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Startup · United States

Flyby Robotics

HQ El Segundo, CAFounded 202311-50 employees

Flyby Robotics develops programmable drones with onboard NVIDIA computing for edge AI, inspection, mapping and public-safety missions. Its F-11 platforms expose GPU, flight-control and payload interfaces to developers.

StartupLimited fielding
Website
Total raised
$4.0M
1 round
Last round
$4.0M
Pre-Seed · Apr 5, 2023
Systems
2
Most mature: limited fielding

Funding1 round · $4.0M

Equity raised
$4.0M
Latest
$4.0MPre-Seed · Apr 5, 2023
  • Pre-Seed
    Led by MaC Venture Capital
    With Anthemis, Evening Fund, Weekend Fund
    Confirmed
    $4.0M
    Apr 5, 2023

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.

Systems2

F-11S

Programmable drone with an electronic-warfare-resistant C2 option

Limited fielding

F-11T

Programmable drone with onboard NVIDIA compute

Limited fielding

Newest unveiled first. Open a system for its milestone timeline, components and sources.

Supply Chain1 facility

Facilities1

  • Flyby Robotics — El Segundo
    Headquarters · El Segundo, CA, United States
    Operating
    Reported

People6

All 6 people →
  • Cat Orman

    Co-founder

  • Jack Luo

    Co-founder

  • Jason Lu

    Co-founder

  • Cat Orman

    COO & Co-Founder

  • Jack Luo

    CTO & Co-Founder

  • Jason Lu

    CEO & Founder

Company Metrics

LinkedIn employee profiles
13
Observed Oct 13, 2026
Bright Data / LinkedIn · Source ↗
LinkedIn followers
5,427
Observed Oct 13, 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.

Sources4

Systems1

  1. 1
    CompanyFlyby Robotics

    Supports Organization · description, System

    “The F-11 Series drones ensure core drone mission set success while offering open, accessible compute for developer customization and innovation.”

Funding1

  1. 2
    CompanyFlyby Launches Food Drone Delivery With Nekter Juice Bar, Salad Collective, & Other Food Retailers Closes $4M Pre-Seed

    Supports Funding round

    “LOS ANGELES and PHOENIX, April 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Flyby Robotics, the end-to-end drone automation and delivery company, announced that they have raised $4M in pre-seed investment funding. The round was led by MaC Venture Capital, with participation from Weekend Fund, Anthemis, and Evening Fund. Other strategic investors include Naval Ravikant, (Co-Founder of AngelList); Balaji Srinivasan, (Finance and former CTO of Coinbase); Karen Pritzker’s VC fund, Gaingels, Ryan Hoover (Founder at Product Hunt); and Cliff Sirlin (Managing Director at LaunchCapital).”

Supply chain1

  1. 3
    DatabaseLinkedIn company profile

    LinkedIn · Supports Facility, Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · ownership, Organization metric · employees in linkedin, Organization metric · followers

    “headquarters: El Segundo, California”

People1

  1. 4
    DatabaseCrunchbase company profile

    Crunchbase · Supports Role

    “founders[0].value: Cat Orman”

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