FlyGuys
About
About FlyGuys
FlyGuys connects organisations that need physical-world data with a nationwide network of professional drone pilots and other data capturers. Its services include aerial imagery, LiDAR, mapping, inspection and volumetric measurement, with FlyGuys coordinating mission delivery and quality checks across third-party collection equipment.
In July 2026 FlyGuys said its network exceeded 20,000 pilots and carried out a post-typhoon mission in the Northern Mariana Islands. Crews captured about one terabyte of imagery and, with TerraFort, completed AI-assisted damage assessment across 4,135 residential structures within ten days. The resulting workflow can trigger pilot collection and assessment from the TerraFort platform.
Operations
Operating milestones
- Operating milestone
2026-08-15 - FlyGuys Capture reports more than 70,000 completed missions managed through its aerial-data operations platform. - cumulative platform missions
Source - Operating milestone
2026-08-15 - FlyGuys reports a network of more than 20,000 FAA-certified drone pilots across all 50 U.S. states. - United States pilot network
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Deployments
- Operating use
2026-07-28 - FlyGuys crews captured about one terabyte of aerial imagery supporting damage assessment across 4,135 buildings in Saipan and Tinian within ten days. - Typhoon Sinlaku damage assessment
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Funding
- 2025-07-16 - Series A-1 - $13M - FlyGuys closes $13 million Series A-1 led by Wonder Fund North Dakota
FlyGuys raised $13 million in Series A-1 financing led by Wonder Fund North Dakota under O’Leary Ventures. - source: flyguys.com
Investors
- Wonder Fund North Dakota - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-07-16
Team
- Joe Stough - CEO & Executive Chairman - Leads FlyGuys strategy and executive management.
- DaCoda Bartels - Chief Operating Officer - Leads FlyGuys operations and field-delivery execution.
- Whitney Savoie - Chief Growth Officer - Leads sales, marketing and growth.
- Kevin Jurica - Chief Product Officer - Leads the FlyGuys product and mission-management platform.
- Fred Humbert - Founding Chief Revenue Officer - Supports commercial leadership and growth strategy.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-07-28 - Deployment - FlyGuys and TerraFort complete 4,135-building post-typhoon damage assessment
Crews captured about one terabyte of aerial imagery across Saipan and Tinian. The assessment classified 991 homes as destroyed, 2,267 with major damage, 739 with minor damage and 138 affected. The data supported Red Cross grants and local planning, and the companies integrated collection and assessment into an event-triggered workflow.
Source - 2026-07-07 - Executive Hire - FlyGuys appoints Whitney Savoie chief growth officer
Savoie joined the executive team as chief growth officer. The appointment expands FlyGuys’ commercial and go-to-market leadership.
Source - 2026-03-12 - Market Signal - FlyGuys reports 40% year-over-year growth and a network exceeding 20,000 pilots
FlyGuys recorded 40% year-over-year growth and expanded its drone-pilot network beyond 20,000 members. The company described a seventh consecutive year of double-digit growth. The figures are company-reported operating metrics and are not independently audited financial results.
Source - 2025-07-16 - Funding - FlyGuys closes $13 million Series A-1 led by Wonder Fund North Dakota
Wonder Fund North Dakota, managed by O’Leary Ventures, led the $13 million Series A-1 round. FlyGuys said the capital would support global expansion and its AI-ready reality-data infrastructure. The financing followed the company’s expansion from drone services into a software-coordinated enterprise data-capture network.
Source - 2024-08-08 - Product Launch - FlyGuys launches its online aerial-data marketplace
Customers could place data-collection orders, receive a matched qualified drone pilot and obtain the completed dataset through one workflow. A dedicated pilot portal surfaced suitable local jobs, mission details and tools for accepting work and uploading captured data. The launch established the software foundation that later developed into the FlyGuys Capture enterprise platform.
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Relations
Relationships
- TerraFort
Disaster Assessment Platform Partner - FlyGuys and TerraFort integrated drone-data collection and AI damage assessment into an event-triggered disaster-response workflow.
- Thread
Integrates With - FlyGuys and Thread maintain an integration partnership for drone-enabled inspection and data workflows.
- Raptor Maps
Partner - FlyGuys and Raptor Maps maintain an aerial-data collection partnership.