Shield AI

Defense Tech · San Diego, CA · Series F

$2.3B raised

Trust

IPO Ready

Momentum

IPO Readiness Assessment

34%

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CFO Hired+15pts

No CFO identified

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General Counsel+10pts

No GC identified

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VP Sales / CRO+10pts

No sales leadership identified

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Patent Portfolio+8pts

No patents detected

✓

Government Contracts+7pts

Government revenue stream

✓

Late-Stage Funding+15pts

Currently at series-f

✓

Significant Capital+12pts

$2300M raised

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Hiring Acceleration+8pts

Normal hiring pace

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Team Depth+8pts

Limited team visibility

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Recent Fundraise+7pts

No recent funding

Investor Quality

25%

Avg IPO Rate

a16z

Coinbase, Instacart, Okta

28%

IPO rate

Lux Capital

Desktop Metal, Shapeways

15%

IPO rate

Tiger Global

JD.com, Spotify, Roblox

31%

IPO rate

Growth

Executive Team

1 tracked

Brandon Tseng

founder

Co-founder & President

score

Talent Sources

Where this team came from — who they stole from

Limited talent history available. Research task recommended.

Signal History

1 signals

Shield AI awarded $1.3B Navy contract for autonomous fighter pilot system

Federal procurement record. Contract #N00019-26-C-0042. Confirmed by DoD press release.

SAM.gov · official

confidence

high