Overview
AI drone software company enabling autonomous swarm operations for defense. IPO'd on Nasdaq (SWMR) in March 2026 at USD 5/share, raising USD 15M. Market cap of approximately USD 408M as of July 2026. Founded by Alexander Fink. Technology deployed in Ukraine for drone swarm coordination.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Backlog
Nasdaq IPO (reported, Mar 2026)
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Swarmer on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Sep 2024. Explore where Swarmer's robots are operating, by place and type.
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Alexander Fink CEOsecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Alexander Finkcofounderfounded 2023-05-01
Safety record
No incidents on record for Swarmer.
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Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Swarmer1 deployment
Recent coverage
Swarmer in third-party press
Peers
97 peers across 1 segment. Every Swarmer competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
drone(97)
57 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 1809.2177305910177) · leader Anduril Industries at 3057%
- AEVEX Aerospacedirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Alta Aresdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Darkhivedirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Dedronedirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Firestorm Labsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Havocdirect competitor(inferred)strong
Mentioned on (3)
Registry pages whose text names Swarmer.
Robots and products (1)
Deployments (1)
People (1)
Financial state
- Total funding
- $15.0M
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Funding rounds (1)
- Series A2025-09-17
$15M(reported)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Swarmer’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2025-10-01Series A raising $15000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedSep 1, 2024
Autonomous Drone Swarm Platform at Ukraine (frontline)
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-22
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-22
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
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Methodology surface for Swarmer.Peer companies
- Blackswan Space3 models
- CarbonSix2 models
- Embark Trucks2 models
- Gatik2 models
- General Intuition2 models
- Genesis AI2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Swarmer from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Ukrainian combat robot maker Ratel sells for up to $224M
Swarmer, an Austin, Texas-based defense technology company, has agreed to buy Ratel Robotics, one of Ukraine’s largest makers of combat ground robots, in a deal that could be…
Swarmer to acquire Ukrainian UGV maker Ratel Robotics for up to $224M
Swarmer, which has developed swarm software, plans to work with Ratel Robotics' unmanned ground vehicles in Ukraine. The post Swarmer to acquire Ukrainian UGV maker Ratel Robotics…
Swarmer scoops up UGV maker Ratel Robotics in deal worth up to $224M
Ukrainian-founded drone autonomy company Swarmer has agreed to acquire Ratel Robotics, one of Ukraine’s leading manufacturers of unmanned ground vehicles, in a cash-and-stock deal…
Swarmer Raises $15M Series A
Swarmer raises $15M Series A led by Broadband Capital Investments to scale its autonomous AI software for coordinated drone swarm operations.
Swarmer Goes Public on the Nasdaq
Ukrainian defense startup Swarmer IPO'd on Nasdaq as SWMR, seeking USD 15M with 3M shares at USD 5 each. Builds AI software for drone swarm operations.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/swarmer.md
- RSS feed: /companies/swarmer/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/8f80b1f9-0201-4b3e-8006-dd23deabaf18
- Revision history: /companies/swarmer/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Blackswan Space3 models
- CarbonSix2 models
- Embark Trucks2 models
- Gatik2 models
- General Intuition2 models
- Genesis AI2 models
Video
Are robots able to communicate with each other? Can they collaborate to achieve a common goal? In this episode, computer scientist Prof. Heiko Hamann talks abou
Heat Index
Category contender75/100
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
Swarmer draws attention at the 66th percentile but verifies reality at the 6th percentile among brain robots. Hype Gap +59.4, 2nd widest among brain robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. 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: Nov 6, 2026