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About
Adam Bry has built the largest American drone manufacturer, and the clearest answer the United States has to DJI's dominance — a company DJI itself tried to buy in 2014, when Skydio had raised about $3 million and its three founders flew to Shenzhen and walked away. He was a national champion radio-controlled aerobatics pilot at sixteen, and has essentially spent his career translating what a pilot knows into software that lets aircraft fly themselves: first in MIT's Robust Robotics Group on GPS-denied flight, then as a co-founder of Google X's Project Wing, then at Skydio from 2014. Its drones now fly themselves for utilities, police forces and every branch of the Department of Defense, with about 22,000 in American military service. In April 2026 he raised a deliberately small $110 million at a $4.4 billion valuation, making the point publicly that the business now largely funds itself.
Beyond investing
- Education
- Read mechanical engineering at Olin College and took a master's in aeronautics and astronautics at MIT in 2012, in the Robust Robotics Group.
- Communities
- Appointed to the Federal Aviation Administration's Drone Advisory Committee in 2021.
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Co-founder & CEO at Skydio
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Co-founders at Skydio
Experience
- SkydioCo-founder & CEOcurrent2014 — presentSan Mateo, California, United States
- Federal Aviation AdministrationAdvanced Aviation Advisory Committee (AAAC) Membercurrent2021 — present
- GoogleSoftware Engineer, Project Wing Google[x]2012 — 2014Mountain View, CA
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Grad Student - CSAIL2009 — 2012Cambridge, MA
- ROCONARobotics Engineer2007 — 2009Reedley, CA
- Air Force Research LaboratoryIntern2007Dayton Metropolitan Area
Skills & more
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Flight Control SystemsSystems EngineeringSLAMLinuxC++PythonLaTeXCFrom Adam's professional profile.
Podcasts & interviews
featuring Adam BrySkydio HQ Tour: The $3.5B Bet on American Drone Manufacturing with CEO Adam Bry
Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
Adam Bry - Why China Fears Skydio’s Rise in AI Drone Technology | SRS #258
Shawn Ryan Show
Skydio CEO Adam Bry talks American made drones
Lumafield
Feedback after Interview with Adam Bry, Skydio's stance, DJI Ban and the Road Ahead
Drone U
Talking Skydio Dock with Adam Bry
Billy Kyle
Season 2 Ep. 18 Adam Bry of Skydio is leading the next generation of autonomous drones
The Robot Brains Podcast
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Adam Bry?
- Adam Bry has built the largest American drone manufacturer, and the clearest answer the United States has to DJI's dominance — a company DJI itself tried to buy in 2014, when Skydio had raised about $3 million and its three founders flew to Shenzhen and walked away. He was a national champion radio-controlled aerobatics pilot at sixteen, and has essentially spent his career translating what a pilot knows into software that lets aircraft fly themselves: first in MIT's Robust Robotics Group on GPS-denied flight, then as a co-founder of Google X's Project Wing, then at Skydio from 2014. Its drones now fly themselves for utilities, police forces and every branch of the Department of Defense, with about 22,000 in American military service. In April 2026 he raised a deliberately small $110 million at a $4.4 billion valuation, making the point publicly that the business now largely funds itself.
- Where does Adam Bry work?
- Adam Bry is Co-founder & CEO of Skydio.
- What companies did Adam Bry found?
- Adam Bry founded Skydio.
- Where did Adam Bry go to school?
- Adam Bry studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master's Degree, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence); Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering (Bachelor's Degree, Mechanical Engineering).
- What podcasts and interviews feature Adam Bry?
- Tracked appearances include "Skydio HQ Tour: The $3.5B Bet on American Drone Manufacturing with CEO Adam Bry", "Adam Bry - Why China Fears Skydio’s Rise in AI Drone Technology | SRS #258", "Skydio CEO Adam Bry talks American made drones", and 3 more.
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Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering mafia18
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