What it sells
Autonomous electric airplanes
Business model breakdown
Buyer: who owns the budget?
Farm operators and ag-aviation service companies (e.g. SLC Agricola, Natter Agro); defense and logistics buyers for DropShip.
Trigger: what makes them buy now?
Need cheaper, safer crop spraying without pilot risk or drift; defense resupply.
Workflow: what inputs become what output?
Autonomous Pelican 2 aircraft spray crops (300 L payload, 20 m swath); DropShip does autonomous cargo/airdrop missions.
Economics: what it saves and how it charges
Aircraft sales; direct operating cost as low as about $1 per hectare; 289,815 ha sprayed and 18,279 autonomous flights.
Distribution: how it reaches customers
Direct sales (sales@flypyka.com) in the US, Honduras, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Brazil.
Funding history and coverage
| Round date | Stage | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Y Combinator Summer 2017 | — | Y Combinator | ycombinator.com |
Profiles summarize public reporting and company websites. Business-model notes are MaxBC's reading of that material, not confirmed facts; unknowns are left blank rather than guessed. Updated 2026-10-12.