Shield AI

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Location San Diego, CA
Founded 2015
Latest Stage Series G
Total Raised $2.4B+
Website https://shield.ai
Sector
defense ai robotics autonomous-systems

Investors

Thomas Tull Series E (2022)
Jesse Robbins ~2018 (2018)
Jim Breyer Growth (2020)
Satya Patel ~2016 (2016)
David Frankel Seed (2016)
Hunter Walk Seed (2017)
Katherine Boyle ~2022 (2022)
Peter Tague Series E (2022)
Andreessen Horowitz series-c (2021)
Andreessen Horowitz series-f (2023)
Andreessen Horowitz series-g (2026)
US Innovative Technology Fund Series E (2022)
Heavybit ~2018 (2018)
Breyer Capital Growth (2020)
Homebrew ~2016 (2016)
founder-collective Seed (2016)

Founders

Ryan Tseng CEO & Co-Founder
Brandon Tseng President & Co-Founder
Andrew Reiter Co-Founder

About

Shield AI is a defense technology company founded in 2015 by Ryan Tseng, Brandon Tseng, and Andrew Reiter 1. The company builds AI-powered autonomous systems for military applications, including the Hivemind autonomy stack and the V-BAT drone platform 1. Shield AI is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Funding History

Date Round Amount Lead Co-investors
2018 Series A $10.5M — Andreessen Horowitz, Silicon Valley Bank 2
2019 Series B $90M — Breyer Capital, Andreessen Horowitz 2
2021-06 Series C $165M — Andreessen Horowitz, Point72, Snowpoint Ventures 2
2022-06 Series D $165M — Point72, Snowpoint Ventures, Riot Ventures 2
2022-11 Series E $225M — Lockheed Martin, Palantir, Snowpoint Ventures 3
2023-11 Series F $200M — Andreessen Horowitz, Point72, Disruptive 4
2026-03-26 Series G $2B ($1.5B equity + $500M Blackstone preferred) Advent International, JPMorgan Chase (co-lead) Snowpoint Ventures, Innovation X Advisors, Riot Ventures, Disruptive, Apandion; existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Point72, Palantir, Lockheed Martin 567

Total raised: over $2.4 billion. Valued at $12.7 billion as of March 2026 5.

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Sources

  1. Shield AI company website, accessed March 2026. https://shield.ai↩↩

  2. Crunchbase profile for Shield AI, accessed March 2026. https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/shield-ai↩↩↩↩

  3. TechCrunch, “Shield AI raises $225M Series E,” November 2022. https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/15/shield-ai-raises-225m-series-e/↩

  4. Bloomberg, “Shield AI raises $200M Series F at $2.7B valuation,” November 2023. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-14/shield-ai-raises-200m-series-f↩

  5. TechCrunch, “Shield AI raises $2B Series G at $12.7B valuation,” March 2026. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/26/shield-ai-raises-2b-series-g/↩↩

  6. Fortune, “Shield AI closes $2B round co-led by Advent International and JPMorgan Chase,” March 2026. https://fortune.com/2026/03/26/shield-ai-2b-series-g/↩

  7. Bloomberg, “Shield AI valued at $12.7B in $2B funding round,” March 2026. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-26/shield-ai-valued-at-12-7b↩