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Seeing Systems

Active · Modular AI-Commanded Drones for Defence

11signal of 100 · rising 11
  • team of 7Team size · YC's directory+4.7
  • went through YCProgram · this site+4
  • hiringHiring · Titles (titles.fru.dev), YC+2

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Founders

  • Alexander Le MaitreFounder/CEO
  • Matthew Le MaitreFounder/CTO

About Seeing Systems

We engineer inexpensive, autonomous strike drones designed to operate in the most contested combat environments on Earth! By combining true hardware modularity with an agentic control system that lowers cognitive load on operators, we enable faster upgrades, broader adoption, and more than 2x reduction in lifecycle cost. Our customers and partners include the UK Royal Marine Commandos, several other units in the UK, and 4 other NATO forces, and we are currently shipping prototypes for iterative feedback. Think of us as Anduril, but with worse weather, and better banter.

YC batch
W26 · Winter 2026
Status, per YC
Active
Category
AI
Team size
7
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
Founded
2025
Checked
6h ago

YC tags: Hardware, Drones, Defense, AI

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Seeing Systems: questions

Which YC batch was Seeing Systems in?

Seeing Systems was in Y Combinator's Winter 2026 batch (W26).

Is Seeing Systems still active?

Y Combinator lists Seeing Systems as active.

Who founded Seeing Systems?

Seeing Systems's founders, as listed on its YC page: Alexander Le Maitre (Founder/CEO), Matthew Le Maitre (Founder/CTO).

Where is Seeing Systems based?

Seeing Systems lists London, England, United Kingdom as its location on YC's directory.