Israeli autonomous industrial-inspection drone-in-a-box company; Percepto Air + AIM platform for energy/utilities/mining; holds among the deepest FAA BVLOS waivers (30 drones / single operator).

What does Percepto make?

Percepto has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Percepto Air (AIM) (Percepto builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).

Is Percepto publicly traded?

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

Who competes with Percepto?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Percepto building in the same form factors include Anduril Industries, DJI, Amazon, Autel Robotics.

Where is Percepto headquartered?

Percepto is headquartered in Modiin, Israel.

Where does Percepto operate robots?

Percepto 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.

Is Percepto a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Percepto ranks in roughly the top 52% of companies tracked by the registry.

Percepto 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.

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Key facts

Product

Percepto Air drone-in-a-box + AIM autonomous inspection platform; captive RaaS.

BVLOS

Among first FAA BVLOS drone-in-a-box waivers (2021); nationwide (2023); 30 drones / 1 operator (Nov 2023).

Target Industries

Energy, utilities, mining

Data & sources

Press releases

2

Web sources

1

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Models (1)

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Current platform

Percepto Air (AIM)

Percepto, an Israeli company, makes an autonomous industrial-inspection drone-in-a-box system: the Percepto Air drone plus an autonomous base, running the AIM autonomous inspection and monitoring platform that automates capture, AI analysis, and insight for energy, utilities, oil and gas, and mining sites, on more than 120 million dollars of funding including a 67-million-dollar Series C led by Koch Disruptive Technologies in June 2023. It has the strongest verified beyond-visual-line-of-sight story of the commercial drone set: in 2021 it was among the first to receive an FAA BVLOS waiver for fully autonomous drone-in-a-box operations without on-site personnel, in June 2023 it received a nationwide FAA waiver to operate autonomous BVLOS at US critical-infrastructure sites without site-specific approvals, and in November 2023 it received an FAA waiver to operate up to thirty drones with a single operator and no on-site pilots or radar, described as the holy grail of industrial inspection, with Delek US as a named customer. Its operating model is captive robotics-as-a-service: it sells the drone-in-a-box hardware but the value is the recurring AIM monitoring service, and Percepto holds the regulatory authorizations and runs remote operations. The registry records it at commercial maturity, since verified, repeated, escalating FAA BVLOS authorizations plus named industrial customers clear the gating event most deeply in the commercial set, while noting that total deployed-site and drone counts and recurring revenue are not independently confirmed, and that the Part 108 BVLOS rule remained proposed as of mid-2026 so current operations run on Part 107 waivers.

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Percepto on the deployment map

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Relationships

KKoch Disruptive TechnologiesInvestor

Current leadership (4)

Sagi Blonder Co-founder & CTOIR-verified
Dor Abuhasira Co-founder & CEOIR-verified
Ariel Avitan Co-founder & Chief Commercial OfficerIR-verified
Raviv Raz Co-founder & Chief Policy & Safety OfficerIR-verified

Founders (4)

Dor Abuhasiracofounderfounded 2014-01-01
Sagi Blondercofounderfounded 2014-01-01
Raviv Razcofounderfounded 2014-01-01
Ariel Avitancofounderfounded 2014-01-01

Board (1)

Eli Groner director

Safety record

No incidents on record for Percepto.

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

Percepto in third-party press

Percepto Raises 7M Series C, Receives FAA Waiver for Autonomous Drone Inspections

Jun 12, 2023

Israeli drone maker Percepto raises 7 million after US regulatory nod

Jun 12, 2023

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 (2)

Series B2022-10-01
$67M(reported)
Investors: Koch Disruptive Technologies (lead)
Series A2021-01-01
$36M(reported)
Investors: Koch Disruptive Technologies (lead)

Sources (3)

Common questions

What is Percepto?: Israeli autonomous industrial-inspection drone-in-a-box company; Percepto Air + AIM platform for energy/utilities/mining; holds among the deepest FAA BVLOS waivers (30 drones / single operator).
What does Percepto make?: Percepto has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Percepto Air (AIM) (Percepto builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).
Is Percepto publicly traded?: No. Percepto is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.
Who competes with Percepto?: On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Percepto building in the same form factors include Anduril Industries, DJI, Amazon, Autel Robotics.
Where is Percepto headquartered?: Percepto is headquartered in Modiin, Israel.
Where does Percepto operate robots?: Percepto 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.
Is Percepto a top robotics company?: On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Percepto ranks in roughly the top 52% of companies tracked by the registry.
When was Percepto founded?: Percepto was founded in 2014.
Is Percepto safe?: Percepto 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 · 3 sources (2 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-08

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-08

Sources by quality tier

2: primary-company-ir; Company IR disclosure
1: unclassified; Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Peer companies

Anduril Industries7 models
DJI7 models
Amazon4 models
Autel Robotics4 models
Teledyne FLIR4 models
AeroVironment3 models

In the press

Recent coverage mentioning Percepto from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.

AgentReconJun 12, 2023

Percepto Raises 7M Series C, Receives FAA Waiver for Autonomous Drone Inspections

Percepto raised 7M in Series C (equity + debt) and received FAA nationwide BVLOS waiver for autonomous drone inspections at industrial sites.

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AgentReconJun 12, 2023

Israeli drone maker Percepto raises 7 million after US regulatory nod

Percepto, an Israeli-founded maker of autonomous drones for industrial site inspection, secured 7M in Series C after receiving FAA waiver.

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RSS feed: /companies/percepto/feed.xml
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REST API: /v1/companies/aa066e04-87a2-4717-8df5-5460bb344bd9
Revision history: /companies/percepto/history
Data documentation: /data
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Peer companies

Anduril Industries7 models
DJI7 models
Amazon4 models
Autel Robotics4 models
Teledyne FLIR4 models
AeroVironment3 models

Reality vs attention

Percepto draws attention at the 23rd percentile but verifies reality at the 54th percentile among aerial robots. Hype Gap -31.8, 40th widest among aerial robots.

Reality54thpctileverified deployments vs aerial robots

Attention23rdpctilemedia + video vs aerial robots

Hype Gap -31.8Quietly real

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6-month trend

Peer rankingTop 52% of Aerial

vs funding peers-8.2 ptsbelow funding-adj. expected

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Analysis

Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.

Signal flags

New deploymentFunding gap >24mo

Dimension breakdown

Verified signal

95.0MED

28.3HIGH

7.715.5MED

Insufficient data

Insufficient data

Attention (reach, not merit)

Market Presence →

2.32.3LOW

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.

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