United States Aerospace Military Technology Company Shield AI Raised $2 Billion in Series G Funding Round at $12.7 Billion Valuation & to Acquire Aechelon Technology from Sagewind Capital, Founded in 2015 by Brandon Tseng, Ryan Tseng & Andrew Reiter, Shield AI Investors Include Palantir Technologies, Airbus, L3Harris Technologies, Lockheed Martin, Hanwha Aerospace, U.S. Innovative Technology, Washington Harbour, Andreessen Horowitz, Point72, Riot Ventures, Advent International, JPMorganChase Security and Resiliency Initiative, Snowpoint Ventures, InnovationX, Riot Ventures, Disruptive & Apandion
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United States aerospace military technology company Shield AI has raised $2 billion in Series G funding at $12.7 billion valuation, and to acquire Aechelon Technology from Sagewind Capital. Shield AI was founded in 2015 by Brandon Tseng, Ryan Tseng & Andrew Reiter. Shield AI investors include Palantir Technologies, Airbus, L3Harris Technologies, Lockheed Martin, Hanwha Aerospace, U.S. Innovative Technology, Washington Harbour, Andreessen Horowitz, Point72, Riot Ventures, Advent International, JPMorganChase Security and Resiliency Initiative, Snowpoint Ventures, InnovationX, Riot Ventures, Disruptive & Apandion. In 2025 March, Shield AI raised $240 million at $5.3 billion valuation in funding round. In 2025 January, Shield AI is in talks to raise $200 million at $5 billion valuation. Shield AI – Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. History – As a Navy SEAL, Shield AI co-founder Brandon Tseng experienced firsthand problems where intelligent autonomy could have made life-saving differences. He asked himself what does the military of 2030 look like and what role does autonomy play. The answer – AI pilots powering every military asset: aircraft, drones, ships, satellites and submarines. The lack of software and AI engineering talent from large defense primes presented an opportunity to start fresh and build the aerospace and defense technology company of the 21st century focused on AI pilots. And in 2015, alongside cofounders Ryan Tseng, and Andrew Reiter – Shield AI was founded to bring the best of AI and autonomy technology to the DoD and our allies to protect service members and civilians. Aechelon Technology – Aechelon is a global leader in simulation and training systems, specializing in geo-specific flight simulators and physics-based sensor AI training. Aechelon’s cutting-edge Synthetic Reality (SR) platform replicates real-world environments with unmatched realism, enabling both humans and machines to operate effectively in complex, detail-rich environments. This technology allows pilots and emergency responders to train for complex, high-stakes situations in immersive, ultra-realistic virtual settings. Developed for the most demanding training, simulation and analysis missions, Aechelon’s Synthetic Reality has been the trusted tactical simulation choice of militaries throughout the free world for decades and now brings the same trusted architecture to civilian applications. Aechelon Technology is a Sagewind Capital portfolio company
“ United States Aerospace Military Technology Company Shield AI Raised $2 Billion in Series G Funding Round at $12.7 Billion Valuation & to Acquire Aechelon Technology from Sagewind Capital, Founded in 2015 by Brandon Tseng, Ryan Tseng & Andrew Reiter, Shield AI Investors Include Palantir Technologies, Airbus, L3Harris Technologies, Lockheed Martin, Hanwha Aerospace, U.S. Innovative Technology, Washington Harbour, Andreessen Horowitz, Point72, Riot Ventures, Advent International, JPMorganChase Security and Resiliency Initiative, Snowpoint Ventures, InnovationX, Riot Ventures, Disruptive & Apandion “
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United States Aerospace Military Technology Company Shield AI Raised $240 Million at $5.3 Billion Valuation in Funding Round, Founded in 2015 by Brandon Tseng, Ryan Tseng & Andrew Reiter, Shield AI Investors Include Palantir Technologies, Airbus, L3Harris Technologies, Lockheed Martin, Hanwha Aerospace, U.S. Innovative Technology, Washington Harbour, Andreessen Horowitz, Point72 & Riot Ventures
8th March 2025 – United States aerospace military technology company Shield AI has raised $240 million at $5.3 billion valuation in funding round. Shield AI investors include Palantir Technologies, Airbus, L3Harris Technologies, Lockheed Martin, Hanwha Aerospace, U.S. Innovative Technology, Washington Harbour, Andreessen Horowitz, Point72 & Riot Ventures. In 2025 January, Shield AI is in talks to raise $200 million at $5 billion valuation. Shield AI was founded in 2015 by Brandon Tseng, Ryan Tseng & Andrew Reiter. Shield AI – Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense technology company whose mission is to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems. In pursuit of this mission, Shield AI is building the world’s best AI pilot. Its AI pilot, Hivemind, has flown jets (F-16; MQM-178 Firejet), a vertical takeoff and landing drone (MQ-35 V-BAT), and three quadcopters (Nova, Nova 2, iPRD). The company has offices in San Diego, Dallas, Washington DC and abroad. Shield AI’s products and people are currently in the field actively supporting operations with the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. allies. History – As a Navy SEAL, Shield AI co-founder Brandon Tseng experienced firsthand problems where intelligent autonomy could have made life-saving differences. He asked himself what does the military of 2030 look like and what role does autonomy play. The answer – AI pilots powering every military asset: aircraft, drones, ships, satellites and submarines. The lack of software and AI engineering talent from large defense primes presented an opportunity to start fresh and build the aerospace and defense technology company of the 21st century focused on AI pilots. And in 2015, alongside cofounders Ryan Tseng, and Andrew Reiter – Shield AI was founded to bring the best of AI and autonomy technology to the DoD and our allies to protect service members and civilians.
United States Aerospace Military Technology Company Shield AI to Raise $200 Million at $5 Billion Valuation in Funding Round with Investors Including Palantir Technologies, Airbus, L3Harris Technologies, Lockheed Martin, Andreessen Horowitz, Point72 & Riot Ventures, Founded in 2015 by Brandon Tseng, Ryan Tseng & Andrew Reiter
22nd January 2025 – United States aerospace military technology company Shield AI is in talks to raise $200 million at $5 billion valuation in funding round with investors including Palantir Technologies, Airbus, L3Harris Technologies, Lockheed Martin, Andreessen Horowitz, Point72 & Riot Ventures. Shield AI was founded in 2015 by Brandon Tseng, Ryan Tseng & Andrew Reiter. Shield AI – Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense technology company whose mission is to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems. In pursuit of this mission, Shield AI is building the world’s best AI pilot. Its AI pilot, Hivemind, has flown jets (F-16; MQM-178 Firejet), a vertical takeoff and landing drone (MQ-35 V-BAT), and three quadcopters (Nova, Nova 2, iPRD). The company has offices in San Diego, Dallas, Washington DC and abroad. Shield AI’s products and people are currently in the field actively supporting operations with the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. allies. History – As a Navy SEAL, Shield AI co-founder Brandon Tseng experienced firsthand problems where intelligent autonomy could have made life-saving differences. He asked himself what does the military of 2030 look like and what role does autonomy play. The answer – AI pilots powering every military asset: aircraft, drones, ships, satellites and submarines. The lack of software and AI engineering talent from large defense primes presented an opportunity to start fresh and build the aerospace and defense technology company of the 21st century focused on AI pilots. And in 2015, alongside cofounders Ryan Tseng, and Andrew Reiter – Shield AI was founded to bring the best of AI and autonomy technology to the DoD and our allies to protect service members and civilians.
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