Shield AI · Primary source
Oct 13, 2026
Physical AI · Private company · Deployment
Shield AI
✓ VerifiedShield AI is one of the clearest examples of real-world AI deployment in defense autonomy, pairing hardware systems with its Hivemind autonomy stack.
San Diego, USFounded 2015No public API trackedDaily review target
Editorial intelligence brief
Editorial focus
Advanced V-BAT operational deployment and X-BAT propulsion work in July 2026 while demonstrating Hivemind autonomous teaming.
Focus: Autonomous defense systems and AI software for aircraft and drone operations in contested environments.
Latest funding
$1.5B
Series G · source-backed
Tracked funding
$2B
Sum of itemized funding events
Latest valuation
Not tracked
No source-backed record
Latest revenue
Not tracked
Deployment lifecycle position
Editorially verified updates
What changed
Advanced V-BAT operational deployment and X-BAT propulsion work in July 2026 while demonstrating Hivemind autonomous teaming.
External coverage of Shield AI
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Last checked Oct 18, 2026.
GeekWire · Reporting
Oct 8, 2026
GeekWire · Reporting
Sep 30, 2026
Source-backed financial history
Funding and financial history
Funding, valuation, revenue, and debt are kept separate so unlike measurements are never presented as one trend.
Records
2
Sum of recorded funding
$2B
Coverage
partial
Partial history: earlier or intervening rounds may be missing. The sum covers only the announcements recorded here, not lifetime funding. Announced commitments may be paid over time; this is not a cash balance. Dates show announcements or first public reports, which can follow the investment itself.
2 funding announcements recorded. More dated rounds are needed to show funding over time.
#1
Series G · $1.5B
Running tracked total: $1.5B
#2
Preferred equity financing · $500M
Running tracked total: $2B
#1
Series G · $1.5B
Running tracked total: $1.5B
#2
Preferred equity financing · $500M
Running tracked total: $2B
Sources and details for every recorded funding announcement, newest first.
Preferred equity financing · $500M
$500M fixed-return preferred equity financing.
Series G · $1.5B
$1.5B Series G.
Product surface
Products and model families
Recent models
No standalone model family is structured for this profile.
Products
HivemindV-BATX-BAT
Open weights
No
API access
No
Review target
Daily
Market position
Lifecycle and strategic signals
Research
Preview
Growth
Deployment
Deployment: Production & at scale
Focus
Autonomous defense systems and AI software for aircraft and drone operations in contested environments.
Signals
Defense AIAutonomyDrones
Taxonomy
DefenseRoboticsAutonomy
Competitive context
AndurilSkydioHelsing
Infrastructure & distribution
Where Shield AI sits in the AI stack
01
Model layer
No standalone model family tracked
02
Access layer
Application or managed product
03
Market layer
Physical AI
Public product surface
HivemindV-BATX-BAT
Stack signals
DefenseRoboticsAutonomyDefense AIDrones
This section reflects publicly visible product and access signals. Undisclosed GPU, cloud, training, and data-center contracts are not inferred.
Evidence trail
Sources and corrections
Primary and public sources used to verify the structured company profile.
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