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Shield AI , the San Diego defense technical school startup that builds radio-controlled aircraft and other AI - powered military system , has call forth a $ 240 million daily round at a $ 5.3 billion valuation , it announced today .
Shield AI read its Hivemind package already enables fighter jets and drones to fly autonomously . Now , Shield AI wants to sell Hivemind to a broader orbit of customers like robotics companies .
The round ’s investor include L3Harris , one of the U.S. ’s biggest defence contractors , and Hanwha Aerospace . Existing investor like Andreessen Horowitz also joined .
This make Shield AI the second - declamatory denial tech startup in the U.S. by valuation , after Anduril , which israising at a $ 28 billion evaluation .
self-reliance is a hot field in defense , with autonomous warship startup Saronicquadrupling its rating to $ 4 billionin a $ 600 million round last month .
Shield AI did n’t forthwith answer to a request for comment .
