Skysense, Inc.
Founded 2020 · 22 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors
Skysense provides drone-based wildlife deterrence services for specialty crop growers to reduce bird and wildlife damage and improve harvest yields. The service uses AI-driven drone systems designed to remain unpredictable to wildlife.
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Skysense, Inc. provides a drone-based bird and wildlife deterrence service aimed at specialty crop growers. The company installs a drone system on a farm, maps fields, crop blocks, risk zones and patrol routes, and then runs automated flights during the periods when bird pressure on a crop is highest. Trained pilots supervise the missions remotely and adjust as field conditions change, which the company positions as a way to maintain coverage day or night without adding on-site labor.
The service is marketed for high-value specialty crops including blueberries, cherries, wine grapes and lettuce. Deterrence is non-lethal, relying on drone movement and sound rather than harm to wildlife. Skysense also offers AI-derived crop insights on select crops from the same drone platform, such as stand counts and prescription weed maps. Headquarters are in Kennewick, Washington.
Business model
Skysense sells a seasonal, managed deterrence service rather than hardware: it installs the drone system on the grower's fields and operates automated patrols supervised by its own remote pilots for the duration of the bird-pressure season.
Seasonal service pricing based on acreage and bird pressure, positioned to be offset by recovered yield. The company publishes an ROI calculator built on USDA yield and price data for growers to compare cost of loss against cost of protection.
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Market position
Positioned in the crop-protection and agricultural drone services segment as an alternative to conventional bird mitigation tools such as propane cannons, lasers, netting and manual hazing.
The company contrasts its approach with cannons, lasers, netting and manual hazing: static deterrents lose effect as birds adjust, netting is costly to install, maintain and remove, and hazing crews require sustained labor. Skysense's varying flight paths and sounds are presented as unpredictable to birds, with no netting infrastructure and no added on-site staffing.
Technology
Automated drone patrols with continually varying flight paths and sound profiles, intended to prevent the habituation seen with fixed-position deterrents. Flights are remotely supervised by trained operators. An AI layer on the same drone platform generates crop insights such as stand counts and prescription weed maps for selected crops.
Go-to-market
Direct outreach to growers via its website contact and a grower referral program, supported by self-serve cost-of-loss and ROI calculators and a customer testimonial from Royal Ridge Farms in Othello, Washington.
Specialty crop growers, particularly of blueberries, cherries, wine grapes and lettuce, where bird damage in the days before harvest carries high per-acre value at risk.
Geography
Programs run across Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, with additional growing regions being added. Headquarters in Kennewick, Washington.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Skysense, Inc. do?
- Skysense runs a drone-based, non-lethal bird deterrence service for specialty crop growers.
- Who are Skysense, Inc.'s investors?
- Skysense, Inc.'s investors include Coral Capital.