CategoryDrones
Appears inInspection & survey drones
Overview
Swiss drone company developing collision-tolerant drones for confined space inspections. Elios 3 is the leading indoor inspection drone for energy, public safety, and sewer infrastructure. US office in Denver, CO.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
CEO
Co-founder
HQ
Founded
Product
Series C
US office
WinCan integration
Incidents
Data & sources
Web sources
2
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Models (1)
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Where Flyability's robots are verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
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Relationships
Explainers
Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about Flyability, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.
- What is the Flyability Elios 3?
The Elios 3 is a collision-tolerant inspection drone from Flyability, built to fly inside confined industrial spaces. A protective carbon fiber cage lets it bump into surfaces and keep flying, and it carries LiDAR mapping and a 4K camera. It is at the commercial stage with verified deployments.
- What is the Elios 3 used for?
The Flyability Elios 3 is used for inspecting confined and hazardous industrial spaces such as tanks, boilers, sewers, and mines, without sending a person inside. Its collision-tolerant cage lets it fly in tight, GPS-denied areas, and its LiDAR and 4K camera capture the condition of the space.
Current leadership (1)
- Patrick Thevoz CEO & Co-Founderreported, not verified
Founders (1)
- Patrick Thevozcofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Flyability.
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 →
Operated deployments (2)
Operator customers (1)
- Flyability2 deployments
Recent coverage
Flyability in third-party press
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- AeroVironment3 models
Supplied by (1)
Sensors
- Oustervia Elios 3Ouster OS0-32 Rev 6.2 LiDAR sensor (standard configuration, launched May 2022) -- primary 3D mapping and navigation sensor for the Elios 3 confined-space inspection drone; enables real-time 3D model creation via Flyability's FlyAware SLAM engine with accuracy to +/-2cm even in dark, dusty and reflective environments; the Elios 3 Surveying Payload (announced October 2023) upgrades to the Ouster OS0-128 Rev 7 for centimeter-accurate survey-grade point clouds; both configurations source their LiDAR from Oustersupplies
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
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- 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 (1)
- Series C2022-09-08
$16M(reported)
Investors: SBI (lead)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Flyability Elios 3 - Everything You Need To Know
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Flyability Elios 3 - Digitizing the inaccessible
- Record createdJun 7, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2022
Elios 3 at Global (restaurants, 600+ cities)
Sources (2)
Common questions
- What is Flyability?
- Swiss drone company developing collision-tolerant drones for confined space inspections. Elios 3 is the leading indoor inspection drone for energy, public safety, and sewer infrastructure. US office in Denver, CO.
- What does Flyability make?
- Flyability has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Elios 3 (Flyability builds physical robots).
- Is Flyability publicly traded?
- No. Flyability is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Who competes with Flyability?
- On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Flyability building in the same form factors include Anduril Industries, DJI, Amazon, Autel Robotics.
- Who is the CEO of Flyability?
- Patrick Thevoz is the ceo of Flyability, per the DEPLOY registry.
- How can I invest in Flyability?
- Flyability is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today. It has raised $16M in disclosed funding.
- Where is Flyability headquartered?
- Flyability is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.
- How much funding has Flyability raised?
- Flyability has raised approximately $16M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.
- Who owns Flyability?
- Flyability is privately held and venture-backed ($16M raised); ownership sits with its founders and private investors.
- Where does Flyability operate robots?
- Flyability operates 2 verified deployments, including at Global (restaurants, 600+ cities), Lausanne.
- Is Flyability a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Flyability ranks in roughly the top 66% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was Flyability founded?
- Flyability was founded in 2014.
- Is Flyability safe?
- Flyability has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-18
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-18
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Flyability.Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- AeroVironment3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Flyability from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Flyability: Shaping the future of confined space inspections
Flyability, co-founded by Patrick Thévoz and Adrien Briod, develops collision-tolerant drones for confined space inspections with US office in Denver.
Flyability Funding 22 Million for Makers of Elios Indoor Inspection Platform
Flyability announced CHF 15 million in Series C funding led by SBI, bringing total funding to CHF 22 million for its Elios indoor inspection drone platform.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/flyability.md
- RSS feed: /companies/flyability/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/6afaf625-8a86-4184-a979-975ffc5428d6
- Revision history: /companies/flyability/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- AeroVironment3 models
Reality vs attention
Flyability draws attention at the 7th percentile but verifies reality at the 55th percentile among aerial robots. Hype Gap -47.6, 50th widest among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 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: Jul 23, 2026