The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Flytrex: 1 model, 1 deployment across 1 region, $40.0M raised. 3 sources back the record.
CategoryDrones
Appears inLogistics robots/Delivery drones
Overview
Flytrex is a Tel Aviv-based drone delivery company that provides fully autonomous, FAA-approved backyard drone delivery for food and retail items. Founded in 2013 by CEO Yariv Bash, Flytrex has raised $60M in total funding including a $40M Series C. The company partners with Walmart (grocery delivery pilot in Fayetteville, NC) and El Pollo Loco (food delivery), offering delivery starting at $0.80 per mile.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries C post-money
Key facts
Service
Delivery categories
CEO
Total fundingsee investors →
Partners
Cost
Uber partnership
Data & sources
Press releases
1
Web sources
2
3 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Flytrex has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Flytrex x Uber2025-09-18with Uberjust announced
- Flytrex x Walmart2020-09-09with Walmartjust announced
Flytrex on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Flytrex's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Flytrex deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Yariv Bash Co-founder & CEOSEC-verified
- Maor Farid Co-founderSEC-verified
Founders (2)
- Yariv Bashno longer at company
- Maor Faridno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for Flytrex.
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)
- Flytrex1 deployment
Recent coverage
Flytrex in third-party press
Peers
101 peers across 2 segments. Every Flytrex competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
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- Aereodirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AeroVironmentdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AgXeeddirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AirForestrydirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Mentioned on (2)
Registry pages whose text names Flytrex.
People (2)
Financial state
- Total funding
- $40.0M
- 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.
Partnerships
2 total · 2 just announced
Every company Flytrex has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Flytrex x Uber2025-09-18with Uberjust announced
- Flytrex x Walmart2020-09-09with Walmartjust announced
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- Flytrex x UberwithUber35technology2025-09-18just announced
- technology2020-09-09just announced
Funding rounds (3)
- Series C2021-11-19
$40M(reported) · $400M post
Investors: BRM Group (lead), OurCrowd, Benhamou Global Ventures, b2venture
- Series B2019-01-01
Investors: BRM Group (lead), OurCrowd, Benhamou Global Ventures, btov Partners, BackBone Ventures
- Series A2017-01-01
Regulatory filings (1)
- faa_actionfaa action · us_faaactive2023-01-01
Timeline
Every recorded move in Flytrex’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries C funding round
2021-11-19Series C raising $40000000
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2019-01-01Series B
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2017-01-01Series A
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 5, 2026
Flytrex delivery drone
- Record createdJun 3, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Flytrex delivery drone (Sky2) at Dallas
Sources (3)
- https://dronedj.com/2025/08/13/flytrex-drone-delivery-faa-bvlos/
- https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250813608293/en/Flytrex-Receives-FAA-Approval-for-Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight-Operations-Positioning-Company-for-Nationwide-Expansion
- https://dronelife.com/2025/09/29/drone-delivery-takes-off-flytrex-prepares-for-nationwide-growth/
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Flytrex.Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- DJI9 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- Skydio6 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Flytrex from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Job titles of the future: Delivery drone air traffic controller
The moment Trevor Wischnewsky heard that drones were delivering pizza and sushi around his Texas neighborhood, his mind was made up. “It was super fascinating,” he says. “I just…
Flytrex launches rooftop drone docks and predictive AI to cut delivery costs by 60 percent
Flytrex, an autonomous drone food delivery company, has announced new physical and AI infrastructure that cuts its cost per delivery by 60 percent and reduces delivery times to…
DoorDash goes all-in on its own drone delivery ecosystem
DoorDash has spent the past few years bringing drone deliveries to customers through partners including Wing and Flytrex. Now, the delivery giant is taking a much bigger piece of…
Delivery drones could be waiting before you even order
Flytrex says its AI-powered Rooftop Dock system in Dallas-Fort Worth positions drones at restaurants before orders arrive, cutting delivery costs by 60%.
Flytrex wants its delivery drones waiting before you even order food
Drone delivery has gotten pretty good at the flying part. The harder problem has often been getting a freshly prepared meal from the restaurant to the drone quickly enough.…
Flytrex Adds Rooftop Drone Docks and AI Fleet Positioning in Dallas
The company says prepositioning drones at restaurants can cut delivery costs by 60% and reduce delivery times by half. Flytrex has introduced a rooftop docking system and AI-based…
DoorDash Air brings drone delivery closer to the mainstream
DoorDash has secured FAA Part 135 certification for DoorDash Air, bringing commercial drone operations in-house. The move could give the delivery platform greater control over how…
Autonomous & Self-Driving Vehicle News: Tesla, Waymo, Uber, Hyundai, Nvidia, Aurora, Baidu, Lyft, BMW, Qualcomm, Flytrex, Nash, Atlas & Kodiak
In autonomous and self-driving vehicle news are Tesla, Waymo, Uber, Hyundai, Nvidia, Aurora, Baidu, Lyft, BMW, Qualcomm, Flytrex, Nash, Atlas and Kodiak. Lawsuit Alleges…
Drone Delivery's Big Week: DoorDash, Walmart, Wing Make Moves
DoorDash earned FAA Part 135 certification for DoorDash Air, Walmart and Wing launched drone delivery across Central Florida, and Flytrex partnered with Nash for multi-modal…
DoorDash expands beyond drivers with new drone delivery program
DoorDash launched DoorDash Air after receiving FAA Part 135 air carrier certification, authorizing the company to commercially operate its own drone delivery service developed by…
Flytrex and Wing Report Zero Airspace Conflicts for Multi-Operator Drone Delivery
Flytrex and Wing report thousands of automatically deconflicted flights in Dallas-Fort Worth with zero airspace conflicts.
Uber picks Flytrex for drone delivery partnership
Uber partners with Flytrex for Uber Eats drone delivery, investing tens of millions in the Israeli drone company.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/flytrex.md
- RSS feed: /companies/flytrex/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/59193eb7-d67a-433d-97b0-d8d32314ab71
- Revision history: /companies/flytrex/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
The first drone delivery service for golf courses in the US. No more waiting for the beverage cart - order using your mobile and have it delivered before you fi
Flytrex Sky is the world's first internet connected drone that serves as your personal courier. Use the Flytrex Messenger app to send and receive shipments with
Our drones are tested endlessly to ensure the best and safest flights every time. Learn more about our technology from Brent, our Director of Flight Operation
Do you need to get dinner on the table fast? Did you forget to pick up that one item from the store again? With Flytrex, delivery takes flight. Your local fa
Flytrex offers real world drone delivery service, today. Fully autonomous, regulatory approved and insured. Starting at 0.8c per mile. Walmart also began drone
While in Israel TechCrunch Reporter Jordan Crook met with Flytrex founder and CEO Yariv Bash to discuss how his company is solving the need of ultra fast delive
A drone company called Flytrex is partnering with El Pollo Loco to test food delivery in Southern California. The test flights begin this coming week at 10 of i
Follow the Flytrex drone as it makes its way to another happy client. By combining ultra-fast deliveries with remarkable user experience, Flytrex creates the sh
AHA.is CEO, Maron Kristófersson, insights following the deployment of Flytrex' Drone Delivery system in Reykjavík, Iceland
In September 2022 I had the opportunity to get up close and personal with @Flytrexcom, a drone delivery service, which has operations in Texas and North Carolin
🚀 BREAKING: Flytrex is revolutionizing food delivery with cutting-edge drone technology! 🍕🍟 Imagine your meal flown to you by air pilots and handed off by ru
A one shot demo flight featuring three camera views, the control center and the consumer app, which enables customers to track the flight and approve the delive
IPO Edge Presents: ICR Robotic Series Conversation with CEOs of Flytrex and Manna, July 13, 2022
Heat Index
Category contender79/100
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
Flytrex draws attention at the 78th percentile but verifies reality at the 8th percentile among aerial robots. Hype Gap +69.1, 6th widest among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Meaningful press and media coverage across the period. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category 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 17, 2026