Company

Shield AI

American defense-autonomy company (San Diego, founded 2015 by Brandon Tseng, Ryan Tseng, and Andrew Reiter) building the Hivemind AI pilot and the V-BAT VTOL drone. Hivemind flies aircraft without GPS, communications, or a human pilot. Raised $2B at a $12.7B valuation in March 2026; Gary Steele became CEO in 2025 (effective May).

Based in San Diego, California, USA · Founded 2015 · 1 model on record

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Founded: 2015, San Diego, by Brandon Tseng, Ryan Tseng, and Andrew Reiter
Valuation: $2B Series G at $12.7B (Mar 2026); prior $240M at $5.3B (Mar 2025)
Revenue: ~$540M projected for 2026 (2025 ~$300M); not yet profitable
Leadership: CEO Gary Steele (announced Mar 2025, effective May 2025); co-founder Ryan Tseng is President
Software: Hivemind AI pilot / autonomy stack (flies aircraft GPS- and comms-denied)

HQ: San Diego, California, USA
Founded: 2015
Status: private
Type: both
ID: d931700f-6b76-42d2-bdac-2123c2f26f1b

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Shield AI V-BATaerial

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