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YC Drones companies

25 Y Combinator companies in Drones, with team size, growth, open roles and funding.

Updated weekly, last on November 9, 2026. Roster from Y Combinator's public directory.

Hiring the mostlast 60 days
8 roles
SkywaysS17
  1. 2Zeitview1
See all 2
Fastest growingteam, 6 months
+40%
RowndW22
  1. 2Theseus+27%
  2. 3Splash Inc.+25%
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Raised the mostlast 12 months
$20M
Corvus RoboticsS18
  1. 2Paladin$17M
  2. 3Splash Inc.$4.2M
See all 4
Companies
25
Active
19
Hiring, last 60 days
2
Open roles, 60 days
9
People on these teams
1,179
Showing 25 of 25 companies
CompanyBatchTeam6 mo12 moOpen rolesTotal raisedLast round
Inspection software for renewable energy & sustainable infrastructure
W15706+2%+1%1$174MUndisclosed round$60M, Mar 2025
Creating a new form of air transportation to advance our civilization
S1764+16%+45%8$58.1MDebt$5M, Jun 2025
Autonomous drones to help warehouses scan inventory.
S1846+15%+21%0$46MUndisclosed round$20M, Aug 2026
Airware provides end-to-end solutions that enable enterprises to…
W13Inactive43 +2%0$120MUndisclosed round$8.5M, Apr 2018
Avion builds and operates autonomous eVTOL drones that deliver vital…
W20280%0%0$4.9MUndisclosed round$4.7M, Aug 2023
GPS Denied Navigation for Drones
S2414+27%+40%YC$4.8MSeed$4.3M, Apr 2025
Fully autonomous defense solutions for the global edge.
W2214+40%+40%0$3.3MSeed$2.2M, Oct 2023
Drone detection for US defense and national security
S2411−15%−27%YC$3MSeed$2.5M, Sep 2024
Autonomous patrol-boats for National Security
W2510+25%+43%YC$4.7MSeed$4.2M, Jul 2026
Bringing back blimps
S2110  YC$125KYC investment$125K, Aug 2021
Autonomous Drones for Earth Observation
W268+14%+33%YC$500KYC investment$500K, Apr 2026
Autonomous VTOL delivery solutions.
W17Acquired6−14%−14%0$75.1MSecondary$50M, Oct 2023
Enabling autonomous drone operations globally through AI software
S16Acquired50%0%0$28MSeries B$5M, Jun 2022
Long-range drone network for world data collection
W274  0
The fully autonomous intelligence layer in the sky.
F264  0
Technology to detect and track small drones
W264  0$1.5MSeed$1M, Jun 2026
Unmanned cargo airplanes
F263  0
We're building robot birds for surveillance.
X262  0
S171  0SeedAug 2017
We deploy autonomous drones to 911 calls. Our software gives first…
S18196  0$23.5MUndisclosed round$17M, Oct 2026
Build better drones. Run better missions.
F26  
Reebeez creates powerful microengines for UAVs. With a 2hr + flight…
S16Inactive  
Autonomous ground stations for drones
S15Inactive  0$870KSeed$750K, May 2016
Flirtey is the world’s first commercial drone delivery service and…
S15  
aerial videography
S12Inactive  

How this works

1. The roster

Every launched company in YC's public directory, with its batch, status, industry and location. New companies show up the week YC lists them.

2. The numbers

Each company is matched to Crustdata by its website. Crustdata adds team size and its change over 6 and 12 months, open roles from job postings, reported funding, and founders' past employers.

3. The lists

Hiring the most counts distinct roles posted in the last 60 days. Growth needs 10+ people today, shrinking 20+ a year ago, so tiny teams do not top the lists. Rebuilt every week.

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The numbers on this page come from three Crustdata API calls. Crustdata tags 5,000+ companies with Y Combinator as an investor; swap the filter for any investor, industry or headcount range and track your own list, with founders' work emails one call away.

  • Company search for team size, growth and funding
  • Job search with a count by company, for who is hiring and for what
  • A watch that re-runs the search weekly and sends only what changed
# 1. every company with Y Combinator as an investor
curl https://api.crustdata.com/company/search \
  -H "authorization: Bearer $CRUSTDATA_API_KEY" \
  -H "x-api-version: 2025-11-01" \
  -d '{
    "filters": { "field": "funding.investors",
                 "type": "in", "value": ["Y Combinator"] },
    "fields": ["basic_info.name",
      "headcount.total", "headcount.growth_percent",
      "funding.total_investment_usd"],
    "limit": 100
  }'

# 2. open listings per company, last 60 days (limit 0 = counts only)
curl https://api.crustdata.com/job/search \
  -H "authorization: Bearer $CRUSTDATA_API_KEY" \
  -H "x-api-version: 2025-11-01" \
  -d '{
  "filters": { "op": "and", "conditions": [
    { "field": "company.basic_info.company_id",
      "type": "in", "value": [...] },
    { "field": "metadata.date_added",
      "type": "=>", "value": "2026-08-24" } ]},
  "limit": 0,
  "aggregations": [{ "type": "group_by",
    "field": "company.basic_info.company_id", "agg": "count" }]
}'

# 3. the same company filter as a weekly watch: POST /watch/company/search

Questions about YC Drones companies

How many YC Drones companies are there?

25 Y Combinator companies are in Drones; 19 are active.

Which YC Drones companies are hiring?

2 companies posted roles in the last 60 days, led by Skyways (8 roles) and Zeitview (1 roles). 6 mark themselves as hiring on YC's directory.

Which YC Drones companies are growing fastest?

By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): Rownd (+40%), Theseus (+27%) and Splash Inc. (+25%).

Which YC Drones companies raised the most?

Largest latest rounds in the last 12 months, after their YC batch: Corvus Robotics ($20M), Paladin ($17M) and Splash Inc. ($4.2M).

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