Shield AI develops autonomous systems utilizing artificial intelligence for defense applications, targeting government and military clients.
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Published by hand (shield.ai): "Shield AI today announced it is raising $1.5 billion in Series G funding at a $12.7 billion post-money valuation and $500 million in fixed-return preferred equity financing.": brand backfill hand check: the page states the round (announced)
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Sources agree. The San Diego dateline does not state that San Diego is the company's headquarters.
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The release splits the financing into $90 million in equity and $75 million in debt; its headline states the combined $165M figure. SAN DIEGO is a dateline, not a stated headquarters.
Published by hand (shield.ai): "Shield AI raises $165M Series E to accelerate building of the world’s best AI pilot": brand backfill hand check: the company release headline states the $165M Series E ($90 million equity and $75 million debt in its first sentence)
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The $300M figure includes projected future debt and equity, not only money raised at announcement; the valuation is described qualitatively rather than given as an exact figure.; not on the page it cites, so not applied: valuation
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Published by hand (shield.ai): "Shield AI, a defense-technology company using self-driving software to enable unmanned systems to operate without GPS and communications, today announced it has raised $90M in a Series C round through equity and debt financing.": brand backfill hand check: the page states the round (announced)
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Published by hand (siliconangle.com): "A startup that aims to save lives with its artificial intelligence-powered drones has just raised $10.5 million in a Series A funding round led by venture capital powerhouse Andreessen Horowitz.": brand backfill hand check: the page states the round (announced)
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| Series D+ Series G funding [ HISTORY ]: An earlier round, from the company's own announcement, found while researching the company. Checked like any round, but not new, so it stays out of the daily feed and alerts; a date range shows it. | $1.5B at $12.7 Billion post-money valuation | 2026-03-26 | Advent International | No recent discussion |
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Published by hand (shield.ai): "Shield AI today announced it is raising $1.5 billion in Series G funding at a $12.7 billion post-money valuation and $500 million in fixed-return preferred equity financing.": brand backfill hand check: the page states the round (announced) | ||||
| F-1 strategic funding round F-1 strategic funding round [ HISTORY ]: An earlier round, from the company's own announcement, found while researching the company. Checked like any round, but not new, so it stays out of the daily feed and alerts; a date range shows it. | $240M at $5.3 billion valuation | 2025-03-06 | not stated | No recent discussion |
1 source [ VERIFIED · CORRECTED ] read against 1 source [ BUILT WITH ]·[ SEARCH ]found by Firecrawl search·[ SCRAPE ]1 page read: prnewswire.com·[ JSON ]round read into a schema, with the sentence that states it·[ VERIFY ]correctedchecked against 1 source·[ BRANDING ]logo and colour from the homepage | ||||
| Series D+ Series F funding [ HISTORY ]: An earlier round, from the company's own announcement, found while researching the company. Checked like any round, but not new, so it stays out of the daily feed and alerts; a date range shows it. | $200M at $2.7 billion valuation | 2023-10-31 | U.S. Innovative Technology Fund (USIT), Riot Ventures | No recent discussion |
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Sources agree. The San Diego dateline does not state that San Diego is the company's headquarters. [ BUILT WITH ]·[ SEARCH ]found by Firecrawl search·[ SCRAPE ]1 page read: prnewswire.com·[ JSON ]round read into a schema, with the sentence that states it·[ VERIFY ]correctedchecked against 1 source·[ BRANDING ]logo and colour from the homepage | ||||
| Series E [ HISTORY ]: An earlier round, from the company's own announcement, found while researching the company. Checked like any round, but not new, so it stays out of the daily feed and alerts; a date range shows it. | $165M $90M combined rounds at $2.3 billion valuation | 2022-06-09 | Snowpoint Ventures, Doug Philippone | No recent discussion |
1 source [ VERIFIED · CORRECTED ] read against 1 source The release splits the financing into $90 million in equity and $75 million in debt; its headline states the combined $165M figure. SAN DIEGO is a dateline, not a stated headquarters. Published by hand (shield.ai): "Shield AI raises $165M Series E to accelerate building of the world’s best AI pilot": brand backfill hand check: the company release headline states the $165M Series E ($90 million equity and $75 million debt in its first sentence) [ BUILT WITH ]·[ SEARCH ]found by Firecrawl search·[ SCRAPE ]1 page read: shield.ai·[ JSON ]round read into a schema, with the sentence that states it·[ VERIFY ]correctedchecked against 1 source·[ BRANDING ]logo and colour from the homepage | ||||
| Series D [ HISTORY ]: An earlier round, from the company's own announcement, found while researching the company. Checked like any round, but not new, so it stays out of the daily feed and alerts; a date range shows it. | $210M $300M to date | 2021-08-24 | Disruptive | No recent discussion |
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The $300M figure includes projected future debt and equity, not only money raised at announcement; the valuation is described qualitatively rather than given as an exact figure.; not on the page it cites, so not applied: valuation [ BUILT WITH ]·[ SEARCH ]found by Firecrawl search·[ SCRAPE ]1 page read: prnewswire.com·[ JSON ]round read into a schema, with the sentence that states it·[ VERIFY ]confirmedchecked against 1 source·[ BRANDING ]logo and colour from the homepage | ||||
| Series C [ HISTORY ]: An earlier round, from the company's own announcement, found while researching the company. Checked like any round, but not new, so it stays out of the daily feed and alerts; a date range shows it. | $90M $90M combined rounds | 2021-02-23 | Point72 | No recent discussion |
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Published by hand (shield.ai): "Shield AI, a defense-technology company using self-driving software to enable unmanned systems to operate without GPS and communications, today announced it has raised $90M in a Series C round through equity and debt financing.": brand backfill hand check: the page states the round (announced) [ BUILT WITH ]·[ SEARCH ]found by Firecrawl search·[ SCRAPE ]2 pages read: shield.ai, prnewswire.com·[ JSON ]round read into a schema, with the sentence that states it·[ VERIFY ]correctedchecked against 2 sources·[ BRANDING ]logo and colour from the homepage | ||||
| Series A Series A funding round [ HISTORY ]: An earlier round, from the company's own announcement, found while researching the company. Checked like any round, but not new, so it stays out of the daily feed and alerts; a date range shows it. | $10.5M | 2017-04-05 | Andreessen Horowitz | No recent discussion |
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Published by hand (siliconangle.com): "A startup that aims to save lives with its artificial intelligence-powered drones has just raised $10.5 million in a Series A funding round led by venture capital powerhouse Andreessen Horowitz.": brand backfill hand check: the page states the round (announced) [ BUILT WITH ]·[ SEARCH ]found by Firecrawl search·[ SCRAPE ]1 page read: siliconangle.com·[ JSON ]round read into a schema, with the sentence that states it·[ VERIFY ]confirmedchecked against 1 source·[ BRANDING ]logo and colour from the homepage | ||||