Shield AI

Booz Allen + Shield AI: Accelerating AI-Powered Autonomy with Hivemind Enterprise   We’re partnering with Booz Allen Hamilton to accelerate AI-enabled, software-defined autonomous solutions for the U.S. government.    “Our adversaries are evolving faster than ever, and Booz Allen is building, scaling and investing in autonomous systems to redefine how America fights and wins. Shield AI is pioneering AI-powered autonomy, and this partnership catalyzes the capabilities of both teams to support our nation’s no-fail missions.”  -Steven Escaravage, president of Booz Allen’s Defense Technology Group   Read more: https://lnkd.in/eXc7tnsh   Autonomy for the world. The greatest victory requires no war. #AI #Autonomy #DefenseTechnology #UnmannedSystems

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More big news from Shield AI! We’re excited to announce and welcome Gary Steele as our new CEO, starting May 13, bringing decades of experience scaling global enterprises — going from 0 to IPO and a $12B EV as CEO and Founder of Proofpoint, then growing revenues by $1.5B and adding $4.25B to Splunk's value in 2 years as CEO before its $28B acquisition by Cisco, where he is currently President, Go-to-Market. Gary is a legend in the tech world. Ryan Tseng will transition to President and drive strategic growth initiatives. We couldn't be more excited to supercharge this next era of AI-powered autonomy. A new chapter begins—let’s build autonomy for the world! Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eVTr-WAW #AI #AutonomyAtScale #DefenseTech #BuildwithShieldAI

The future belongs to those who embrace technology, and we’re ready to charter way ahead by reaching for the skies! In an exciting new chapter, we at JSW Group are stepping into the aerospace domain in partnership with Shield AI USA. Together, we’re bringing the world’s most advanced unmanned aerial system — V-BAT, to life, powered by cutting-edge AI technology. This is just the beginning of a future where innovation takes flight, leading us to a #BetterEveryday. #Aerospace #JSWxSheildAI #Innovation

I’m proud to be Chairman of one of the most exciting, growing defense tech firms in the world! Shield AI is redefining autonomous AI with software and hardware, protecting the lives of warfighters and civilians in every region of the planet. I can’t imagine a more noble mission. Our teammates are making it happen.

Yesterday, Shield AI announced our fundraise at a $5.3B valuation. In 2015, Silicon Valley had turned its back on the defense sector. For Shield AI, every investor meeting was a "no". The theme, "great team, great technology, but we don't and won't do defense." At one point, we were offered a $5M investment with a condition, "change your mission". Low on funds, and without prospects Brandon Tseng Andrew Reiter and I gathered together to assess our options. Recognizing if we didn't take the money, we'd likely be gone within a year, Andrew spoke for the group when he said, "I'd rather go out business trying to make mission impact, than take this money." So, we declined our only option and got back to work. Now 2016, almost a year later, we had our last shot at finding an investor to believe in us our and mission. A plane ride felt-like a bank-breaking expense, so I bought a bus ticket and took an 8-hour ride from San Diego to Oakland, to meet with David Frankel from Founders Collective. A "no" would mean the end of Shield. I stayed late at dinner with him. In what felt like miracle, he gave us a "yes". Full of excitement and mindful of clock, I hurried to the bus station. It was late, around 10PM, and I remember running in a full sprint after my Mega Bus, the last one of the night, as it pulled out of the station. I missed it. But, it didn't matter. I snapped a picture of myself and sent it to Brandon and Andrew - we could build Shield AI. We went on to receive our first term sheet for $800,000. Shivon Zilis, David Frankel, and Satya Patel joined together to lead our seed round - believing that the world needed - and Brandon, Andrew and I could build - a great company fully committed to the mission to "protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems." In every fundraise, I have been humbled and grateful to have the backing our investors who believe in this team and this mission. And, I have been honored to have the backing of teammates, who do extraordinary work and put a smile on my face - even when you miss your bus.

Brandon Tseng, Shield AI Co-Founder and President on the global demand for defense-tech autonomy and their $5.3B valuation https://trib.al/2OnOXr8

We are supercharging the industrial base's autonomy efforts with Hivemind Enterprise. If you want to develop real autonomy at lightning speeds, we want to help you make it happen.    Shield AI has raised $240M at a $5.3B valuation to expand Hivemind Enterprise, enabling OEMs, governments, and commercial companies to build and deploy autonomous systems at scale.    The Hivemind Enterprise product suite includes an integrated autonomy factory, industrial-grade production ready middleware, a rich autonomy catalogue, and seamless mission control, empowering developers to build and own their mission-ready autonomy solutions with unprecedented speed and flexibility.      “The same tools that make up Hivemind Enterprise have already enabled Shield AI to autonomously fly F-16s, MQ-20s, MQM-178s, operate V-BATs in GPS- and communications-denied environments, and have quadcopters explore buildings and tunnels for U.S. and Israeli forces. Partnerships with strategics like L3 Harris and Hanwha Aerospace further accelerate efforts to proliferate resilient autonomy.” -Brandon Tseng   We're grateful for the support from strategic investors L3Harris Technologies and Hanwha, along with investors who have been with us throughout this journey: Homebrew Breyer Capital Andreessen Horowitz Point72 Ventures Disruptive Snowpoint Ventures US Innovative Technology Riot Ventures Innovation X Invest LLC Beau Laskey Jim Breyer Satya Patel Shivon Zilis Daniel Gwak Chris Morales David Tarnowski Stephen Marcus Peter Levine Doug Philippone Andrew Berlin Roger A. Monteforte   Read more:   Autonomy for the world. The greatest victory requires no war.

Autonomous flight—delivered at record speed. Shield AI just set an internal record for fastest autonomous flights following program initiation with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems CCA surrogate, MQ-20 Avenger. And this is only the beginning: more flights, more milestones, more autonomy in action to come. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eUsZAjXY Autonomy for the world. The greatest victory requires no war.