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Swan

HQ Pittsburgh, United StatesFounded 202411-50 employees

Pittsburgh startup founded by former Aurora and Uber self-driving leads, building a modular on-board autonomy stack for uncrewed systems: GNSS-denied navigation, mapping and ISR, and precision targeting.

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Technologies2

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

Funding1 round · $6.0M

Disclosed
$6.0M
Latest
$6.0MSeed · Aug 29, 2024

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

Government awards & programs3 awards · $3.7M obligated · up to $500 ceiling · 2 programs

Awards received3

Programs2

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 observations6 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
2
Observed Oct 5, 2026
Bright Data / LinkedIn · Source ↗
LinkedIn followers
55
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.

Sources11

Profile5

  1. 1

    Andreessen Horowitz · Feb 20, 2025 · Supports Organization · hq city

    “Pittsburgh, PA”
  2. 2
    CompanySwan

    Swan (swan.tech) · Supports Organization · name

    “Swan”
  3. 3

    Black Flag · Supports Organization

    “Swan builds a modular autonomy platform for unmanned systems that navigate and execute missions without GPS or comms infrastructure.”
  4. 4

    Crunchbase via Bright Data · Supports Organization · num employees

    “{"num_employees": "11-50"}”
  5. 5

    Linkedin via Bright Data · Supports Organization · logo, Organization · url

    “{"logo": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4E0BAQHFrPSLAtND3w/company-logo_200_200/B4EZ4EFeQNJMAI-/0/1778185004353/swantechcorp_logo?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=ItrLpA5Cb0pU-S7Db20pBOOd4Zl1yXhQZp3xMUWjQss"}”

Technologies1

  1. 6
    CompanySwan

    Swan · Supports Organization technology, Role

    “Running directly on individual assets, it delivers navigation, sensing, mapping, and precision-targeting capabilities that can be fielded independently or together.”

Funding1

  1. 7

    Midwest Startups (X) · Aug 29, 2024 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “Swan 📍 Pittsburgh, PA 🤖 Autonomous Solutions / Defense 💰 $6M Seed led by @a16z”

Government4

  1. 8

    USAspending.gov · Dec 5, 2025 · Supports Government award · obligated amount

    “Recipient: SWAN TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION; Total obligation: $500.00; Base and all options value: $500.00”
  2. 9

    USAspending.gov · Dec 3, 2025 · Supports Government award · obligated amount, Organization

    “Recipient: SWAN TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION; Total obligated across 1 orders: $500.00”
  3. 10

    Defense Innovation Unit · Mar 14, 2025 · Supports Government award · program

    “The four companies on contract include Swan, a U.S. software company partnered with a Ukrainian unmanned aerial systems (UAS) firm”
  4. 11

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

    “New OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENT HQ08452590043 awarded to SWAN TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION for the amount of $3,741,652; Description: LONG RANGE ONE-WAY PLATFORM; Funding office: OUSD ACQUISITION & SUSTAINMENT (A & S)”

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