Shield AI’s V-BAT Selected for $198 Million Contract to Provide U.S. Coast Guard with Maritime Unmanned Aircraft System Services
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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 Raises Additional Capital in Series F, Boosts Total Amount to $500M
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 […]
Shield AI Demonstrates AI-piloted, Teaming V-BATs with AFWERX; Transformational Capability to Be Fielded in 2024
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Autonomous Mission Executed by Three V-BAT Team; Team Size Expected to Double Yearly. SAN DIEGO (Aug. 30, 2023) – Shield AI, a defense technology company building the world’s best AI pilot, today announced the successful completion of an autonomous teaming demonstration featuring three V-BAT Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). This accomplishment was the final milestone of […]
Shield AI Collaborates with Sentient Vision Systems to Offer AI-Enabled Wide Area Motion Imagery Capability
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SAN DIEGO (Aug. 10, 2023) – Shield AI, an American defense technology company building the world’s best AI pilot, and Sentient Vision Systems (Sentient), an Australia-based leader in AI-enabled passive wide area search, are pleased to announce a strategic collaboration aimed at delivering a wide area motion imagery (WAMI) solution for Department of Defense (DoD), Australian […]
Shield AI and Kratos Team up to Integrate AI Pilot on Valkyrie XQ-58
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Integration of AI Pilot onboard XQ-58 Valkyrie will unlock concept of intelligent, affordable mass for US DoD and Allies – the Holy Grail of Deterrence SAN DIEGO (June 15, 2023) – Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS), a Technology Company in the Defense, National Security and Global Markets, and Shield AI, Inc., a […]
US Army Selects Northrop Grumman, Teamed with Shield AI, for Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System Prototype
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MCLEAN, Va., March 28, 2023 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), teamed with Shield AI, has been chosen by the U.S. Army to participate in the Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (FTUAS) competition, Increment 2, to replace the long-serving RQ-7B Shadow tactical unmanned aerial system (UAS). Under a seven-week base period contract, the Northrop Grumman-led team will […]