Shield AI

Shield AI is a US defence technology company founded in 2015 that designs and deploys autonomous mission systems for aircraft and unmanned platforms. Its products are built around Hivemind, an autonomy backbone that underpins the company's family of autonomous mission systems, including the aircraft products X-BAT and V-BAT and the enterprise offering Hivemind Enterprise. The company employs over 1,000 people and maintains offices across the United States as well as internationally.

Its engineering work spans autonomous mission systems, AI pilots and edge autonomy, with an emphasis on operations in GPS and communications-denied environments. ViDAR targets those contested conditions, while EdgeOS, Pilot, Forge and Commander provide software for the rapid development, testing and deployment of resilient autonomy across domains. Technical leadership roles involve autonomy software development tooling, unmanned aerial platforms and the integration of mission-ready software and hardware modules.

The company operates in the defence, military aviation, unmanned systems and national security sectors, and works with allies alongside US customers. Stated principles include human-directable and safe, reliable autonomy, a mission-first mindset, servant leadership, investment in team growth and development, and a stated aim of protecting service members and civilians. The company describes its long-term vision as "autonomy for the world".