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Startup · United States

Reliable Robotics

HQ Mountain View, United StatesFounded 201751-200 employees

Developer of an aircraft-agnostic autonomous flight system first applied to the Cessna 208B Caravan for cargo missions.

WebsiteLinkedIn

Products1

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Technologies1

Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.

Funding4 rounds · $294M

Disclosed
$294M
Latest
$160MSeries D · Apr 21, 2026
Cumulative raised$294M
Sep 12, 2017Apr 21, 2026

Totals add known amounts using recorded USD conversions where available; other currencies are shown separately. A ~ marks an estimated amount.

Government awards & programs1 award · $17.4M obligated · up to $17.4M ceiling

Awards received1

  • Autonomous flight system on Cessna 208B (SBIR Phase III prototype agreement)
    Aug 26, 2025 · OTA
    Confirmed
    $17.4M
    Obligated · up to $17.4M ceiling

Obligated is what has been committed so far; ceiling is the most the award can reach. Joint values cover all recipients and are excluded from this company’s money totals.

People2

Hiring observations5 listings

A sample of observed listings, not a total vacancy count. Availability may have changed since collection. Categories are inferred from job titles.

Company metrics

LinkedIn employee profiles
259
Observed Oct 5, 2026
Bright Data / LinkedIn · Source ↗
LinkedIn followers
17,510
Observed Oct 5, 2026
Bright Data / LinkedIn · Source ↗

Employee-profile counts reflect LinkedIn profiles associated with the company, not verified headcount. One observation establishes a baseline; it does not establish growth.

Sources13

Profile2

  1. 1

    Reliable Robotics · Supports Organization · name

    “Reliable Robotics”
  2. 2

    LinkedIn via Bright Data · Supports Organization · company size, Organization · founded, Organization · headquarters, Organization · logo, Organization · url

    “{"company_size": "51-200 employees"}”

Products1

  1. 3

    AeroTime · Aug 26, 2025 · Supports Government award · ceiling usd, Organization, Organization technology, System

    “signed a $17.4 million contract with the US Air Force to purchase, integrate and test its autonomous flight system onboard a Cessna 208B aircraft”

Funding8

  1. 4

    Aerospace Tech Review · Apr 22, 2026 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “have closed a US$160 million funding round”
  2. 5

    Axios · Apr 21, 2026 · Supports Funding round, Funding round · amount

    “Nimble Partners led, joined by Eclipse, Lightspeed, Coatue, Pathbreaker Ventures, Island Green Capital, Socium Ventures, AE Ventures, RTX Ventures, Presidio Ventures, UP.Partners, KAS Venture Partners, What If Ventures, Calm Ventures, Gaingels and Mana Ventures.”
  3. 6

    Bloomberg · Apr 21, 2026 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “Reliable Robotics Corp. secured $160 million in new funding”
  4. 7

    Reuters · Oct 14, 2021 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “The Series C round was led by New York-based Coatue Management”
  5. 8

    VCNewsDaily · Oct 14, 2021 · Supports Funding round, Funding round · amount

    “Coatue joins past investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Eclipse Ventures, Teamworthy Ventures and Pathbreaker Ventures”
  6. 9

    VCNewsDaily · Aug 27, 2020 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “a previously unannounced $25 million in Series B led by Eclipse Ventures; Pathbreaker Ventures and Teamworthy Ventures also participated”
  7. 10

    Multiples · Supports Funding round

    “Reliable Robotics Corporation raised $8.5 million in its Ser”
  8. 11

    PitchBook · Supports Funding round

    “Early Stage VC (Series B)”

Government1

  1. 12

    FPDS-NG · Aug 7, 2025 · Supports Government award · obligated amount

    “New OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENT FA22802599525 awarded to RELIABLE ROBOTICS CORPORATION for the amount of $17,439,911; Description: RELIABLE AUTOMATION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPING SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION PHASE III”

People1

  1. 13

    Crunchbase via Bright Data · Supports Role · founders

    “{"founders": [{"id": "juerg-frefel", "type": "person", "value": "Juerg Frefel"}, {"id": "robert-rose-2", "type": "person", "value": "Robert Rose"}]}”

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