What it sells
GPS Denied Navigation for Drones
Business model breakdown
Buyer: who owns the budget?
UnverifiedDoD program offices and drone OEM engineering teams.
Trigger: what makes them buy now?
GPS jamming and spoofing in conflicts such as Ukraine.
Workflow: what inputs become what output?
Cyclops compares live camera imagery to pre-generated reference maps and outputs position via MAVLink to flight controller; runs on Raspberry Pi 5 or Jetson.
Economics: what it saves and how it charges
Software licensing on commodity hardware; claims <50 m accuracy at up to 1.1 km altitude.
Distribution: how it reaches customers
Demo and capability-brief requests; OEM integration and government programs.
Funding history and coverage
| Round date | Stage | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Y Combinator Summer 2024 | — | 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.