# Ornadyne: robotics company

Canonical ID: `9f6458fb-8b14-41c5-b418-520a22433875`

## Key facts

- **CEO:** Geourg Kivijian
- **CTO:** Armen Arakelyan
- **YC Batch:** Spring 2026 (P26)
- **Target Customer:** U.S. SOCOM
- **O1 Wingspan:** 1 meter
- **O1 Payload:** 50-100 grams
- **O1 Speed:** 27 mph
- **O1 Weight:** 1 pound
- **O1 TRL:** 4-5 (TRL)
- **Financial stage:** Early (YC P26 pre-seed, $500K from YC)
- **Hero image candidate:** https://ornadyne.com/assets/O1-Iso-CFx-KFI8.jpg (source: official press kit)

- **Slug:** ornadyne
- **Status:** private
- **Founded:** 2026
- **HQ:** Los Angeles, CA, USA

## Models

- [Ornadyne O1](/models/ornadyne-o1.md) (aerial) (id: `68f532f9-fc3b-4d73-905d-3567984820be`)

## Current leadership (2)

- [Geourg Kivijian](/people/geourg-kivijian-ornadyne.md) Co-Founder & CEO
- [Armen Arakelyan](/people/armen-arakelyan-ornadyne.md) Co-Founder & CTO

## Founders (2)

- [Geourg Kivijian](/people/geourg-kivijian-ornadyne.md) _no longer at company_
- [Armen Arakelyan](/people/armen-arakelyan-ornadyne.md) _no longer at company_

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is Ornadyne?

Ornadyne builds flapping-wing ornithopter drones that look, fly, and sound like real birds for covert military reconnaissance. Their flagship [O1](/models/ornadyne-o1) is a crow-shaped biomimetic UAV with a one-meter wingspan, hour-class flight time, and near-silent acoustic signature designed to evade counter-UAS detection. The company is a Y Combinator Spring 2026 (P26) batch startup targeting U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) and defense customers.

### What does Ornadyne make?

Ornadyne has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Ornadyne O1 (Ornadyne builds physical robots).

### Is Ornadyne publicly traded?

No. Ornadyne is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.

### How can I invest in Ornadyne?

Ornadyne is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today.

### Where is Ornadyne headquartered?

Ornadyne is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, USA.

### Who owns Ornadyne?

Ornadyne is privately held; ownership sits with its founders and private investors.

### Where does Ornadyne operate robots?

Ornadyne is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

### When was Ornadyne founded?

Ornadyne was founded in 2026.


## Sources (4)

1. https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ornadyne
2. https://www.automate.org/robotics/industry-insights/robotics-raises-aseon-labs-h3-zoom-ornadyne-rekise-marine-seahi-robotics
3. https://ornadyne.com/
4. https://www.autonomyglobal.co/as-the-crow-flies-ornadynes-bird-mimicking-ornithopter-o1-targets-military-reconnaissance-missions/

_API: GET /v1/companies/9f6458fb-8b14-41c5-b418-520a22433875 · canonical URL: /companies/ornadyne_