Shield AI Inc.
AI systems for autonomous defense and security operations
- Sector
- Defense
- Headquarters
- San Diego, CA
- Founded
- 2015
- Latest Form D
- $592M, May 2026
- Total capital
- $898M
- Federal grants
- $1.9M
- 3 awards · 2019–2022
- Rank in peer group#13 of 89
- Private capital raised
- $878M
- 8 Form D · last May 2026
- 6 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- $18.6M
- 5 awards · Defense
- Rank in Defense#277 of 1442
- Granted patents
- 0
- 2 pending
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 8th filing$592M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 7th filing$114M
- Federal contractDefense · Small Business Innovation Research Phase III V-bat Ground And Flight Operations Training And Development For Unmanned Aerial Systems Operators$691K
- Federal contractDefense · UAS Isr Services Oconus (VS-7-SVC-OC)$759K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Weapons Pitch Day - Commonality$1.8M
- Federal contractDefense · Advanced Battle Management System$2K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 6th filing$73M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 5th filing$52.9M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$22.2M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$10M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$10.5M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$2.6M
Show 4 earlier federal awards
- Federal contractDefense · Shield AI Test And Evaluation Of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Deployment Of Quadcopters That Are Capable Of Searching Or Placing Sensors Beneath Canopy, Between Structures, Inside Buildings Or Underground With Nothing More Than Regional Tasking.$749K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Shield AI Proposal$50K
- Federal contractDefense · COVID-19 Reinforcement Learning Applied To The Development Of Autonomous Behaviors For Multi-agent Teams Of Small Unmanned Aerial Systems$16.4M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Open Call for Innovative Defense-Related Dual-Purpose Technologies/Solutions with a Clear Air Force Stakeholder Need$44K
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Standing among 89 peers
Line = medianDefense · Software
- Federal grants#13 · top 15%
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Andrew Stiles BerlinDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Andrew ReiterExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Brandon TsengExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Brian LoseyExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Daniel GwakDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Doug Stiles PhilipponeDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 18 people
- Gaetano CrupiDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Gary SteeleExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Greg SmithDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Keith DunleavyDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Kingsley AfemikheExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Peter LevineDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Robert Stiles Harward, Jr.DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Ryan TsengExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Satya Stiles PatelDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Shivon ZilisDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Stephen MarcusDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Thomas TullDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 0 granted of 2- PendingUnmanned Aerial Vehicle Illumination SystemUSPTOApplication 17412119
- PendingUnmanned Aerial Vehicle Illumination SystemUSPTOApplication 63071322
Related companies, and why
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- MITEK ANALYTICS LLCSimilar federal contract value in Defense · $18.7M in contracts
- COLVIN RUN NETWORKS, INCSimilar federal contract value in Defense · $18.4M in contracts
- NANOCOMPOSIX, INC.Similar federal contract value in Defense · $18.1M in contracts
- ANALYSIS DESIGN & DIAGNOSTICS INCSimilar federal contract value in Defense · $17.9M in contracts
Regulatory activity · Defense
- Danger Zone; Waters of Carr Creek and Whitehall Bay in the Vicinity of the Naval Support Activity AnnapolisEngineers Corps
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Trade Agreements ThresholdsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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