 18, 2026