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Bry: Skydio is the only non-Chinese company scaling autonomous drone manufacturing
“We find ourselves in a position of really being the only company in the world, certainly the only company outside of China that's capable of delivering these things reliably at scale.”
Bry: Skydio is the only surviving drone hardware maker from the 2014 wave
“I think we're really the only surviving company that's building drone hardware from that era.”
Bry: Western drone manufacturing is not yet as good as China's
“I think that my honest assessment is I think we're not yet at like in the West, we're leading in terms of drone manufacturing. I don't think we're as good at China as drone manufacturing yet, but I don't think there's any law of physics that says we can't get …”
Bry: The East Bay can become a hardware hub like Shenzhen
“I think, actually, the East Bay, where we are near the Bay Area, has great potential for this. Like, there's some alternate universe Where this looks like what Shenzhen looks like, and I don't think there's anything fundamentally that should stop us from getti…”