Shield AI
Worth-Joining Index · Scorecard
v2.1 ALPHA · 2026-08Career Score
—/100
Coverage
51%
Verified
0%
Stage cohort
Early
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Latest valuation
$12.7B (Series G, 2026-03)
Total raised
~$3.52B across 17 rounds
Team size
~1,480-1,721 employees
Traction · Key numbers
Funding
Total raised
~$3.52B across 17 rounds
Rounds
2
Valuation pace
~1 year from $5.3B
$1.5B
Series G · 2026-03 · valuation $12.7B post (Series G, 2026-03) · led by Advent International, JPMorganChase Strategic Investment Group (Security and Resiliency Initiative)
With: Blackstone（优先股$500M+贷款$250M）, Snowpoint Ventures, InnovationX, Riot Ventures, Disruptive, Apandion · Round also funded the acquisition of flight-sim firm Aechelon Technology; valuation up 140% year-over-year
$240M
Series F-1 · 2025-03 · valuation $5.3B post · led by L3Harris, Hanwha Asset Management
With: Andreessen Horowitz, U.S. Innovative Technology, Washington Harbour · To scale the Hivemind Enterprise autonomy developer platform
▸Valuation more than doubled in ~12 months, driven by USAF CCA program selection and the Aechelon acquisition — a narrative-driven raise rather than pure revenue validation
▸Backing from L3Harris, Advent International, and JPMorgan Chase Strategic Investments signals deep long-term conviction from defense-industrial capital
▸Fundraising pace has outrun a typical revenue growth curve, raising real expectations-overshoot risk
Founders
Ryan Tseng Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer (前CEO)
Previously founded wireless-charging company WiPower (acquired by Qualcomm); MIT graduate
Brandon Tseng President & Co-Founder
7-year Navy veteran (SEAL and Surface Warfare Officer); Naval Academy grad, Harvard MBA
Andrew Reiter Co-Founder
Previously at Draper Laboratory on visual-inertial guidance systems; Harvard robotics M.S.
Reality · Working here
Signals & Risks
Editorial ✎
Good fit for
· Systems/embedded software engineers who want autonomy code that actually flies on real aircraft and drones under real deployment pressure
· Those who buy into the US defense-strategy narrative and are willing to bet long on government procurement cycles
· Engineers who like building inside a heavily regulated, slow-decision but well-capitalized industry
Not for
· People who want consumer-product-speed iteration cycles — this runs on defense-contract cadence, not weekly ship cycles
· Anyone with ethical reservations about military applications who doesn't want to work inside the defense-contracting system
Ask in the interview
1. What stage is the CCA program actually at, and is Shield AI's role there complementary to or competing with Anduril and other autonomy vendors?
2. Valuation more than doubled in a year — how much recurring revenue or contract backlog actually supports that number?
3. How concentrated is revenue on defense budget/policy decisions, and what happens if those shift?
Data changelog
Community corrections → editorial review → applied, fully on the record
data as of 2026-03 · Source: Shield AI press release ↗
data as of 2026-03 · Source: Shield AI press release ↗
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