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How Founders Can Build for Law Enforcement and First Responders | The a16z Show May 18, 2026 · 1 mention

Emil Michael: The Department of War Is Moving Faster Than Silicon Valley on AI | The a16z Show Mar 13, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 4:44 David Ulevitch You know, it was amazing to me, ah, we work with a company called Skydio, and they were, they were sanctioned by China, and, ah, you know, we usually hear stories about how companies are, you know, sanctioned by the United States from…

Inside The Life of Silicon Valley's First Athlete Investor | Magic Johnson Feb 11, 2026 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 17:07 Chris Lyons When, when we first met, we met in Silicon Valley when we were doing the, the Skydio deal. 3 times in the scene

Ben Horowitz on Leadership and Culture Apr 23, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 27:06 Ben Horowitz So we've deployed, uh, prepared nine one one, flock safety, Skydio drones, uh, and so basically, so, so the way to think about it is, if a gunshot goes off, or if an emergency call comes in,

Drone Warfare: The New Rules of Combat Are Here Apr 11, 2025 · 7 mentions

  • ▶ 4:10 Adam Bry So the big bet that we made when we started Skydio was that AI and autonomy built into a small light quadcopter was going to be very powerful for a wide range of industries, and 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 5:46 Adam Bry I mean, look, you know, a lot of the ideas that, that a lot of the ideas that we use at Skydio came from the research community.
  • ▶ 7:35 Matt Cronin And, and Adam, one of the things particularly shocked, uh, those observing the Ukraine conflict in particular, is you would see, as writers are referring to, a, say, a commercial quadcopter, like Escadio in some instances,
  • ▶ 12:04 Adam Bry I don't know if we can, to be honest, but, uh, I, I think it's, it's worth a shot, and from the outset, as a company, we've been manufacturing our drones in the US, and I would say that when we started doing that,
  • ▶ 24:32 Adam Bry You know, the, the, the technology of Skydio is reflective of, like, a lot of smart investments that the government has made over the years.

Jobs of the Future: Where Hardware Meets Software Dec 12, 2024 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 3:29 Erin Price-Wright Companies like Skydio and Andrill and others are really taking on that mantle and training a new generation of full-stack engineers that are really comfortable and fluent across hardware and software.
  • ▶ 10:23 Erin Price-Wright Andrel and Waymo and Skydio and others are pulling incredible talent still.

Las Vegas is Becoming the SAFEST City in America Nov 18, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 43:22 Sheriff Kevin McMahill But if, if you also think about it from this perspective, so with these X-Tens that we're going to be deploying, um, so imagine the scenario Mike just, just painted.

Trump is About to Change Everything For Tech Startups Nov 12, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 58:04 Ben Horowitz Well, and I also think, and, and not, um, you know, China just, uh, you know, put a sanction on getting kind of supplies to Skydio, which is the leading U.S. drone company.

AI, Robotics & the New Global Arms Race Oct 29, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 13:45 Ben Horowitz Well, and then, you know, they're, they're getting to play in a lot of public safety applications in the U S with, you know, police forces and so where, I mean, we, uh, of course, support a better drone from a company called Skydio.

Drones, Data, and Deterrence: Technology's Role in Public Safety Feb 8, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 3:32 Katherine Boyle And it's because of him that I think we have a true public safety, not only practice at Andreessen Horowitz, but that there, that, that we have these companies such as Prepared and Skydio

AI & The Future of Modern Warfare Feb 6, 2023 · 1 mention

a16z Podcast | The Self-Flying Camera Jan 2, 2019 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 0:03 unnamed speaker I'm Hannah, and we're talking today with Adam Brie, co-founder and CEO of Skydio, and A-Six-Z general partner Chris Dixon about what happens now that we're reaching truly autonomous drones, in this case, cell-flying cameras, what it means…
  • ▶ 7:21 Adam Bry So when we started Skydio, we made a big bet on vision because we felt like the progress that's happening in computer vision now, um, especially with deep learning, but even in sort of traditional geometric vision is just super fast, and… 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 8:15 Adam Bry We've developed what we call the Skydio Autonomy Engine, and that's basically the complete system that does all the perception, decision making, and control of the vehicle.
  • ▶ 22:26 Chris Dixon Similarly, like, you could film things like you could do with Skydio, but you had to have a Hollywood film crew, right?

a16z Podcast | Airspace as the Next Internet-Like Platform Jan 2, 2019 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 0:47 Sonal Chokshi We have another drones investment, Skydio, which focuses on onboard intelligence by giving drones the same visual awareness and agility of human pilots, but they couldn't join us today.

The Promise of AI Jul 16, 2017 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 2:37 Frank Chen When it becomes cheap for AI to control vehicles, we'll have drones that can basically follow you as you do your everyday activities, whether that's running or biking or whatever, and I'm just going to show you this fun clip from our…
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