Company
KDE Direct
US designer and manufacturer of brushless motors, ESCs, and propellers for UAV propulsion.
- Founded
- 2008
- HQ
- Bend, OR
- Status
- Private
The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies KDE Direct: 1 model. 3 sources back the record.
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Key facts
Focus
Market
Commercial UAV propulsion
UAS ESC telemetry
Data & sources
Web sources
3
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Models (1)
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Every company KDE Direct has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
KDE Direct on the deployment map
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Relationships
Safety record
No incidents on record for KDE Direct.
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
KDE Direct in third-party press
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- SIYI Technology5 models
Mentioned on (1)
Registry pages whose text names KDE Direct.
Robots and products (1)
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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 operating
Every company KDE Direct has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- kde-direct x nvidiawithNVIDIA1116technology—operating
- kde-direct x awswithAWS976technology—operating
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 26, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (3)
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-10
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-10
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for KDE Direct.Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- SIYI Technology5 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning KDE Direct from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/kde-direct.md
- RSS feed: /companies/kde-direct/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/de92f7b0-f210-4b90-be57-14feb56a1a8c
- Revision history: /companies/kde-direct/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- SIYI Technology5 models
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
KDE Direct draws attention at the 8th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
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 18, 2026