Facts

• Segment: Aerial
• Country: United States
• Founded: 2014
• Website: https://www.exyn.com/

Profile sections

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

Summary

Exyn develops autonomous mapping and navigation technology for GPS-denied environments. Its aerial systems and ExynPak mapping products are used to capture 3D data in mines, industrial sites and complex infrastructure where manual inspection or GPS-based navigation is unreliable.

Market context

Exyn is a strong edge-case builder because it combines a real embodied robot line with modular mapping hardware and licensable autonomy software. It is useful for testing clean separation between company truth, robot truth, platform truth, and software truth.

Products

• A3R
• ExynAero
• ExynAI
• ExynAI SDK
• ExynPak
• ExynView
• Nexys

Facts

• Website: https://www.exyn.com/
• HQ: Philadelphia, United States
• Founded: 2014
• Segment: Aerial
• Known funding rounds: 4

Funding

• 2024-07-03 - Series B second close - $5M - Exyn announces additional strategic growth funding - source: accessnewswire.com
• 2023-09-05 - Additional financing - Exyn closes additional funding with C.R. Kennedy and Aero X Ventures - source: exyn.com
• 2022-12-22 - Series B - $35M - Exyn raises $35 million Series B - source: exyn.com
• 2019-07-11 - Series A - $16M - Exyn raises $16M Series A for autonomous aerial robotics - source: prnewswire.com

Investors

• Aero X Ventures - Participant - Vc - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2023-09-05 - latest 2024-07-03
• C.R. Kennedy & Company - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-07-03
• C.R. Kennedy - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2023-09-05
• Reliance Industries - Lead - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-12-22
• Centricus - Lead - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2019-07-11
• Corecam Family Office - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2019-07-11
• In-Q-Tel - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2019-07-11
• IP Group - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2019-07-11
• Red & Blue Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2019-07-11
• Yamaha Motor Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2019-07-11

Autonomous robotic mapping company

Exyn develops autonomous mapping and navigation software for aerial and ground robots operating in GPS-denied, complex and safety-critical environments.

• Target environment: Mines, industrial sites, infrastructure assets, GPS-denied areas, hazardous facilities and autonomous mapping missions.
• Deployment model: Autonomy software and mapping systems supplied to OEMs, integrators and industrial customers.
• Customer context: Mining companies, industrial operators, robotics integrators, mapping teams and organizations working in unsafe or inaccessible spaces.
• Workflow context: Autonomous mapping, LiDAR data capture, GPS-denied navigation, exploration, obstacle avoidance and mission-level autonomy.
• Commercial maturity: Commercial industrial autonomy company with ExynAI and Nexys systems for mapping and robot navigation.
• Market position: Robotics software company focused on autonomous mapping and perception-driven navigation.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on sensor payloads, environmental complexity, map quality, robot compatibility, field reliability and customer workflow integration.
• Adjacent context: Adjacent context includes GPS-denied autonomy, robotic mapping, aerial inspection, LiDAR navigation and industrial field robotics.
• Source confidence: high

Events

• 2026-05-19 - Partnership - Exyn defense subsidiary Range advances USSOCOM evaluation pathway - Exyn announced that its defense subsidiary Range executed a Vendor Loan Agreement with USSOCOM.
• 2026-01-01 - Org Change - Exyn rebrands from Exyn Technologies to Exyn - Rebranded from Exyn Technologies to Exyn
• 2025-01-01 - Company Formation - Exyn launches Range as a wholly owned subsidiary - Launched Range to deliver mission-ready autonomy and modular robotic capabilities for defense and other high-consequence environments
• 2024-07-03 - Funding - Exyn announces additional strategic growth funding - Exyn announces additional strategic growth funding.
• 2024-06-25 - Partnership - Exyn adds Keystone Precision Systems as its first US-based partner - Named Keystone Precision Systems as its first US-based partner
• 2024-02-12 - Product Launch - Exyn unveils Nexys modular autonomy and mapping system - Exyn unveiled Nexys as a modular system for autonomous mapping workflows.
• 2023-09-05 - Funding - Exyn closes additional funding with C.R. Kennedy and Aero X Ventures - Exyn closes additional funding with C.R. Kennedy and Aero X Ventures.
• 2023-05-01 - Deployment - NSS Canada deploys Exyn systems at Jaguar Mining in Brazil - Exyn systems were implemented at Jaguar Mining to improve mine safety and efficiency
• 2022-12-22 - Funding - Exyn raises $35 million Series B - Exyn raises $35 million Series B.
• 2022-01-01 - Capability - Exyn demonstrates AL4 autonomous exploration on Boston Dynamics Spot with Trimble X7 payload - Unveiled AL4 autonomous exploration on a Boston Dynamics Spot carrying a Trimble X7 payload
• 2021-08-12 - Partnership - Exyn and Ascent AeroSystems partner on next-generation UAV solutions - Announced a strategic partnership to build next-generation autonomous UAV solutions
• 2021-06-28 - Partnership - Exyn expands with NSS Canada as strategic distributor - Added NSS Canada as a strategic distributor
• 2021-01-01 - Facility Opening - Exyn opens its first Canadian office at the NORCAT Underground Centre - Opened its first Canadian office at the NORCAT Underground Centre
• 2020-11-18 - Partnership - Exyn launches in Australia with C.R. Kennedy as distributor - Selected C.R. Kennedy as distributor in Australia
• 2020-10-27 - Product Launch - Exyn launches ExynAero drone and ExynPak mapping products - Exyn announced ExynAero as a fully autonomous drone product.
• 2020-07-23 - Partnership - Sandvik and Exyn agree to explore mine autonomy collaboration - Announced a collaboration to explore new mine-autonomy opportunities
• 2019-07-11 - Funding - Exyn raises $16M Series A for autonomous aerial robotics - Exyn raised $16 million in Series A financing.
• 2019-01-01 - Deployment - Exyn delivers first A3R units to Dundee Precious Metals - Delivered the first set of Exyn A3R units to Dundee Precious Metals
• 2018-01-01 - Demonstration - Exyn begins underground testing of ExynAI and joins Team PLUTO for the DARPA SubT Challenge - Began underground testing of ExynAI including demonstrations for SEPTA and Dundee Precious Metals
• 2017-01-01 - Award - Exyn wins Penn Center for Innovation Startup of the Year and flies inside the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - Won Startup of the Year from Penn's Center for Innovation
• 2017-01-01 - Deployment - Exyn launches its first pilot project - Launched its first pilot project
• 2016-01-01 - Capability - Exyn completes first autonomous GPS-denied flights with ExynAI - Completed first autonomous GPS-denied flights with ExynAI
• 2015-01-01 - Capability - Exyn opens its first office and begins inaugural ExynAI flights - Opened its first office at Pennovation
• 2014-01-01 - Company Formation - Exyn is formed as a University of Pennsylvania GRASP Lab spinout - Founded by Nader Elm and Vijay Kumar as a spinout of the University of Pennsylvania GRASP Lab

Operations / Deployments

• 2017-01-01 - Deployment - Exyn launches its first pilot project - Launched its first pilot project

Team

• Brandon Torres Declet - CEO - Current operating leader for Exyn's geospatial autonomy and autonomous aerial mapping platform.
• William Sisson II - Senior Principal Robotics Engineer, Autonomy and Mapping - Adds technical leadership context for Exyn's path planning, mapping, networking and communications work in GPS-denied autonomy.
• Brandon Duick - CTO
• Nader Elm - Co-founder
• Vijay Kumar - Co-founder

Relationships

• mining deployment customer - Exyn autonomous mapping systems were implemented by NSS Canada at Jaguar Mining operations in Brazil.
• A3R customer - Exyn delivered its first A3R units to Dundee Precious Metals.

Context tags

• GPS-denied aerial mapping robotics - Peer Group - Exyn builds autonomous aerial robots for GPS-denied mapping.
• GPS-denied aerial SLAM - Workflow - Exyn performs autonomous SLAM in GPS-denied environments.
• Autonomous indoor aerial mapping - Capability - Exyn provides autonomous indoor aerial mapping.
• Aerial mapping robot OEM - Stack Layer - Exyn builds autonomous aerial mapping robot systems.
• LiDAR navigation and mapping - Workflow - Exyn uses LiDAR for navigation and mapping.
• Underground mining sites - Customer Environment - Exyn operates in underground mining sites.
• Industrial inspection drone builder - Peer Group - Exyn drones are used for industrial inspection applications.
• Unmanned aircraft OEM - Stack Layer - Exyn builds unmanned aircraft systems.
• Indoor industrial sites - Customer Environment - Exyn operates in indoor industrial sites.
• Autonomous flight - Capability - Exyn drones operate autonomously.

Customers and deployments

• Deployment Event - 1 source-backed deployment event - 2026-03-05 - Exyn launches its first pilot project - source posture: Third Party Reported
• Named Customer Site - Exyn systems implemented at Jaguar Mining in Brazil - 2023-05-01 - Jaguar Mining / NSS Canada - underground mine mapping and inspection - NSS Canada implemented Exyn autonomous mapping systems at J…
• First A3r Units Delivered - first A3R units delivered - 2019-01-01 - Dundee Precious Metals - autonomous mine mapping - Exyn delivered its first A3R units to Dundee Precious Metals. - source posture: Company Disclosed