Airware
| Industry | UAV Systems |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2011 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
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Key people
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Jonathan Downey (President/CEO) |
| Website | Airware.com |
Airware (incorporated as Unmanned Innovation, Inc.) is an American venture-funded startup that provides commercial unmanned aerial vehicles for enterprises. Airware was founded in 2011 in Newport Beach, California, by Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Downey. The company relocated to San Francisco in January 2014.
The company produces an enterprise drones which combine hardware, on-aircraft and mobile software, and cloud services. Downey has stated the company is focused on building systems for drones for commercial uses, including anti-poaching efforts, infrastructure inspections, and precision agriculture.
Airware was founded by Downey in 2011 out of a frustration with the "inflexible and costly" autopilot systems for unmanned aircraft. Airware was incubated at both Lemnos Labs and Y Combinator. The company has raised $70 million in venture funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Next World Capital, First Round Capital, Google Ventures, Intel Capital and GE Ventures. In March 2016, the company announced a $30 million Series C round of financing led by Next World Capital with Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Cisco Systems executive chairman John T. Chambers. Andreessen Horowitz partner Chris Dixon, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner Mike Abbott, and John T. Chambers are members of the company’s board. In 2015, Airware launched a new venture fund for commercial drones to support "scaling the use of drones across a variety of commercial applications." Airware purchased Redbird, a drone analytics software company, in 2016.
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