CategoryDrones
Appears ineVTOL & passenger air mobility
Overview
German eVTOL developer of the Lilium Jet, a seven-seat electric jet with 36 ducted fans. EASA design organization approval. Insolvency proceedings opened 2024-10-24; assets acquired by Mobile Uplift in 2025.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Founded
Founders
Product
SPAC
EASA
Challenges
Data & sources
News coverage
1
Web sources
1
2 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Lilium on the deployment map
Where Lilium's robots are verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
- delivery and inspection drones in United States →
- delivery and inspection drones in California →
- delivery and inspection drones in Ukraine (combat zones) →
- delivery and inspection drones in Nevada →
- delivery and inspection drones in United Kingdom →
- delivery and inspection drones in China →
- The global deployment map →
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Daniel Wiegand ceosince 2015-01-01secondary-verified
- Matthias Mezger ctosince 2015-01-01secondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Lilium.
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)
- Lilium JetMunich
- Lilium JetMunich
Operator customers (1)
- Lilium2 deployments
Recent coverage
Lilium in third-party press
Meet the 5 air taxis set to define the future of urban mobility in 2026 - Interesting Engineering
Archer and Karem Aircraft Announce Exclusive Collaboration to Utilize Military-Grade Rotor Technology on Archer’s Next-Generation Dual-Use VTOL Aircraft - Archer Aviation
16th Golden Indie Music Awards winners: Hsien Ching, Robot Swing, Lilium, ELLE SHIMADA, & more sweep awards - bandwagon.asia
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- AeroVironment3 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 (4)
- Series C2020-01-01
$240M(reported)
Investors: Baillie Gifford (lead), LGT Capital Partners
- Series B2019-01-01
$240M(reported)
Investors: Tencent (lead), Baillie Gifford
- Series A2017-01-01
$90M(reported)
- Seed2015-01-01
$1M(reported)
Regulatory filings (1)
- faa_actionfaa action · us_faapending
Linked models: Lilium Jet
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Lilium Jet Demonstrator Achieves First Main Wing Transition For...
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Test Flight September 28: Lilium Jet Demonstrates Maneuverability
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Lilium Jet eVTOL trailer
- Record createdJun 7, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (2)
Common questions
- What is Lilium?
- German eVTOL developer of the Lilium Jet, a seven-seat electric jet with 36 ducted fans. EASA design organization approval. Insolvency proceedings opened 2024-10-24; assets acquired by Mobile Uplift in 2025.
- What does Lilium make?
- Lilium has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Lilium Jet (Lilium builds physical robots).
- Who competes with Lilium?
- On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Lilium building in the same form factors include Anduril Industries, DJI, Amazon, Autel Robotics.
- Who is the CEO of Lilium?
- Daniel Wiegand is the ceo of Lilium, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Where does Lilium operate robots?
- Lilium operates 2 verified deployments, including at Munich.
- Is Lilium a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Lilium ranks in roughly the top 54% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was Lilium founded?
- Lilium was founded in 2015.
- Is Lilium safe?
- Lilium 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 2026-07-22
Verification posture
Verified
Medium confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-22
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- secondary-established-publication
- Established publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Lilium.Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- AeroVironment3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Lilium from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Meet the 5 air taxis set to define the future of urban mobility in 2026 - Interesting Engineering
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Archer and Karem Aircraft Announce Exclusive Collaboration to Utilize Military-Grade Rotor Technology on Archer’s Next-Generation Dual-Use VTOL Aircraft - Archer Aviation
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16th Golden Indie Music Awards winners: Hsien Ching, Robot Swing, Lilium, ELLE SHIMADA, & more sweep awards - bandwagon.asia
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Archer Aviation Acquires Lilium GmbH Patent Portfolio - Future Transport-News
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Ambitious Air Mobility Group Wants to Invest in Lilium - All-About-Industries
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AAMG forges big plans for Lilium – including military applications - electrive.com
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Wisk Aero and NASA Deepen Research Partnership - Forecast International
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Lilium Jet to fly over greater Houston area from Hobby Airport - InnovationMap
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Lilium Jet Debuts in US at Houston Hobby Airport - Future Transport-News
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Groupe ADP to Expand Lilium Jet eVTOL Infrastructure in France - Airport Industry-News
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UAM Snapshot – Lilium Jet - Forecast International
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Lilium Air Taxi Factory Installs Assembly Equipment - Assembly Magazine
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/lilium.md
- RSS feed: /companies/lilium/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/0e3d091f-39d9-4c56-aa67-ae13ff106e4c
- Revision history: /companies/lilium/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
Video
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This is a short video demonstrating Lily Mini. This robot cat girl was created by lilium robotics and is capable of advanced movement of the arms and legs
Demonstration of the software and chatbot functions for the robot cat girl - Lily Model 7
Short talk showing the Lily Delta V7 head with the Khadas Vim3 SBC
Lilium Robotics presents the AI Robot Head V8 It sits on your desk and is capable of looking around, and talking. There are also additional function. Learn m
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Reality vs attention
Lilium draws attention at the 71st percentile but verifies reality at the 42nd percentile among aerial robots. Hype Gap +29.2, 13th widest among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Thin IP estate 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: Jul 23, 2026