The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies REGENT Craft: $9.0M raised. 1 source back the record.
Funding
$9.0M
Employees
100
Overview
REGENT Craft is a Rhode Island-based Maritime technology company developing the Seaglider, a wing-in-ground-effect electric vehicle that flies just above the water's surface. Founded by Billy Thalheimer, the company has raised 4.5M across 10 rounds and holds a commercial order book exceeding 0 billion. REGENT Defense achieved the first WIG drone flight in the US. Manufacturing facility coming online in 2026.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeed post-money
Key facts
Total fundingsee investors →
Key product
Order book
Manufacturing facility
Key partnership
REGENT Defense
Data & sources
News coverage
1
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REGENT Craft on the deployment map
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Claims ledger
Public, dated claims by REGENT Craft, each tracked against the evidence. Status is a DEPLOY assessment from primary sources: verified means an independent source confirms it; contradicted means one refutes it; open means the outcome is not yet determinable. Every entry keeps its verbatim quote and source so you can check the call yourself.
- Partly trueCustomer · claimed 2026-06-16
“REGENT's commercial order book, which exceeds $10 billion across six”
$10B+ order book claimed. Manufacturing facility completed in North Kingstown, RI (255K sqft). The order book includes airlines, ferry operators, and energy companies. However, "order book" in aerospace typically includes LOIs (letters of intent) and MOUs, not just firm orders. The $10B figure should be treated as indicative interest, not firm contracted revenue. https://www.designdevelopmenttoday.com/industries/aerospace/news/22969111/worlds-first-seaglider-factory-opens-in-rhode-island
- VerifiedCapability · claimed 2026-06-16
“World's first Seaglider Manufacturing Facility”
255,000 sqft facility completed in North Kingstown, RI. No competitor has a seaglider manufacturing facility. REGENT is the first and only company in this category. https://www.designdevelopmenttoday.com/industries/aerospace/news/22969111/worlds-first-seaglider-factory-opens-in-rhode-island
- Partly trueCustomer · claimed 2026-01-01
“DHL Express and REGENT Craft to Launch Zero-Emission”
DHL partnership announced. DHL Express is a logistics partner for zero-emission transport. However, no confirmed commercial operations of seagliders carrying freight as of July 2026. The manufacturing facility is complete but no seaglider has entered commercial service. https://www.regentcraft.com/
Disagree with a status? REGENT Craft can submit a correction with evidence and we log the response on the record. Methodology and the full industry ledger live at /stats/claim-integrity.
Current leadership (1)
- Billy Thalheimer Co-Founder & CEOreported, not verified
Founders (1)
- Billy Thalheimercofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for REGENT Craft.
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
REGENT Craft in third-party press
Peers
99 peers across 1 segment. Every REGENT Craft competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
drone(99)
57 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 1809.2177305910177) · leader Anduril Industries at 3057%
- AEVEX Aerospacedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- ATL Global Holding AGdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aereodirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AeroVironmentdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AgXeeddirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AirForestrydirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Financial state
- Total funding
- $9.0M
- Employees
- 100
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- 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.
Funding rounds (1)
- Seed2021-05-06
$9M(reported) · $36M post
Timeline
Every recorded move in REGENT Craft’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeed funding round
2021-05-06Seed raising $9000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Medium confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- secondary-established-publication
- Established publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for REGENT Craft.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning REGENT Craft from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Seaglider drone tested in Michigan warfare exercise
REGENT Craft’s autonomous Seaglider drone, Squire, took part in a 13-day military experimentation event called Silent Swarm in Michigan, testing electronic warfare payloads…
REGENT completes world first Seaglider Manufacturing Facility
REGENT Craft completed the worlds first Seaglider manufacturing facility, a 255,000-square-foot facility in North Kingstown RI, supporting a global commercial order book of more…
REGENT Reveals Visuals of World's First Seaglider Manufacturing Facility
REGENT Craft revealed its seaglider manufacturing facility, coming online in 2026, to support delivery of 0B+ global commercial order book.
REGENT Begins Sea Trials of First Passenger-Carrying Seaglider
REGENT Craft revealed the first full-scale seaglider prototype and began sea trials. The high-speed maritime vessel connects coastal destinations.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/regent-craft.md
- RSS feed: /companies/regent-craft/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/5eaae9c3-f987-43fd-a77e-dbfe48bab034
- Revision history: /companies/regent-craft/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place REGENT Craft against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to 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: Aug 24, 2026