The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Reliable Robotics: 1 model, 2 deployments across 2 regions, $160.0M raised. 1 source back the record.
CategoryDrones
Overview
Reliable Robotics is a Mountain View-based aerospace company developing the Reliable Autonomy System for fully automated aircraft operation. The company has raised over 00M in total funding, including a 60M round in 2025 to accelerate deployment and scale production of its autonomous flight systems for cargo and regional aviation.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundOther post-money
Key facts
Fundingsee investors →
Key product
Investorssee investors →
USD 160M financing (primary Business Wire)
Customer pipeline and eIPP (primary Business Wire)
Data & sources
Web sources
1
1 source backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Reliable Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Nimble Robotics1× joint2 total
Most recent
Reliable Robotics on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Reliable Robotics's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Reliable Robotics deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (3)
- Robert Rose Co-founder & CEOsecondary-verified
- Juerg Frefel Co-founder & CTOsecondary-verified
- Kevin Sagis Senior Vice President & Chief Engineersecondary-verified
Founders (2)
- Robert Rosecofounder
- Juerg Frefelcofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Reliable Robotics.
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 →
Operator customers (1)
- Reliable Robotics2 deployments
Recent coverage
Reliable Robotics in third-party press
Peers
88 peers across 1 segment. Every Reliable Robotics competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
av(88)
57 companies in this segment · highly_concentrated (HHI 4969.122215850638) · leader Waymo at 6990%
- A&K Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AIRdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Alsodirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aseon Labsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aurora Innovationdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AutoXdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Financial state
- Total funding
- $160.0M
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- 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.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 just announced
Every company Reliable Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1Nimble Robotics1× joint2 total
Funding rounds (1)
- Other2025-06-01
$160M(reported) · $800M post
Investors: Eclipse (follow), Lightspeed Venture Partners (follow), Coatue Management (follow), Pathbreaker Ventures (follow), Nimble Partners (lead), Socium Ventures (follow), AE Ventures (follow), RTX Ventures (follow), Presidio Ventures (follow), UP.Partners (follow)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Reliable Robotics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundOther funding round
2025-06-01Other raising $160000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Reliable Autonomy System at United States (multiple hotel chains)
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Reliable Autonomy System at Germany, Europe
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-09-29
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-09-29
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Reliable Robotics.Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Skydio6 models
- SIYI Technology5 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Reliable Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Reliable Robotics Announces $160M in New Investment
Reliable Robotics raised a $160M Series D led by Nimble Partners to scale production of its FAA-certifiable autonomous aircraft system and begin cargo operations in 2026.
Reliable Robotics raises 60M for fully automated aircraft
Reliable Robotics raised 60M to accelerate deployment and scale production of the Reliable Autonomy System for fully automated aircraft.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/reliable-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/reliable-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/c9b11b5d-434a-4eaf-b16d-5b05adbc8d65
- Revision history: /companies/reliable-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Skydio6 models
- SIYI Technology5 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
Video
On November 21, 2023, Reliable Robotics made aviation history with the successful flight of a Cessna 208B Caravan, with no one on board. A remote pilot commanded the uncrewed aircraft from Reliable’s control center 50 mi
Reliable Robotics was founded in 2017 with the mission to make air transport safer, more accessible, and more affordable for everyone. In June 2020, nine mont
If you’re not already an AOPA pilot, we’d love for you to join us. Learn more about our FREE* trial membership! https://www.aopa.org/trialmember Robert Rose,
Reliable Robotics Co-Founder and CEO Robert Rose's address at the 2025 UP.Summit in Bentonville, Arkansas, an invitation-only gathering of the world’s most inno
Reliable Robotics was founded in 2017 with the mission to make air transport safer, more accessible, and more affordable for everyone. Reliable Robotics has d
The Reliable Autonomous Flight System is the first FAA certifiable system enabling fully automated operation of an aircraft. It prevents the leading causes of a
Larry, Marc and Casey walks through the first flight test of our built in-house Detect And Avoid (DAA) Radar, which is designed to meet DO-366.
On June 17, 2026, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy toured Reliable Robotics at Albuquerque International Sunport to see how the company is unlocking
Reliable Robotics CEO and co-founder Robert Rose provides testimony as witness to the U.S. House The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee
In this episode, we welcome back Brandon Suarez from Reliable Robotics, more than three years after his first appearance. Brandon leads the development of techn
At UP.Summit 2025, Robert Rose, CEO of Reliable Robotics, shares his vision for unlocking the full potential of aviation through certified autonomous flight sys
Heat Index
Category contender77/100
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
Reliable Robotics draws attention at the 23rd percentile but verifies reality at the 34th percentile among aerial robots. Hype Gap -11.2, 86th widest among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Well-capitalized with $160M raised. Deployment footprint remains limited 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: Oct 5, 2026