IMPACT Drones

Active · Air Defense as a Service for Civilian Infrastructure.

YC S26

Website YC profile

Why it ranks

How the rank works

9signal of 100 · rising 9

went through YCProgram · this site+4
team of 2Team size · YC's directory+2.5
hiringHiring · Titles (titles.fru.dev), YC+2

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Competitors

Other

Vernius Systems, Inc.Shared: autonomous interceptor, air defense, dronesYC S26San FranciscoStartup →Other

Earendil RoboticsShared: autonomous interceptor, swarm robotics, dronesYC S26San FranciscoStartup →Other

KeresShared: air defense, interceptor, droneYC F26DenverStartup →Other

AICEShared: drone, threat, defenseYC X26ParisStartup →AI

Felix FusionShared: power grid, data centerGoogle AI for Energy 2026United StatesStartup →

Companies closest to IMPACT Drones
Company	Category	Status	Program
Vernius Systems, Inc.Shared: autonomous interceptor, air defense, dronesYC S26ActiveOther	Other	Active	YCS26
Earendil RoboticsShared: autonomous interceptor, swarm robotics, dronesYC S26ActiveOther	Other	Active	YCS26
KeresShared: air defense, interceptor, droneYC F26ActiveOther	Other	Active	YCF26
AICEShared: drone, threat, defenseYC X26ActiveOther	Other	Active	YCX26
Felix FusionShared: power grid, data centerGoogle AI for Energy 2026Not statedAI	AI	Not stated	GoogleAI for Energy 2026

Adjacent

Other

WardstoneShared: air defense, interceptor, threatYC F25Los AngelesStartup →Other

MillirayShared: air defense, drone, threatYC W26LondonStartup →Other

Greypoint IndustriesShared: drones, hardware, threatYC S26San FranciscoStartup →Other

Kairox SystemsShared: drones, hardware, threatYC F26San FranciscoStartup →AI

Seeing SystemsShared: drones, hardware, costYC W26LondonStartup →

Companies next to IMPACT Drones
Company	Category	Status	Program
WardstoneShared: air defense, interceptor, threatYC F25ActiveOther	Other	Active	YCF25
MillirayShared: air defense, drone, threatYC W26ActiveOther	Other	Active	YCW26
Greypoint IndustriesShared: drones, hardware, threatYC S26ActiveOther	Other	Active	YCS26
Kairox SystemsShared: drones, hardware, threatYC F26ActiveOther	Other	Active	YCF26
Seeing SystemsShared: drones, hardware, costYC W26ActiveAI	AI	Active	YCW26

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DeepReach Inc.Network for Physical AI Data Businessteam of 6hiringActiveAI	AI	Active
DreamUsing VLMs to Catch Damageteam of 2ActiveAI	AI	Active
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Frontier ComputingFrontier grows scalable biological brains as an ML training substrateteam of 3ActiveAI	AI	Active
hardware intelligenceAI tools for the chips your AI runs onteam of 2ActiveAI, Devtools	AI, Devtools	Active

Founders

Jasper LortijeFounder/CEO
Alessandro FiumeFounder

About IMPACT Drones

IMPACT builds autonomous interceptor drones that ship in sealed containers. The box sits at the site it protects, data centers, power grids, airports, bases, with no crew on the pad. When sensors cue a hostile drone, an interceptor pierces its own frangible lid, launches, and rams the target, guided by onboard vision that keeps working when GPS is jammed. Legacy effectors cost $1M+ per shot against $30k threats; ours cost less than the threat and scale with the swarm, the same class of interceptor already downing Shahed drones over Ukraine. Sites subscribe to protection instead of buying missiles, hardware, reloads and monitoring included: Air Defense as a Service. 180M+ USD in signed letters of intent.

YC batch: S26 · Summer 2026
Status, per YC: Active
Category: AI
Team size: 2
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Founded: 2026
Checked: 13h ago

YC tags: Hardware, Drones, Swarm Robotics, AI