{"id":216258,"date":"2026-05-19T05:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/49-shield-ai\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T06:05:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T10:05:14","slug":"49-shield-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/49-shield-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"49. Shield AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/05\/19\/shield-ai-cnbc-disruptor-50-ranking.html\">49. Shield AI<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/05\/19\/shield-ai-cnbc-disruptor-50-ranking.html\">https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/05\/19\/shield-ai-cnbc-disruptor-50-ranking.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-19 05:40:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.cnbc.com\">www.cnbc.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Founding and Leadership<\/strong>: Shield AI was founded in 2015 by Ryan Tseng, Brandon Tseng, and Andrew Reiter, and is currently led by CEO Gary Steele, who was appointed in 2025.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Headquarters and Expansion<\/strong>: The company is headquartered in San Diego, California, and has expanded its operations to locations such as Ukraine, Oslo, Taiwan, and Hyderabad, India.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Innovations and Key Technologies<\/strong>: Shield AI focuses on developing advanced defense technologies including AI-piloted autonomous systems, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft, and software with continuous updates.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Disruptive Products<\/strong>: The company&#8217;s X-BAT, a VTOL jet-powered fighter, and its existing V-BAT drone, which has intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities, are key products.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significant Funding and Valuation<\/strong>: Shield AI secured $1.5 billion in March 2026, raising its valuation to $12.7 billion, more than double its valuation in 2025.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Military and Global Collaborations<\/strong>: Shield AI has collaborated with various international entities, including the Ukrainian armed forces, NATO allies in Oslo, and regional market expansions in Asia and Europe.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Defense Contracts and Military Partnerships<\/strong>: The V-BAT has picked up significant contracts and is being considered for up to $800 million in Navy contracts for ISR. Shield AI has also partnered with Singapore and Anduril for collaborative initiatives.<\/li>\n<li><strong>R&amp;D and Future Prospects<\/strong>: Shield AI is committed to enhancing its position in the global defense sector through continuous R&amp;D, and the long-term growth of the company is driven by its software and AI capabilities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>49. Shield AI https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/05\/19\/shield-ai-cnbc-disruptor-50-ranking.html Publish Date: 2026-05-19 05:40:00 Source Domain: www.cnbc.com Founding and Leadership: Shield&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":216261,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/image.cnbcfm.com\/api\/v1\/image\/108296214-1776953890455-D50_2026_WEB_CAROUSEL_THUMBNAIL_SHIELD_AI_1920x1080_v01.jpg?v=1776955832&w=1920&h=1080","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216258"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216258"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216262,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216258\/revisions\/216262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}