Apium Swarm Robotics

Apium Swarm Robotics develops distributed multi-agent autonomy for drones, uncrewed surface vessels and other robotic platforms. Acquired by Red Cat in March 2026, it continues as an independent Red Cat company focused on swarming architectures for contested and communications-degraded missions.

Facts

Segment: Mission Software
Country: United States
Website: https://apium.com/

Market context

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Timeline

2026-03-30 - Acquisition - Red Cat completes acquisition of Apium Swarm Robotics - Apium continues to operate as an independent Red Cat company. The autonomy stack supports decentralised coordination in GPS- and communications-degraded environments. The companies had previously demonstrated multi-agent missions through Red Cat’s Futures… - source: ir.redcatholdings.com

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Team

Josh Ziska - President - Leads Apium and its one-to-many distributed autonomy programme within Red Cat.

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Relations

Red Cat - Parent Company - Red Cat acquired Apium Swarm Robotics in March 2026; Apium operates as an independent Red Cat company developing multi-agent autonomy for drones and USVs.
Red Cat Holdings - Acquirer And Corporate Parent - Apium Swarm Robotics is linked by an acquisition with Red Cat Holdings.

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