Skydio Raises $110M Series F at $4.4B Valuation | CEO Adam Bry

Synopsis

Skydio announces $110M Series F at a $4.4B post-money valuation. CEO Adam Bry joins Sourcery to share Skydio’s funding process, commercial progress, & manufacturing edge at Skydio's Hayward factory. Skydio is the largest drone factory in the US at scale production.

"The most significant fact in our Series F is how little we are raising. Despite investor demand to put substantially more into the company… our capital needs are rapidly decreasing." – Adam Bry

In this conversation:

• $50M, 3,000 drone US Army contract and tripling production in 2026
• R10 indoor drone and F10 fixed wing
• Turning down DJI's acquisition offer in 2014
• Getting sanctioned by the Chinese government in 2024
• Drone as First Responder: Public Safety customers in 42/50 states, 42% auto theft reduction in SF
• Built a China independent supply chain & US manufacturing at scale
• Flying agentic AI & the future of autonomous robotics
• Adam's hottest take on the robotics hype cycle

If you're interested in reindustrializing America, drones, AI, robotics, and fundraising in hard tech, this one's for you.