# Shield AI: company

Canonical ID: `d931700f-6b76-42d2-bdac-2123c2f26f1b`

## Key facts

- **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)

- **Slug:** shield-ai
- **Status:** private
- **Founded:** 2015
- **HQ:** San Diego, California, USA

## Models

- [Shield AI V-BAT](/models/shield-ai-v-bat.md) (aerial) (id: `13b0e05a-898e-4195-b200-70b7fd9bbf6d`)

## Supplies to

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## Sources (12)

1. https://shield.ai/shield-ai-raises-240m-at-5-3b-valuation-to-scale-hivemind-enterprise-an-ai-powered-autonomy-developer-platform/
2. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/shield-ai-raises-240m-at-5-3b-valuation-to-scale-hivemind-enterprise-an-ai-powered-autonomy-developer-platform-302393843.html
3. https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/06/shield-ai-raises-240-million-at-a-5-3-billion-valuation-to-commercialize-its-ai-drone-tech/
4. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-06/drone-defense-startup-shield-ai-lands-5-3-billion-valuation
5. https://shield.ai/shield-ai-to-acquire-software-simulation-company-aechelon-and-raise-2b-at-12-7b-valuation/
6. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-26/defense-startup-shield-ai-nabs-2-billion-at-12-7-billion-value
7. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/26/defense-startup-shield-ai-lands-12-7b-valuation-up-140-after-u-s-air-force-deal/
8. https://fortune.com/2026/03/26/shield-ai-revenue-series-g-funding-12-billion-valuation/
9. https://shield.ai/shield-ai-appoints-gary-steele-as-ceo-ryan-tseng-named-president/
10. https://fortune.com/2025/12/21/shield-ai-ukraine-defense-tech-gary-steele/
11. https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/institute/shield-ai-co-founder-shares-10-year-journey-reimagining-air-power/
12. https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/09/shield-ais-founder-on-death-drones-in-ukraine-and-the-ai-weapon-no-one-wants/

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