Rownd
YC W22 · Active · Fully autonomous defense solutions for the global edge.
Competitors
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
 Degla IncShared: fully autonomous, drones, missionActiveAI | AI | Active | YCF26 |
 Corvus RoboticsShared: autonomous drone, dronesActiveOther | Other | Active | YCS18 |
 Iris AutomationShared: autonomous drone, drones, operationAcquiredAI | AI | Acquired | YCS16 |
 PaladinShared: autonomous drone, dronesActiveOther | Other | Active | YCS18 |
 AvionShared: autonomous drone, drones, edgeActiveOther | Other | Active | YCW20 |
Adjacent
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
 General TrajectoryShared: autonomous defense, physicalActiveAI | AI | Active | YCW25 |
 VolansiShared: drones, defense, autonomousAcquiredOther | Other | Acquired | YCW17 |
 Buoyant AeroShared: autonomous drone, dronesActiveOther | Other | Active | YCS21 |
 AirwareShared: drones, commercial, enterpriseInactiveOther | Other | Inactive | YCW13 |
 VoltairShared: autonomous drone, earth, infrastructureActiveOther | Other | Active | YCW26 |
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About Rownd
Rownd AI builds fully autonomous drones that use local edge intelligence and global LTE/5G/SatCom failover to eliminate the 1:1 pilot bottleneck anywhere on earth or space. We are currently field-deployed with active customers across U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) via our defense business line, ArcEdge AI. Operating out of Raleigh, NC and Wisconsin, we leveraged our team's background in mobile hardware optimization and zero-trust architectures to build true cognitive autonomy directly onto physical aircraft. While we are heavily focused on defense technology today, our ultimate mission is scaling this physical autonomous infrastructure across commercial enterprise edge applications.
- YC batch
- W22 · Winter 2022
- Status, per YC
- Active
- Category
- AI, Developer tools
- Team size
- 7
- Location
- Raleigh, NC, USA
- Checked
- 1h ago
YC tags: Artificial Intelligence, Drones, Open Source, ML
Rownd: questions
Which YC batch was Rownd in?
Rownd was in Y Combinator's Winter 2022 batch (W22).
Is Rownd still active?
Y Combinator lists Rownd as active.
Where is Rownd based?
Rownd lists Raleigh, NC, USA as its location on YC's directory.
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