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Shield AI

Shield AI (shield.ai): 5 changes recorded in its website history since September 2016. Homepage last checked 6 November 2026.

Recorded changes

Newest observations first. Each interval bounds when the website changed; it is not an exact event date.

  1. HeadlineBetween and
    BeforeBuilding The World’s Best AI Pilot
    AfterA new era of air power

    Observed on the company’s website; business claims are not independently verified.

  2. FundingBetween and

    Announced on its homepage: “Read More Shield AI Raises $210 Million Series D Round Funding enables investment in state-of-the-art AI capabilities for the autonomous …”.

    Observed on the company’s website; business claims are not independently verified.

  3. HeadlineBetween and
    BeforeThe ai era is now
    AfterSelf-Driving Technology for Defense

    Observed on the company’s website; business claims are not independently verified.

  4. HeadlineBetween and
    BeforeArtificial intelligencE for A safer, more secure world
    AfterThe ai era is now

    Observed on the company’s website; business claims are not independently verified.

  5. InvestorsBetween and

    Now shows investor logos: adressen.png, homebrew.png, bloomberg.png and founder.png.

    Observed on the company’s website; business claims are not independently verified.

First recorded website

Observed 17 July 2018

Our earliest capture with readable facts. This is our first observation, not when the company introduced these things. These website claims are not independently verified.

How it described itself

Artificial intelligencE for A safer, more secure world

Our mission is to protect service members and innocent civilians with artificially intelligent systems. Shield AI is the home of Hivemind, an artificial intelligence which enables robots to see, reaso

All facts above belong to this capture. Unlisted fields mean we have no readable observation, not that they were absent.

How it describes itself

Similar headlines are grouped together. The quote shown is from the last capture in each group, not necessarily the exact wording throughout that period.

  1. Seen July 2025 · 1 capture · latest observed messagingA new era of air power

    Autonomy for the world.

    This wording observed 1 July 2025.

  2. January 2023 – July 2024 · 2 capturesBuilding The World’s Best AI Pilot

    AI pilots will revolutionize battlefields and commercial aviation at a scale greater than the self-driving movement reshaping our highways.

    This wording observed 1 July 2024.

    Inspect 2 captures in this group
    • 4 January 2023 · Building The World’s Best AI Pilot archived page
    • 1 July 2024 · Building The World’s Best AI Pilot archived page
  3. Seen February 2021 · 1 captureSelf-Driving Technology for Defense

    This wording observed 25 February 2021.

  4. Seen April 2020 · 1 captureThe ai era is now

    Shield AI engineers build artificially intelligent systems for the national security sector. Shield AI’s autonomous robots can see, reason about, and search the world.

    This wording observed 25 April 2020.

  5. Seen July 2018 · 1 captureArtificial intelligencE for A safer, more secure world

    Our mission is to protect service members and innocent civilians with artificially intelligent systems. Shield AI is the home of Hivemind, an artificial intelligence which enables robots to see, reaso

    This wording observed 17 July 2018.

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StartupHistory, “Shield AI” company record, https://startuphistory.org/c/shield.ai

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