Startup · United States
Auterion
HQ ArlingtonFounded 2017201-500 employees
Autonomy software company for military drones; AuterionOS and the Nemyx system coordinate low-cost uncrewed systems into swarms.
Funding6 rounds · $181M
- Equity raised
- $181M
- Debt, secondaries & grants
- Undisclosed
- Latest
- UndisclosedStrategic · Nov 18, 2025
- Last valuation
- $600M?Basis not stated · Series B · Sep 23, 2025
| Announced | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors | Other investors | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 2025 | Strategic | Undisclosed | — | Rheinmetall | — | Reported |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Series B | $130M | $600M? | Bessemer Venture Partners | Costanoa Ventures, Lakestar | Confirmed |
| Dec 5, 2022 | Series A | $41.0M | — | — | — | Reported |
| Mar 31, 2022 | Debt | Undisclosed | — | — | — | Speculative |
| Jan 20, 2020 | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | — | — | — | Speculative |
| Sep 4, 2018 | Seed | $10.0M | — | — | Costanoa Ventures, Lakestar | Reported |
- StrategicLed by RheinmetallUndisclosedNov 18, 2025
- $130MSep 23, 2025
- Series A$41.0MDec 5, 2022
- DebtSpeculativeUndisclosedMar 31, 2022
- UndisclosedSpeculativeUndisclosedJan 20, 2020
- SeedWith Costanoa Ventures, Lakestar$10.0MSep 4, 2018
Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.
Systems9
Auterion Mission Control
Application for planning and managing missions for Auterion-powered vehicles.
Auterion Suite
A cloud‑based operations center that provides real‑time fleet management, data analytics and predictive maintenance.
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People2
- Lorenz Meier · LinkedIn ↗
Co-Founder & CEO
- Markus Achtelik · LinkedIn ↗
CTO
Sources23
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Profile5
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Auterion · Supports Organization · name
“AuterionOS runs onboard and connects your entire fleet.”
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PitchBook · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url
“employee_range: 201-500 (profile: 300)”
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Defence Finance Monitor · Supports Organization · name
“Founded by an ETH Zurich researcher, Auterion’s software underpins thousands of drones and has even proven its value in combat”
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LinkedIn · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · linkedin url
“employee_range: 201-500 (profile: 201-500 employees)”
- 5DatabaseAuterion - Owler company profile
Owler · Supports Organization · founded year, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url
“founded_year: 2017”
Systems8
- 6CompanyAuterionOS
Auterion · Supports System
“AuterionOS is the brain of the autonomous robot - a complete onboard software platform that turns hardware into a mission-ready system.”
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Auterion · Supports System
“Auterion’s Long Range One Way Attack capability delivers precision effects at distances of up to 1,000 miles. Proven in Ukraine and ready for allied deployment, it combines combat-tested hardware with Auterion’s open, software-defined autonomy stack to deliver resilient, scalable strike capability.”
- 8CompanyAuterion Mission Control
Auterion · Supports System
“Auterion Mission Control is the app to plan and execute autonomous missions for any Auterion-powered vehicle. ”
- 9CompanyAuterion Nemyx
Auterion · Supports System
“Nemyx turns autonomous drones into a single, coordinated combat force. By linking drones into a resilient swarm, it amplifies the operator’s effectiveness, reduces workload, and ensures mission success—even in the most contested environments. This technology transforms drones from isolated tools into a connected, battle-ready system”
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Auterion · Supports System
“Nemyx VLS extends Auterion’s swarm engine into the hardware that puts drones in the air. The same modular launcher deploys high-volume commercial drones, strike drones and interceptors from multiple manufacturers, giving operators a common point of launch across an evolving fleet.”
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Auterion · Supports System
“Skynode S is the compact, low-cost, chip-down controller that enables any small UAS system with the Auterion software platform. Featuring a custom designed, powerful mission computer to deploy AI and computer vision applications at scale.”
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Auterion · Supports System
“Connect AI Node, equipped with the NVIDIA® Jetson Xavier™ NX for compute-heavy operations.”
- 13CompanyAuterion Suite
Auterion · Supports System
“Auterion Suite is the cloud operations center for AuterionOS-powered robots. It turns live telemetry, video and precision geo data into a single view of your commercial fleet - health, maintenance, and operations in real time”
Funding9
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DroneXL · Nov 20, 2025 · Supports Funding round
“German defense giant Rheinmetall has acquired a significant stake in U.S. drone software leader Auterion”
- 15Regulatory filingAuterion Group Inc. - SEC Form D (0002089119-25-000002)
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · Oct 1, 2025 · Supports Funding round
“Total Amount Sold $ 87,684,134 USD”
- 16
Auterion · Sep 23, 2025 · Supports Funding round · amount, Funding round · announced on, Funding round · investors, Funding round · notes, Organization
“today announced it has raised $130 million in Series B funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners”
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Resilience Media · Sep 23, 2025 · Supports Funding round, Funding round · post money valuation usd
“a $10 million seed round from Lakestar, Mosaic Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, and Tectonic Ventures”
- 18
Science|Business (ETH Zurich) · Sep 20, 2018 · Supports Funding round · amount
“announced 10 million (USD) in seed funding earlier this month”
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CB Insights · Supports Funding round
“Auterion's latest funding round was a Corporate Minority for on November 18, 2025.”
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Multiples · Supports Funding round
“Auterion's valuation has moved from $600M at its Series A in December 2022”
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