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Skydio

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American autonomous-drone maker (San Mateo, founded 2014 by Adam Bry, Abraham Bachrach, and Matt Donahoe).

Track Skydio
Founded
2014
HQ
San Mateo, California, USA
Status
private

The verified answer

As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Skydio: 3 models, 33 deployments across 16 regions, $677.0M raised, 3 active incidents. 27 sources back the record.

Regulatory status3 DIU Blue UAS listings

Skydio holds 3 DIU Blue UAS listings, per the DEPLOY registry.

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CategoryDrones

Appears inMilitary & defense drones

Funding

$677.0M

Models

3

Deployments

33

Employees

891

Patents

15

Overview

American autonomous-drone maker (San Mateo, founded 2014 by Adam Bry, Abraham Bachrach, and Matt Donahoe). The largest US drone manufacturer. Exited the consumer market in 2023 to focus on public-safety, enterprise, and defense; its X10/X10D platforms run the onboard Skydio Autonomy Engine. Privately held; raised a $110M Series F at a $4.4B valuation in April 2026.

Verified record

Verified deployments
33 deployments on file
Active incidents
3 incidents on file

Valuation of record

DEPLOY VERIFIED
$4.4Bas of Apr 2026

Priced roundSeries F post-money

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Key facts

Founded

2014, San Mateo, California, by Adam Bry, Abraham Bachrach, Matt Donahoe

Market position

Largest US drone manufacturer

Fundingsee investors →

$110M Series F at $4.4B valuation (Apr 2026); prior $230M Series E (2023)

US manufacturing

$3.5B SkyForge US manufacturing expansion (2026)

Defense status

Skydio X10D on the DoD Blue UAS cleared list

Data & sources

Press releases

3

News coverage

3

Patent documents

15

Web sources

6

27 sources backing this record.View all →

Partnerships

Every company Skydio has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.

4 total4 operating2 ended

Most-frequent partners

  1. 1Chinese Battery Suppliers1× joint
  2. 2Dongguan Poweramp Technology (TDK subsidiary)1× joint1 total
  3. 3LIG Nex11× joint2 total
  4. 4US Army1× joint

Most recent

  1. Skydio x US Army X10D2026-03-22
    with US Armyoperating
  2. LIG Nex1 x Skydio (X10D Drone Platform Indo-Pacific)2025-10-20
    with LIG Nex1operating
  3. Skydio Battery Supply Disruption (China Sanctions 2024)2024-10-28
    with Chinese Battery Suppliersoperating
  4. Dongguan Poweramp x Skydio battery supply2018-01-01
    with Dongguan Poweramp Technology (TDK subsidiary)operating

Skydio on the deployment map

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Relationships

UUS ArmyCustomerLLIG Nex1DistributorCChinese Battery SuppliersManufacturerDDongguan Poweramp Technology (TDK subsidiary)ManufacturerLLinse CapitalInvestorAAndreessen Horowitz (a16z)InvestorNNVentures (NVIDIA)InvestorIIVPInvestorNNext47InvestorNNTT DoCoMo VenturesInvestor

Claims ledger

Public, dated claims by Skydio, 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.

Claim Integrity: 100% (3 of 3 resolved claims verified; 4 tracked)
  • OpenCapacity · claimed 2026-04-24
    “$1 billion to domestic suppliers”

    Skydio announced a $1B commitment to domestic suppliers. This is a forward-looking investment pledge, not a completed spend. Timeline for the $1B commitment is not specified. https://www.skydio.com/

    claim sourcestatus evidencecite this claim
  • VerifiedCustomer · claimed 2026-03-01
    “The U.S. Army's $52 million order for nearly 3,000 X10D drones in March 2026 was the largest single-vendor small UAS purchase in U.S. military”

    $52M US Army order for X10D confirmed on Skydio blog. Added to DoD Blue UAS cleared list. Spain Ministry of Defence also selected X10D. https://www.skydio.com/blog/u-s-army-usd52-million-order-skydio-x10d

    claim sourcestatus evidencecite this claim
  • VerifiedCapacity · claimed 2026-01-01
    “Skydio raises $110M Series F at $4.4B valuation”

    Series F funding round confirmed. $4.4B valuation. Skydio is the leading US drone manufacturer. https://www.skydio.com/

    claim sourcestatus evidencecite this claim
  • VerifiedCapability · claimed 2026-01-01
    “The world's only onboard AI that supports autonomous flight in low- or no-light environments”

    NightSense is an onboard AI capability on the X10D. DoD Blue UAS clearance validates the claim. No competitor has demonstrated equivalent no-light autonomous flight capability. https://www.skydio.com/x10d

    claim sourcestatus evidencecite this claim

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Explainers

Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about Skydio, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.

What is an autonomous drone?
An autonomous drone is an uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) whose flight is directed by onboard AI + autonomy stack rather than continuous human remote-piloting. Per DEPLOY's framework, the cohort splits across three classes with distinct verification anchors: new-defense (Anduril Roadrunner/Fury/Ghost/Bolt + Helsing HX-2/HF-1 + Shield AI V-BAT + Quantum Systems + Neros); legacy-prime (General Atomics MQ-9 lifecycle); commercial-civilian (Skydio + Zipline + Wing + Matternet + Brinc + Wingcopter + XAG + Percepto + Flytrex). Gating events split by class: BVLOS regulatory clearance for commercial; DoD contracts + fielded systems for defense. Editorial discipline: remotely-piloted-vs-autonomous honesty matters; MQ-9 + TB2 + Neros Archer are recorded as remotely-piloted, not autonomous. The framework resists 'drone = AI' inflation.Read the full explainer →
Is the Skydio X10 autonomous?
Partly, and honestly. The Skydio X10 has genuine onboard autonomy: real obstacle avoidance and self-flight via the Skydio Autonomy Engine. But its Drone-as-First-Responder missions are operator-deployed and supervised, not autonomous decision-making. It is an enterprise and public-safety quadcopter, in production since 2023.Read the full explainer →
What is the Skydio X10?
The Skydio X10 is an American enterprise and public-safety quadcopter drone, in production since 2023. It runs the Skydio Autonomy Engine for onboard obstacle avoidance and autonomous flight, and is often deployed in a Drone-as-First-Responder model, launching from a dock to respond to emergency calls.Read the full explainer →
How much does the Skydio X10 cost?
Skydio does not publish list pricing for the X10. It is sold to enterprise, public-safety, and defense customers on a quote basis, usually bundled with the Dock and DFR Command software as a program rather than a single-unit purchase. DEPLOY tracks the X10's verified deployments rather than a sticker price.Read the full explainer →
What is the cheapest drone you can buy (real drones, not toys)?
The DJI Neo at a $199 MSRP (widely discounted to $139 to $149 in 2026) is the cheapest real camera drone from a top-tier maker: 4K stabilized video, sub-249 g, subject tracking, no controller required.Read the full explainer →
Which drone has the longest range?
Zipline's Platform 1 (Sparrow) has the longest operational range among commercial delivery drones, with a ~160 km round-trip service range and more than 100M cumulative delivery miles flown as of March 2025.Read the full explainer →

Current leadership (7)

ArrivalsAbraham Bachrach from Wing, Adam Bry from Wing

DeparturesAbraham Bachrach to Wing, Adam Bry to Wing

Founders (3)

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Board (3)

Former / Previously (1)

Safety record

3 incidents on record (3 moderate). Most recent: Jul 2026.

moderate
3
malfunction
2
other
1

Most recent: Jul 2026

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 →

Incidents affecting Skydio (3)

Includes incidents linked directly to this company, to its models, or to deployments of its models or under its operation. Retracted incidents are excluded from this view but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Operator customers (1)

Brains developed (1)

Recent coverage

Skydio in third-party press

How to Set Up the Skydio X10 Drone with RTK Corrections

Aug 25, 2026

Skydio pledges .5B to expand US drone manufacturing

Jul 11, 2026

Skydio crosses 1,000 drone Dock deployments in just one year

Jul 7, 2026

Peers

101 peers across 2 segments. Every Skydio competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.

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