# Skydio

> Autonomous drones for enterprise and public-sector inspection and defense use cases.

## Why it is interesting

Skydio is a leading U.S. autonomous drone company — autonomy + American Dynamism with real deployments.

## Profile

- **Stage:** growth
- **Status:** private
- **Industries:** defense-tech, robotics, ai-ml
- **Coverage:** full
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-24

## Key facts

- Series E (Feb 2023): $230M at $2.2B led by Linse Capital; a16z among existing investors (Skydio blog)
- Series E extension (May 2024): $170M with KDDI, Axon, Linse (TechCrunch)
- Co-investors not in VCT directory: Linse Capital (lead), Next47, IVP, NVIDIA, Axon
- Source: https://www.skydio.com/blog/skydio-raises-230-million-series-e-funding-round
- VCT directory co-investors: none mapped (non-directory syndicates noted above); reviewed 2026-07-24

## Investors in our directory

- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz

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