Shield AI is a US-based defense technology company founded in 2015 that designs and deploys autonomous mission systems for aircraft and unmanned platforms. The company operates across the defense, military, and aerospace sectors, with a presence both domestically and internationally. It employs over a thousand people and works across technical domains including artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, robotics, unmanned aerial vehicles, and edge computing.
The company's core product is Hivemind, an autonomy backbone for mission systems. Its hardware platforms include the V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft. Additional software products include Hivemind Enterprise, a mission-ready software capability; ViDAR, built to operate in GPS and communications-denied environments; and EdgeOS, along with tools named Pilot, Forge, and Commander, which support rapid development, testing, and deployment of resilient autonomy across domains.
Shield AI's guiding vision is "Autonomy for the world." The company describes its operating principles as mission-first and rooted in servant leadership.
