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SkyfireAI raises $11M

SkyfireAI announced a Seed round of $11M on 28 April 2026. The company operates in Defense & GovTech and is based in United States. It was founded by Don Mathis, CEO & Co-founder.

Raised
$11M
Stage
Seed
Industry
Defense & GovTech
Country
United States

Founder

Don Mathis
CEO & Co-founder, SkyfireAI
LinkedIn profileskyfire.ai

Outreach angles

  • -Repeat founder previously running consumer and adtech ventures, now applying that operating discipline to autonomous defense and first responder drones.
  • -Built the founding team out of US Navy, Intelligence Community, and DARPA veterans with Andrew Ng's AI Fund involved from day one.
  • -$11M seed led by Mucker Capital funds the Huntsville-based scale-up of a multi-ship autonomous platform for public safety and defense agencies.

Signals

SeedHardwareAI-NativeEnterpriseDeep Tech

Round details

Company: SkyfireAI
Domain: skyfire.ai
Amount: $11M
Stage: Seed
Industry: Defense & GovTech
Country: United States
Announced: 28 April 2026
Source: announcement

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