Facts

• Segment: Autonomy Software
• Country: United States
• Founded: 2017
• Website: https://auterion.com/

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Products
• Facts
• Funding
• Investors
• Commercial
• Context / Market Position
• Events
• Operations / Deployments
• Team
• Supply chain relationships
• Relationships
• Context tags
• Customers and deployments
• Sources

Summary

Auterion develops open drone autonomy software and operating infrastructure for uncrewed systems. Its stack connects flight controllers, mission software, cloud tools and app frameworks, helping drone manufacturers and operators deploy interoperable UAV fleets.

Market context

Its platform approach places it in the autonomy infrastructure layer, where mission software, connectivity and fleet control determine how unmanned systems scale beyond individual vehicles. No confirmed proprietary general-purpose drone airframe line Owns AuterionOS, Skynode onboard compute and autopilot hardware, fleet operations software, and Nemyx swarm software.

• Capability: Drone operating system and mission software Autopilot and onboard mission-computer integration Fleet management and continuous flight analytics Payload, sensor, and third-party software integration AI-enable…
• Strategic position: Autonomy infrastructure layer for drone OEMs, defence users, and robotic fleet operators Open software-defined stack that can standardize mixed fleets across air, land, a…

Products

• Skynode X

Facts

• Website: https://auterion.com/
• HQ: Arlington, United States
• Founded: 2017
• Segment: Autonomy Software
• Known funding rounds: 1

Funding

• 2025-09-23 - Series B - $130M - Auterion raises $130 million Series B led by Bessemer Venture Partners - source: auterion.com

Investors

• Bessemer Venture Partners - Lead - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-09-23
• Costanoa Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-09-23
• Lakestar - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-09-23
• Mosaic Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-09-23

Commercial

1 commercial event; 1 contract award; 1 named customer; latest event 2026-04-16

• 2026-04-16 - Contract award - Auterion Airlogix JV receives German contract for autonomous strike systems - German Federal Ministry of Defence - Autonomous strike systems for Ukraine - source: auterion.com

Autonomy operating system company

Auterion provides AuterionOS, a vendor-independent operating system and software platform for autonomous robots and drone fleets.

• Target environment: Drone fleets, autonomous ground robots, defence robotics, enterprise UAS programs and field robotics deployments.
• Deployment model: Autonomy operating system and fleet software supplied to hardware makers, operators and mission-system developers.
• Customer context: Drone OEMs, defence customers, robotics developers, enterprise fleet operators and autonomous system integrators.
• Workflow context: Robot operating software, mission execution, fleet connectivity, payload integration, application deployment and field updates.
• Commercial maturity: Commercial autonomy software company with AuterionOS positioned for operational drone and robot fleets.
• Market position: Robotics software infrastructure company serving the operating-system layer for autonomous systems.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on hardware compatibility, developer ecosystem, security requirements, field reliability, procurement and operator trust.
• Adjacent context: Adjacent context includes drone operating systems, PX4 ecosystems, autonomous fleet software, robotics middleware and mission autonomy.
• Source confidence: high

Events

• 2026-04-16 - Contract Award - Auterion Airlogix JV receives German contract for autonomous strike systems - Germany signed a cooperation agreement with Ukraine enabling Auterion Airlogix Joint Venture GmbH to execute it…
• 2026-04-01 - Partnership - MGI Engineering launches TigerShark deep-strike platform with Auterion software stack - MGI Engineering announced first flights of TigerShark, an uncrewed deep-strike platform developed with A…
• 2026-02-13 - Partnership - Auterion and Airlogix launch German-Ukrainian joint venture for autonomous drone production - Auterion and Airlogix launched Auterion Airlogix Joint Venture GmbH to manufacture AI-guided unman…
• 2026-01-13 - Demonstration - Auterion demonstrates single-operator live-fire combat drone swarm - Auterion demonstrated a live-fire combat drone swarm at Camp Blanding, Florida.
• 2025-12-15 - Demonstration - Auterion performs multi-manufacturer hybrid drone swarm demonstration - Auterion conducted a live demonstration of a hybrid drone swarm using FPV and fixed-wing drones from different manufac…
• 2025-10-15 - Capability - Auterion completes DIU Artemis long-range deep-strike drone program - Auterion announced completion of the Defense Innovation Unit's Artemis project.
• 2025-09-23 - Funding - Auterion raises $130 million Series B led by Bessemer Venture Partners - Auterion raised $130 million in Series B funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners.
• 2025-09-03 - Product Launch - Auterion launches Nemyx for coordinated drone swarms - Auterion introduced Nemyx, a cross-platform swarm software product for coordinated drone operations.
• 2024-06-28 - Capability - Auterion introduces autonomous drone technology for kinetic military use - Auterion introduced drone autonomy technology for kinetic military use.
• 2024-06-27 - Product Launch - Auterion launches Skynode S all-in-one autopilot and mission computer - Auterion launched Skynode S, an integrated autopilot and mission computer for small unmanned systems.
• 2024-03-28 - Partnership - Kraken and Auterion partner on K3 and K4 maritime autonomy - Auterion said the agreement initially focuses on integrated autonomy architecture for K3 Scout and K4 MANTA.
• 2023-10-09 - Product Launch - Auterion launches Skynode X autopilot and mission computer - Auterion introduced Skynode X as a new evolution of its Skynode autopilot and mission-computer hardware.

Operations / Deployments

• 2026-02-13 - Partnership - Auterion and Airlogix launch German-Ukrainian joint venture for autonomous drone production - Auterion and Airlogix launched Auterion Airlogix Joint Venture GmbH to manufacture AI-guided unman…

Team

• Lorenz Meier - Co-founder and CEO
• Kevin Sartori - Co-founder

Supply chain relationships

• Doodle Labs - Doodle Labs Mini Mesh Rider radio - Auterion Dragon UAV used Doodle Labs Mini Mesh Rider Radio for high-throughput mission links during a government evaluation event.

Relationships

• Autonomous UAS production customer - Auterion Airlogix received a German production contract for UAS using Auterion Skynode and Nemyx autonomy.
• Freefly Systems - technology_partner - Freefly Astro uses Auterion Enterprise PX4, Auterion Mission Control, and Auterion Suite as part of its flight-control and fleet-management stack.

Context tags

• Drone autopilot and mission computer - Capability - Skynode X is an integrated autopilot and mission computer for drones.
• Autonomous drone operations - Capability - AuterionOS enables autonomous flights, mission planning, live video, operations dashboard, analytics and predictive maintenance.
• Drone autonomy platform - Peer Group - Auterion provides an autonomous systems software platform and Skynode mission-computer/autopilot layer.
• Drone autonomy software - Stack Layer - Auterion provides the software-defined autonomy stack for drones.
• Autonomous mission execution - Capability - Auterion positions its stack for software-defined autonomous systems and long-range one-way attack capability.
• Autonomous flight - Capability - Core product: autonomy software platform for drone flight and mission execution
• Commercial deployment - Commercial Stage - Autonomy platform deployed with enterprise and defence customers
• Drone autonomy stack - Peer Group - Drone autonomy software platform provider
• Autonomy software - Stack Layer - Autonomy software platform for drone systems
• Contested defence environments - Customer Environment - Long Range One Way Attack positioning supports defence/contested-environment relevance.
• Defence customers - Customer Environment - Defence and public safety applications
• Factories - Customer Environment - Industrial inspection and enterprise environments
• Drone compute - Stack Layer - Edge compute platform for drone autonomy workloads
• Robotics AI infrastructure - Peer Group - AI and software infrastructure for drone autonomy

Customers and deployments

• Commercial Rollout - thousands of UAS under German production contract - 2026-04-16 - Germany / Armed Forces of Ukraine - Germany / Ukraine - Auterion Airlogix received a German production contract covering thousands of…