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DroneDeploy Hits Break-Even, Raises Strategic $15M to Fuel Construction Progress AI Product

September 9, 2025

DroneDeploy Hits Break-Even, Raises Strategic $15M to Fuel Construction Progress AI Product

DroneDeploy hits break-even and raises $15M to double down on AI and robotics, investing in Progress AI and Safety AI to automate jobsite analysis, reduce delays and drive data center construction efficiency.

DroneDeploy Redefines Progress Tracking in Construction with Launch of Progress AI

DroneDeploy Redefines Progress Tracking in Construction with Launch of Progress AI

DroneDeploy launches Progress AI, the first AI agent to deliver automated construction progress tracking from drone and 360 data – within minutes, not days. Voice-accessible, 95% accurate and priced to scale.

Point One Navigation and DroneDeploy partner to deliver centimeter-accurate positioning for aerial and ground reality capture

Point One Navigation and DroneDeploy partner to deliver centimeter-accurate positioning for aerial and ground reality capture

More than 70,000 RTK-enabled DroneDeploy customer flights have been powered by Point One over the course of a strong, two-year partnership.

DroneDeploy and Prime Air Launch Elevate Scholarship Program to Forge New Career Pathways in Age of AI and Robotics

DroneDeploy and Prime Air Launch Elevate Scholarship Program to Forge New Career Pathways in Age of AI and Robotics

DroneDeploy & Prime Air launch Elevate: a free drone training scholarship connecting young adults to AI-era careers in aviation, robotics, and mapping.

DroneDeploy Accelerates Construction of Critical U.S. Al Infrastructure with Nationwide BVLOS Autonomous Drone Operations and Progress Monitoring

January 28, 2025

DroneDeploy Accelerates Construction of Critical U.S. Al Infrastructure with Nationwide BVLOS Autonomous Drone Operations and Progress Monitoring

DroneDeploy's FAA-approved BVLOS operations enable automated drone monitoring for data centers, accelerating timelines and reducing costs, solidifying its leadership in reality capture for construction.

Kier Group Partners with DroneDeploy to Elevate Digital Construction Through Automated Reality Capture

October 29, 2024

Kier Group Partners with DroneDeploy to Elevate Digital Construction Through Automated Reality Capture

Kier’s innovative drone strategy drives efficiency, data accuracy, and cost savings for major construction projects in the UK.

DroneDeploy in the News

San Francisco Business Times

DroneDeploy Mike Winn Named to SFBusiness Journal's 40 Under 40 List

CBSN Tech Today

Tech Today: how accelerating drone technology is enabling remote collaboration amid COVID-19 pandemic

Drone Software Startup Raises Funding for Business Insights and Logistics

DroneDeploy raises $35 million for drone management and logistics tools

Silicon Valley Business Journal

The Funded: Two hefty rounds lead $800M in Bay Area startup funding at midweek

Sydney Morning Herald

US drone startup tracking fires, Barrier Reef to launch in Australia

DroneDeploy raises $35M Series D to expand drone inspection capabilities

Financial Times

How the commercial drone market became big business

Silicon Valley Business Journal

Check out the Best Places to Work in the Bay Area (midsize companies)

Engineering News-Record

Proposed FAA Drone Rules Prompt Industry Pushback

Introducing Inc.'s Best Workplaces of 2020

Coronavirus brings the age of drones closer

Drones' use in ag soaring

Drone industry flies higher as COVID-19 fuels demand for remote services

Eden deploys drone technology to help plant one tree at a time

News Corp Australia

US drone software company looks to expand its wings into Australia

How robotics and automation could create new jobs in the new normal

DroneDeploy teams with Boston Dynamics to deliver inside-outside view of job site

DroneDeploy moves beyond drones to let industries analyze visual data captured at ground level

NSW National Parks and Wildlife deploy drones in post-bushfire recovery

The government blacklisted DJI drones, but some drone companies are more confused than worrie

Financial Times

Blacklisting of China’s DJI in US threatens to scramble drone industry

Survey: Annotations and measurement are main drone tools

DroneDeploy raises $50 million to collect and analyze visual data with drones and robots

The Sydney Morning Herald

AirTree doubles down on drones as COVID-19 boosts use

San Francisco Business Times

DroneDeploy raises $50M after more than doubling enterprise clients last year

Financial Times

Skydio valuation raises American hopes in drone war with China

DroneDeploy and Corteva bring in-field analytics to farmers

TechCheck

San Francisco Business Times

Best Places to Work 2021: Our winners in welness are tops in employee well-being

Ground and aerial robots heading to construction site

San Francisco Business Times

S.F.-based DroneDeploy snaps up New Zealand robotics software firm

DDC21 DroneDeploy Conference 2021 Kicks Off Today

DroneDeploy Announces New Products for Drone, Ground Robot Inspections

Tank Storage Magazine

DroneDeploy launches new products

DroneDeploy’s New Products Go Far Beyond Drones

News Corp Australia

DroneDeploy software helping farmers make better informed decisions

How drones could prevent another Black Summer as Australia’s next bushfire risk areas revealed

Solar Power World

Elevating worker safety in residential solar with the use of drones

Using Digital Twins and Drones to Capture Physical Environments

DroneDeploy: Farmers expect drone spend to rise in 2022

What digital twins are and how they help

The 10 most innovative robotics companies in 2022

Construction Dive

DroneDeploy acquires StructionSite, partners with Avvir

DroneDeploy Acquires Structionsite, Promises Integrated Reality Capture

DroneDeploy Accelerates Construction of Critical U.S. Al Infrastructure with Nationwide BVLOS Autonomous Drone Operations and Progress Monitoring

DroneDeploy Secures Nationwide BVLOS Approval, Revolutionizing AI Infrastructure Monitoring

DroneDeploy Gets FAA Clearance for Beyond Visual Line of Sight US Waiver

DroneDeploy Gets Nationwide BVLOS Approval

Construction Equipment

AI helps find visible OSHA safety risks on job sites.

GEODNET, DroneDeploy advance UAV positioning data

AI automates construction progress tracking

Safety & Health magazine

AI-enabled safety risk detection

MIT Technology Review

How generative AI could help make construction sites safer

Drone Pilot Scholarship Program Could Elevate Future UAS Workforce

Construction Dive

Amid the hype, contractors find practical safety uses for AI

State Aviation Journal

DroneDeploy and Prime Air Launch Elevate Scholarship Program to Forge New Career Pathways in Age of AI and Robotics

DroneDeploy raises $15M to drive development

San Francisco Business Times

Bay Area drone company capitalizes on data center boom

What vision AI could be used for in the future

DroneDeploy’s Progress AI could mark a big moment for drone data

Construction Dive

6 contech firms raise combined $116M

Businesses Across the U.S. Rely on These Drones. They Might be Banned.

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