Skydio

Skydio builds autonomous drones and software for public safety, infrastructure inspection, defense and site security. Its X10 combines visual and radiometric thermal cameras with onboard computing for obstacle avoidance, automated inspections and mapping. Dock for X10 lets teams deploy aircraft remotely and manage fleets through a browser, supporting emergency response and repeatable inspections. Its aircraft family also includes R10, designed for indoor missions.

Founded in 2014 by Adam Bry, Abe Bachrach and Matt Donahoe, Skydio grew out of autonomous-flight work at MIT; Bry and Bachrach subsequently worked on Google’s Project Wing. Bry is CEO and Bachrach is CTO. Its first consumer aircraft, R1, launched in 2018, integrating computer vision, motion planning and flight control to follow and film moving subjects. Today, Skydio Autonomy maps surroundings during flight, navigates without GPS and plans routes around terrain and operating restrictions. Skydio designs, assembles and supports its products in the United States.

Skydio ended its consumer offerings in 2023 to focus on enterprise and public-sector customers. In September 2026, the company reported two million customer-fleet missions annually, more than half launched from docks. Its newly announced Asset Command connects inspections to asset inventories, while Security Command coordinates patrols and alarm response; both were purchasable, with general availability planned for early 2027. Its F10 Lightrunner and MegaDock, planned for customer deployment in 2027, extend the platform to fixed-wing flight for longer-distance missions.