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Built Skydio into the U.S. answer to DJI — 60,000+ autonomous drones shipped, every branch of the military as a customer, $4.4B valuation, and a $3.5 billion bet to onshore drone manufacturing.
Adam Bry co-founded Skydio in 2014, pivoting from consumer drones in 2020 to autonomous enterprise and defense systems that now ship to every branch of the U.S.
military and 29 allied nations. Skydio raised $110 million Series F in April 2026 at a $4.4 billion valuation and committed $3.5 billion to scale U.S. drone manufacturing. The company has shipped over 60,000 autonomous drones across 3,800 enterprise customers and 1,200 public-safety agencies.
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