On February 18, 2024, Ian Lafi to publish On X, he and two others who just met a cheap drone in Hackathon simply used its coordinates using the camera and Google Maps. He and his colleagues, Sasha LandVy and Carl Schoeller, all of whom were engineers under the age of 25.
Technology had clear potential to combat GPS spinning drone in Ukraine. Instead of GPS, drones must use high -tech glasses to guide drones by sight. But this leads to many problems, especially in light of bad conditions such as thick fog or at night.
At the end of Hackathon, Schoeller wished his teammates well and separated, hoping to cross their paths again.
But a tweet went viral and changed their lives. After one day, the three decided to apply on Y Combinator Spring 2024 regiment.
Now, their San Francisco -based company, TheusIt has just raised $ 4.3 million of seed financing on a first -headed tour, with additional support from Y Combinator and Lux Capital, and I also told Techcrunch exclusively.
Theus joins a herd of other drone -related companies. There is Skydio, which focuses on replacing Chinese drones for American law enforcement, and was estimated at $ 2.2 billion in 2023. SHIELD AI, who builds a reconnaissance drone, was recently raised with a rating of $ 5.3 billion. The largest defense technology player, Andoril, Firing Small drone last year, according to what was stated in a rating of $ 28 billion raising.
Theius says it does not build drones, but focuses on the components of devices and programs that will largely enable any military drone from drone without the GPS (GPS). Shueller, the CEO of Theosius, told Techcrunch that the company does not build targeting systems. Its program does not decide whether there is a certain spot a legitimate military target or not – the only focus is to get a drone from point A to B.
Theos has not yet won any American military deals, and has not been deployed in an actual battlefield. So she uses her new capital to focus on more technology building, Recruitment For three engineering roles.
However, the Hackathon viral tweet has noticed the Thuisius by the American Special Forces, which concluded an agreement for early testing and development. Theius says she recently went to a secret special forces base to test its latest system, sending Techcrunch a picture of him while working.
In general, a company began with people who knew you less than a week “is not generally recommended”, but in the case of Theosus, it justifies the jump of faith, Schoiler books LinkedIn.
