Sunflower Labs
About
About Sunflower Labs
Sunflower Labs develops Beehive, an autonomous drone system for perimeter security at industrial, commercial and residential sites. A docked aircraft launches in response to alarms or scheduled patrols, streams live video and returns to recharge without a local pilot handling routine flight.
Site sensors and software direct the drone to an incident, while remote operators retain oversight and can inspect specific areas. Computer vision helps analyse recorded activity and organise alerts. The system combines aircraft, weather-protected dock, communications and cloud operations for customers seeking repeatable aerial response across a fixed property.
Products
Observed use
- ZED-F9P GNSS Module at Sunflower Labs Bee
Operational - Embedded - Sunflower Labs' Bee used a u-blox ZED-F9P receiver for RTK positioning with its Hive base station.
Source - ZED-F9P GNSS Module at Sunflower Labs Hive
Operational - Embedded - Sunflower Labs' Hive used a u-blox ZED-F9P receiver as the RTK base for Bee's precision approach.
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Supply
Supply chain relationships
- u-blox
Inbound - Positioning & Navigation - u-blox ZED-F9P GNSS is integrated into Sunflower Labs' Bee; M8N was used in an earlier configuration
Source - u-blox
Inbound - Positioning & Navigation - Sunflower Labs' historical Hive base-station configuration incorporated a u-blox ZED-F9P GNSS receiver
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Funding
- 2025-11-04 - Series B - $16M - Sunflower Labs closes $16M Series B and secures nationwide FAA operating approval
Sunflower Labs closed a $16 million Series B led by Sequoia Capital while announcing a nationwide FAA waiver framework for its Beehive autonomous security-drone system. - source: sunflower-labs.com
Investors
- Alarm.com - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-04
- Atlas Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-04
- Daybreak Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-04
- DRONE FUND - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-04
- Gentian Investments - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-04
- Sequoia Capital - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-04
- Wakestream Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-04
Team
- Alex Pachikov - Co-Founder & CEO - Co-founded Sunflower Labs and leads its autonomous security-drone business.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-09-28 - Market Signal - Sunflower Labs files $14.9M in sales toward a $20M equity offering
The first sale occurred on September 10, and 26 investors had participated by the filing date. The filing lists $5,097,018 remaining to be sold and claims a Rule 506(b) exemption.
Source - 2025-11-04 - Funding - Sunflower Labs closes $16M Series B and secures nationwide FAA operating approval
Sequoia Capital led the round with Alarm.com, DRONE FUND, Gentian Investments, Wakestream Ventures, Atlas Ventures and Daybreak Ventures participating. The funding was earmarked for AI development, deployment expansion and platform integrations. The FAA authorization covers defined BVLOS, over-people and low-visibility operations rather than unrestricted flight.
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Context
Shared workflows
- Certis
workflow adjacency - Security Robotics Deployment
- SDIC Intelligence
workflow adjacency - Security Robotics Deployment
- SECOM
workflow adjacency - Security Robotics Deployment
Context tags
- Autonomous drone operations - Capability - Primary company research supports this operating context.
- Security robotics deployment - Workflow - Primary company research supports this operating context.