Startup · United States
Swan
HQ PittsburghFounded 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.
Funding2 rounds · $38.5M
- Equity raised
- $38.5M
- Latest
- $32.5MSeries A · Jul 1, 2025
| Announced | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors | Other investors | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2025 | Series A | $32.5M | — | — | — | Speculative |
| Aug 29, 2024 | Seed | $6.0M | — | Andreessen Horowitz | Shine Capital | Reported |
- Series ASpeculative$32.5MJul 1, 2025
- $6.0MAug 29, 2024
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.
Programs2 programs
Programs2
| Program | Role | Program status | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artemis (long-range one-way UAS) | Prime | Development | Confirmed |
| Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) | Prime | Competition | Confirmed |
Capabilities5
| Technology | Role | Maturity | TRL | Notes | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autonomy software stacks | Developer | Development | — | No public demonstration or customer found; maturity per company description only. | Reported |
| GNSS-denied navigation | Developer | Development | — | — | Reported |
| ISR and targeting | Developer | — | — | classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: On-board autonomy stack for uncrewed systems with GNSS-denied navigation, ISR and precision targeting, which are military functions; the customer is not named. | Reported |
| Military AI and autonomy | Developer | — | — | classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: On-board autonomy stack for uncrewed systems with GNSS-denied navigation, ISR and precision targeting, which are military functions; the customer is not named. | Reported |
| Uncrewed systems | Developer | — | — | classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: On-board autonomy stack for uncrewed systems with GNSS-denied navigation, ISR and precision targeting, which are military functions; the customer is not named. | Reported |
- DeveloperNo public demonstration or customer found; maturity per company description only.DevelopmentReported
- Developerclassify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: On-board autonomy stack for uncrewed systems with GNSS-denied navigation, ISR and precision targeting, which are military functions; the customer is not named.—Reported
- Developerclassify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: On-board autonomy stack for uncrewed systems with GNSS-denied navigation, ISR and precision targeting, which are military functions; the customer is not named.—Reported
- Developerclassify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: On-board autonomy stack for uncrewed systems with GNSS-denied navigation, ISR and precision targeting, which are military functions; the customer is not named.—Reported
Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.
People2
| Person | Role |
|---|---|
| Dima Kislovskiy · LinkedIn ↗ | Co-founder and CEO |
| Narek Melik-Barkhudarov · LinkedIn ↗ | Co-founder and CTO |
Hiring Observations6 observed listings
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Company Metrics
Employee-profile counts reflect LinkedIn profiles associated with the company, not verified headcount. One observation establishes a baseline; it does not establish growth.
Sources15
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Profile4
- 1Government recordIDIQ HQ085926DE880 to Swan Technology Corporation (MDA SHIELD)
USAspending.gov · Dec 3, 2025 · Supports Organization
“Recipient: SWAN TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION; Address: 431 LOCUST ST, Pittsburgh, PA 15218”
- 2
Andreessen Horowitz · Feb 20, 2025 · Supports Organization · hq city
“Pittsburgh, PA”
- 3
- 4OtherBlack Flag 100.2
Black Flag · Supports Organization
“Swan builds a modular autonomy platform for unmanned systems that navigate and execute missions without GPS or comms infrastructure.”
Technologies1
- 5CompanySwan
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.”
Funding3
- 6
Midwest Startups (X) · Aug 29, 2024 · Supports Funding round · amount
“Swan 📍 Pittsburgh, PA 🤖 Autonomous Solutions / Defense 💰 $6M Seed led by @a16z”
- 7
Crunchbase · Supports Funding round, Organization · num employees, Organization · x url
“Seed Round - Swan”
- 8DatabaseSwan - PitchBook company profile
PitchBook · Supports Funding round
“1. Seed Round | 27-Aug-2024”
Other7
- 9
Black Flag · Supports Job posting
“Alt-PNT Research Engineer”
- 10
Black Flag · Supports Job posting
“Computer Vision Algorithms Engineer”
- 11
Black Flag · Supports Job posting
“Forward Deployed Engineer”
- 12
Black Flag · Supports Job posting
“Infrastructure Software Engineer”
- 13
Black Flag · Supports Job posting
“Machine Learning Software Engineer”
- 14
Black Flag · Supports Job posting
“Robotics Software Engineer”
- 15DatabaseSwan — linkedin profile
Linkedin via Bright Data · Supports Organization · logo, Organization · url, Organization metric · employees in linkedin, Organization metric · followers
“{"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"}”
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