Shield AI Awarded Contract to Integrate Hivemind AI Pilot onto eighth aircraft: the Kratos BQM-177A
Kratos BQM-177A, courtesy of the United States Navy. SAN DIEGO (March 12, 2024) – Shield AI, the defense technology company building the world’s best AI pilot, today announced it has been awarded a contract from NAVAIR PMA-281 to integrate its AI Pilot onto the Kratos BQM-177A to enable advanced AI-based autonomy. Shield AI will work […]
Shield AI’s V-BAT Selected for $198 Million Contract to Provide U.S. Coast Guard with Maritime Unmanned Aircraft System Services
WASHINGTON (July 1, 2024) – Shield AI, the defense technology company building the world’s best AI pilot, announced today that the U.S. Coast Guard has awarded the company a $198,106,876 indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity firm fixed-price contract to provide Contractor Owned Contractor Operated (COCO) Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) services. This service will be implemented using the V-BAT unmanned […]
Shield AI and Parry Labs Partner to Demonstrate Advanced Autonomy and Open Architecture Edge Compute on the Kratos MQM-178 Firejet
SAN DIEGO (June 13, 2024) – Shield AI, the defense technology company building the world’s best AI pilot, and Parry Labs, an industry leader in deploying digital technologies to the edge, today announced the successful integration of Shield AI’s “Hivemind” AI Pilot on Parry Labs’ Edge Compute Micro (EC Micro). This integration was showcased in a […]
Shield AI to Acquire Australia-Based Sentient Vision Systems and Establish Shield AI Australia
The acquisition enhances Shield AI’s software suite and expansion into Australian market WASHINGTON (April 4, 2024) – Shield AI, the defense technology company building the world’s best AI pilot, has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Sentient Vision Systems (Sentient), an Australia-based leader in AI-enabled real-time situational awareness, pending customary closing conditions and regulatory approval. […]
Shield AI Conducts AI-Piloted Flights on Sixth Aircraft, the Kratos MQM-178 Firejet
Shield AI and Kratos use Firejet as a test surrogate ahead of AI-piloted flights on Kratos Valkyrie SAN DIEGO (March 29, 2024) – Shield AI, a defense technology company building the world’s best AI pilot, and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS), a Technology Company in the Defense, National Security and Global Markets […]
Shield AI Raises Additional Capital in Series F, Boosts Total Amount to $500M
Funding will accelerate deployment of AI pilots to different classes of aircraft SAN DIEGO (December 29, 2023) – Shield AI, the defense technology company building the world’s best AI pilot for aircraft, today announced the expansion of their Series F funding round to a total of $500 million. An additional $100M in equity, raised at […]
Brandon Tseng’s Statement for U.S. Senate Artificial Intelligence Insight Forum on National Security
Written Statement:Brandon Tseng, President and Co-FounderShield AIDecember 6, 2023 Majority Leader Schumer and Senator Rounds, Senator Heinrich, and Senator Young: Thank you for hosting these AI Insight Forums, particularly the one today focusing on National Security. The legislative work you’re doing is vital, and we appreciate your swift action and consideration. As you work with […]
Shield AI Raises $200M, Reaching $2.7B Valuation
Funding round is led by Thomas Tull’s U.S. Innovative Technology Fund and will help accelerate the deployment and scaling of intelligent, affordable aircraft SAN DIEGO (Oct. 31, 2023) – Shield AI, the defense technology company building the world’s best AI pilot for aircraft, today announced it has raised $200 million in Series F funding in […]
Shield AI Unveils V-BAT Teams: A New Type of Conventional Deterrence
Product makes concept of intelligent, affordable mass for aviation assets an operational reality WASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 9, 2023) – Shield AI, the defense technology company building the world’s best AI pilot for aircraft, today announced the official launch of its V-BAT Teams product. V-BAT Teams enables multiple V-BATs to autonomously execute missions in electronically contested […]
Shield AI Welcomes Shivon Zilis to Board of Directors
Neuralink director brings expertise in productizing AI and autonomy to leading defense tech firm SAN DIEGO (Sept. 26, 2023) – Shield AI, the defense technology company building the world’s best AI pilot for aircraft, today announced that Shivon Zilis, Director of Special Projects at Neuralink and former Open AI board member, has joined its board […]
