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YC Drones Companies
13 Y Combinator drones startups with verified founder contacts, batch info, and company data.
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YC Company Directory
13 companies
Company | Batch | Description | Status | Location | Team | Site | Founders | Reveal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DroneTector | W26 | Technology to detect and track hostile drones | Active | — | 3 | Thomas Doherty, Jordina Frances de Mas, Matthew Moore | Reveal | |
Voltair | W26 | Self Charging Drones | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 5 | Hayden Gosch, Avi Gotskind, Ronan Nopp, Warren Weissbluth | Reveal | |
Splash Inc. | W25 | Autonomous patrol-boats for National Security | Active | El Segundo, CA, USA | 7 | Ivan Avanesov, Marcell Veszpremi | Reveal | |
Avion | W20 | Avion builds and operates autonomous eVTOL drones that deliver vital… | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | — | Brook Ayalneh | Reveal | |
Guardian RF | S24 | Drone detection for US defense and national security | Active | — | 15 | Lucas Raskin, John Andrzejewski, Eli Kerstein | Reveal | |
Theseus | S24 | GPS Denied Navigation for Drones | Active | — | 3 | Ian Laffey, Sacha Lévy | Reveal | |
Buoyant Aero | S21 | Bringing back blimps | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 2 | Benjamin Claman | Reveal | |
Kalam Labs | S21 | Near Space Flying Machines | Active | India | 10 | Ahmad Faraaz, Sashakt Tripathi, Harshit Awasthi | Reveal | |
Corvus Robotics | S18 | Autonomous drones to help warehouses scan inventory. | Active | Mountain View, CA, USA | 30 | Jackie Wu | Reveal | |
Paladin | S18 | We deploy autonomous drones to 911 calls. Our software gives first… | Active | Houston, TX, USA | 12 | Divyaditya Shrivastava | Reveal | |
ThereCraft | S17 | — | Active | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 1 | Star Simpson | Reveal | |
Iris Automation | S16 | Enabling autonomous drone operations globally through AI software | Acquired | — | — | Alexander Harmsen, James Howard | Reveal | |
Arc | S12 | aerial videography | Inactive | Palo Alto, CA, USA | 2 | Austin Lockwood, Haomiao Huang, Michael Vitus | Reveal |
About YC Drones Companies
Y Combinator has funded 13 drones companies since its founding in 2005. These startups span from early-stage pre-launch to publicly traded companies, making YC one of the most prolific backers of drones innovation globally.
11 of these companies are currently active. 1 have been acquired. VCBacked tracks verified founder contact information, team sizes, and company status for every YC drones startup.
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