{"id":"4a94e661-cbc1-4a6a-a543-b6499a7e0e10","name":"Parrot","slug":"parrot","description":"French drone maker (Paris, founded 1994 by Henri Seydoux; Euronext Paris: PARRO). Europe's leading professional micro-UAV group after exiting consumer toy/mini drones around 2019 to focus on professional and defense micro-drones (the ANAFI line). Positioned as a non-China, NDAA-compliant / Blue UAS alternative. Reported record group revenue of about EUR 79.8M in 2025, the majority from defense and enterprise.","status":"public","founded":1994,"hq":"Paris, France","fundingTotal":null,"type":"both","reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.parrot.com/en/corporate","title":"Parrot corporate profile (founded 1994, Euronext Paris, Europe's leading pro micro-UAV group)","sourceName":"Parrot (official)"},{"url":"https://www.parrot.com/en/corporate/corporate-governance-key-managers","title":"Parrot corporate governance and key managers","sourceName":"Parrot (official)"},{"url":"https://live.euronext.com/en/product/equities/FR0004038263-XPAR","title":"Parrot equity listing (PARRO, ISIN FR0004038263, XPAR)","sourceName":"Euronext (official)"},{"url":"https://live.euronext.com/en/ipo-showcase/parrot","title":"Parrot IPO showcase (Euronext Paris IPO, June 27, 2006)","sourceName":"Euronext (official)"},{"url":"https://www.actusnews.com/en/parrot/pr/2026/03/27/parrot-2025-full-year-earnings","title":"Parrot 2025 full-year earnings (record EUR 79.8M consolidated revenue) (Mar 27, 2026)","sourceName":"Parrot (Actusnews regulated filing)"},{"url":"https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/PARROT-17496/news/Drone-maker-Parrot-s-revenue-rises-on-military-demand-49962207/","title":"Parrot revenue rises on military demand (defense/enterprise majority)","sourceName":"Reuters (via MarketScreener)"},{"url":"https://dronedj.com/2019/07/19/parrot-exists-consumer-drone-business/","title":"Parrot exits the consumer toy/mini-drone business (Jul 19, 2019)","sourceName":"DroneDJ"},{"url":"https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/parrot-exits-low-end-drone-market-to-focus-on-its-anafi-quadcopter/","title":"Parrot retires mini-drones to focus on the ANAFI quadcopter (2019)","sourceName":"Digital Trends"},{"url":"https://www.c4isrnet.com/unmanned/2020/03/02/can-parrot-make-the-swiss-army-drone/","title":"Parrot's professional/defense pivot (non-China alternative positioning) (Mar 2, 2020)","sourceName":"C4ISRNET"},{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/10/parrots-henri-seydoux-comes-to-disrupt-to-talk-about-commercial-drones/","title":"Founder Henri Seydoux on the commercial-drone pivot (Nov 10, 2017)","sourceName":"TechCrunch"},{"url":"https://www.actusnews.com/en/parrot/pr/2025/06/16/parrot-unveils-chuck-3_0-the-sovereign-ai-autopilot-for-any-uav","title":"Parrot unveils CHUCK 3.0, the sovereign AI autopilot for any UAV (Jun 16, 2025)","sourceName":"Parrot (Actusnews)"}],"keyFacts":[{"label":"Public","value":"Euronext Paris: PARRO (ISIN FR0004038263); IPO 2006"},{"label":"Founded","value":"1994 by Henri Seydoux (Chairman/CEO and main shareholder)"},{"label":"Revenue","value":"Record group revenue ~EUR 79.8M in 2025; majority defense/enterprise (pro micro-drones ~EUR 47.9M)"},{"label":"Positioning","value":"Europe's leading professional micro-UAV maker; non-China, NDAA-compliant / Blue UAS alternative"},{"label":"Autonomy (flight-tech)","value":"CHUCK 3.0, unveiled June 2025 and marketed as a 'drone brain', is an AI-AUTOPILOT (autonomous flight + GPS-denied navigation within operator-set parameters), not a full-autonomy decision system. Air SDK and Olympe are developer SDKs. Not modeled as a Brain entity."}],"aliases":["Parrot SA","Parrot Drones"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-31T04:03:35.845Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-31T04:03:35.845Z"}