Neros Technologies

Orders & commitments

• Order / commitment

  2026-09-30 - 800 drones ordered through Drone Dominance; this quantity is not a completed delivery count. - Separate Gauntlet I bonus order

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• Order / commitment

  2026-09-30 - 14000 drones ordered through Drone Dominance; this quantity is not a completed delivery count. - Gauntlet II drone order; payloads also included

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Supply chain relationships

• Cofactr

  Inbound - Supply Chain Services - Cofactr provides Neros with electronics procurement, supply analysis, warehousing and production kitting

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• United States Army

  Outbound - robotic motion components - The U.S. Army awarded Neros an IDIQ for Archer FPV drones and related support

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• United States Marine Corps

  Outbound - Uncrewed Aircraft Systems - The U.S. Marine Corps placed a delivery order for Neros Archer Strike FPV drones, training and support

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• 2026-08-11 - Series C - $250M - Neros raises $250 million Series C at $2.5 billion valuation

  valuation: $2.5B - Neros Technologies completed a $250 million Series C co-led by Sequoia Capital and American Strategic Technology Fund at a $2.5 billion post-money valuation. - source: neros.tech

• 2025-11-10 - Series B - $75M - Neros closes $75M Series B led by Sequoia Capital

  Neros Technologies closed a $75 million Series B led by Sequoia Capital with participation from Vy Capital US and Interlagos. - source: neros.tech

• 2025-03-17 - Series A - $35M - Neros raises $35M Series A for American drone manufacturing

  Neros Technologies announced a $35 million Series A to accelerate American drone manufacturing. - source: neros.tech

• Interlagos - Participant - Unknown - 3 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-03-17 - latest 2026-08-11
• Sequoia Capital - Lead - VC - 3 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-03-17 - latest 2026-08-11
• Vy Capital US - Lead - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-03-17 - latest 2025-11-10
• Allen & Company - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-08-11
• American Strategic Technology Fund - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-08-11
• D3 - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-03-17
• Dylan Field - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-08-11
• Keller Rinaudo Cliffton - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-03-17
• Spark Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-08-11
• Thiel Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-08-11
• Valor Equity Partners - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-08-11

Events

• 2026-09-30 - Contract Award - Neros wins over $100M Drone Dominance order for 14,000 drones

  The order covers the terminal-guidance Archer AI 10-inch platform and the Archer 5-inch close-quarters variant. Neros placed first in close-quarters battle and third in deep-strike missions during Gauntlet II. The programme marks the first mass shipment of drones using the modular Adaptive Payload Exchange standard.

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• 2026-08-11 - Funding - Neros raises $250 million Series C at $2.5 billion valuation

  Interlagos, Valor Equity Partners, Allen & Company, Thiel Capital, Spark Capital and Figma co-founder Dylan Field also participated. The capital will accelerate production ramps and development of Archer AI, an FPV platform with terminal guidance and GPS-denied position hold. Neros is also developing Bandit for Class 2 and 3 counter-UAS missions; both programs are designed for multi-asset control and combat deployment by year-end 2026.

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• 2026-08-10 - Commercial Order - DIU gives Neros first 2,000-unit Drone Dominance bonus order

  The bonus order was additional to Neros’s original Gauntlet I allocation of 2,400 drones. Neros ranked second in Gauntlet I with 87.5 points and had shipped all 2,400 original units by July 30, with 1,040 accepted by the government. DIU said bonus awards were based on delivery performance rather than the live-event ranking alone.

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• 2026-07-14 - Contract Award - U.S. Army awards Neros a $500 million-ceiling Archer FPV contract

  The vehicle covers Archer purpose-built attritable small UAS, support equipment, testing, engineering support and training. The $500 million figure is the contract ceiling, not an obligated order value or booked revenue. Work is scheduled through July 13, 2031, with orders placed against the IDIQ over time.

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• 2025-11-10 - Funding - Neros closes $75M Series B led by Sequoia Capital

  Neros tied the round to scaling Archer and Archer Strike drone production, ground control systems and allied supply-chain capacity. The company said the round followed production scaling, revenue growth and customer deployments including Marine Corps and U.S. Army programs.

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• 2025-11-03 - Contract Award - Neros wins Marine Corps Archer Strike FPV delivery order

  The order covers sUAS deliveries, operator training and support across the Fleet Marine Force. Neros said the Archer Strike fleet is Blue UAS-certified and built without Chinese components. This is a named military delivery order, not a funding or product-launch event.

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• 2025-03-17 - Funding - Neros raises $35M Series A for American drone manufacturing

  Vy Capital US led the $35 million Series A, with Sequoia Capital, Interlagos, D3 and Zipline CEO Keller Rinaudo Cliffton participating. Neros said the capital would fund large-scale production and development of next-generation defence systems. The raise followed Defense Innovation Unit supply-chain certification and a multimillion-dollar International Drone Coalition contract, tying the financing to active manufacturing demand.

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Relationships

• U.S. Department of War

  Commercial Order - Neros received a Drone Dominance order for 14,000 drones and payloads plus a separate 800-drone bonus order.

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Context tags

• Defence UAV builder - Stack Layer - Official company material supports the defence uas builder context.

• Neros wins over $100M Drone Dominance order for 14,000 drones

  2026-09-30 · Order / contract · Neros received a Gauntlet II order for 14,000 drones and explosive payloads valued at more than $100 million, plus a separate 800-drone Gauntlet I bonus order.

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• DIU gives Neros first 2,000-unit Drone Dominance bonus order

  2026-08-10 · Order / contract · The Defense Innovation Unit gave Neros the Drone Dominance Program's first delivery-performance bonus order for 2,000 additional drones.

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• U.S. Army awards Neros a $500 million-ceiling Archer FPV contract

  2026-07-14 · Order / contract · The U.S. Army awarded Neros a five-year, firm-fixed-price IDIQ contract with a $500 million ceiling for Archer FPV drones and related support. · $500M ceiling

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• Neros wins Marine Corps Archer Strike FPV delivery order

  2025-11-03 · Order / contract · Neros Technologies received a multi-million delivery order from the U.S. Marine Corps for Archer Strike FPV drones, training and support.

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