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Startup of the Year: Daily Dealflow
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Airgility, Inc.
Airgility builds AI-powered aerial robots capable of both outdoor/indoor autonomous, self-directed flight.
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Airgility builds AI-powered aerial robots for public safety, security, and defense that are capable of both outdoor and indoor autonomous, self-directed flight.
Powered by Airgility's proprietary operating system, these aerial robots can operate independently in complex environments, leveraging AI to determine what they should do, when they should do it, and how they should complete the task.
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What's Innovative About Their Solution?
Airgility combines the best characteristics of a helicopter, fixed wing aircraft, and quadcopter to create unmanned autonomous aerial systems with great flight efficiencies such as better range, endurance and more agility, have the ability to take off and land from anywhere, and which are field serviceable.
They also have a common architecture across multiple platforms and utilize lightweight, onboard algorithms allowing them to address multiple use cases with far less integration, training, and maintenance than the competition.
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⚙️ Product Stage
Beta—Private
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🏭 Industries
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
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🤑 Fundraising Status
Actively raising
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💸 Total Funding
To Date
$500k-$1.5MM
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🙌 Founder Demographics
Minority founder
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Big Wins
• Six successful deployments into the field with the Department of Homeland Security
• Multiple grant awards totaling $700K
• 2019 revenue of $250K
• Awarded SBIRs from NSF and Air Force
• Validated demand with large drone service providers and Department of Homeland Security
• Selected as a Maryland Momentum Fund Portfolio company
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Contact the Founder:
Pramod Raheja
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