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Rownd

Active · Fully autonomous defense solutions for the global edge.

9signal of 100 · rising 2
  • team of 9Team size · YC's directory+5.2
  • went through YCProgram · this site+4

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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
9
Location
Raleigh, NC, USA
Checked
6h ago

YC tags: Autonomous Delivery, Drones, Open Source, AI

Changes seen

Team sizeOct 5, 2026

Team went from 7 to 9 people.

TagsOct 5, 2026

Newly tagged Autonomous Delivery and AI; no longer tagged Artificial Intelligence and ML.

Rownd in W22: 398 companies, 45% AI

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.