DroneDeploy
About
About DroneDeploy
DroneDeploy turns repeated site capture into a shared visual record that teams can measure, compare and use for operational decisions. Scheduled missions send docked drones and ground robots to collect imagery, then upload and process the results. The platform accepts aerial images, thermal data and indoor 360-degree views, linking different perspectives on the same asset or worksite.
Its analysis tools address earthworks measurement, construction progress, asset defects and safety observations. Industrial teams can compare inspections over time, while construction teams use the records to coordinate work and check installed conditions. DroneDeploy supplies the software and capture-management layer around connected hardware, with a services network for customers that need data collection as well as processing.
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Supply
Supply chain relationships
- Applanix
Inbound - Sensing And Perception - Applanix POSPac Cloud PPK with CenterPoint RTX powers DroneDeploy's high-accuracy drone-mapping workflow
Source - Skydio
Inbound - Software - Skydio supplies Skydio Cloud API and automated media transfer for DroneDeploy mapping and analysis platform
Source - GEODNET
Inbound - Positioning & Navigation - GEODNET provides RTK correction-network access for DroneDeploy's enterprise drone-mapping service
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Funding
Investors
- Airtree Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-09-09
- Bessemer Venture Partners - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-09-09
- Emergence Capital - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-09-09
- Scale Venture Partners - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-09-09
- Uncork Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-09-09
Team
- Mike Winn - Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer - Previously worked at Google in sales and engineering.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-09-09 - Acquisition - Procore completes acquisition of DroneDeploy
The definitive agreement was announced in July 2026 and the transaction closed on September 9. DroneDeploy captures jobsite imagery through drones, ground robots and fixed or wearable cameras. Procore plans to connect visual site data with project records and AI-based construction workflows.
Source - 2026-07-29 - Acquisition - Procore agrees to acquire DroneDeploy for approximately $845 million
The consideration is approximately $845 million in cash, subject to customary purchase-price adjustments. DroneDeploy is used on more than 3 million jobsites across over 180 countries. The transaction is expected to close later in 2026 and does not yet make DroneDeploy a Procore subsidiary.
Source - 2026-04-22 - Market Signal - DroneDeploy surpasses 20 trillion square feet of visual site data as robotics missions accelerate
DroneDeploy said its platform has surpassed 20 trillion square feet of visual site data across more than 3 million sites in 180 countries. In 2026 year-to-date, DroneDeploy tracked 13,000 docked-drone missions and 16,000 autonomous ground robotics missions. DroneDeploy said robotics missions are up 160% year over year, with ground robots and docked drones now adding autonomous capture layers alongside manually flown drones and 360 walkthroughs.
Source - 2026-01-26 - Product Launch - DroneDeploy January 2026 release expands reality-capture workflows
DroneDeploy's January 2026 product release added faster GCP tagging, Google Maps imagery in Mapbox, DroneDeploy Aerial improvements and BIM multi-model management. The release improves aerial mapping accuracy workflows and built-world reality capture. The event supports DroneDeploy as software infrastructure for drone and robot field data rather than a drone OEM.
Source - 2025-11-05 - Partnership - John Sisk & Son partners with DroneDeploy for aerial reality capture across UK and Ireland projects
John Sisk & Son rolled out DroneDeploy across more than twenty projects in Ireland and the UK for inspections, progress tracking, and stakeholder coordination. DroneDeploy described a multi-year enterprise agreement spanning aerial drones and 360-camera capture. The engagement reflects operational scale in major construction programs rather than one-off pilots.
Source - 2025-11-04 - Product Launch - DroneDeploy October 2025 release adds geofencing, dock control and BIM sync
DroneDeploy's October 2025 release added geofencing, dock control, BIM sync and low-light 360 capture features. The release expanded DroneDeploy Aerial, Ground and Safety AI workflows. DJI Mini 4 Pro automated flight support broadened the platform's drone mapping support.
Source - 2025-10-28 - Product Launch - DroneDeploy unveils agentic AI and robotics products at Horizons 2025
At Horizons 2025 DroneDeploy highlighted Safety AI, Progress AI, and Inspection AI while previewing 2026 beta work on autonomous ground robots. The narrative tied those releases to one platform where robotic automation, AI agents, and decision-grade capture data interoperate. The keynote line-up made robotics investment explicit in shipping and near-shipping products—not only in long-range platform storytelling.
Source - 2025-09-09 - Funding - DroneDeploy reaches break-even and raises $15M strategic funding for AI and robotics expansion
DroneDeploy announced break-even operations plus a $15 million strategic financing round from existing backers. Capital was earmarked for new AI and robotics-facing products, including autonomous ground and aerial capture plus future humanoid-oriented capture concepts. Messaging framed the raise as growth funding for a broader robotics-and-AI roadmap rather than rescue financing for the core platform.
Source - 2025-07-22 - Product Launch - DroneDeploy launches Progress AI for automated construction progress tracking
DroneDeploy introduced Progress AI as an agent-style capability for automated construction progress tracking from drone and 360-camera data. Marketing materials highlighted fast turnaround on progress reports, voice- and chat-style access, and vision-language models trained on large real-world site corpora. The launch nudged the product story from capture tooling toward automated site understanding and workflow intelligence.
Source - 2024-04-30 - Product Launch - DroneDeploy launches fixed camera integration for enterprise customers
DroneDeploy launched fixed camera integration so enterprise teams can stream live site cameras into the unified reality-capture platform. Launch partners included TrueLook, EverCam, Sensera Systems, and Timescapes for ingesting fixed-camera feeds alongside drones and walkthrough capture. The release extended DroneDeploy beyond aerial and walkthrough modalities into continuous fixed-camera monitoring for construction and industrial sites.
Source - 2024-02-12 - Partnership - Applanix POSPac Cloud integrates with DroneDeploy reality capture
The workflow combines DroneDeploy capture with Applanix post-processing. It targets high-accuracy mapping without a separate local base station.
Source - 2022-11-08 - Acquisition - DroneDeploy completes acquisition of StructionSite to unify aerial and ground reality capture
DroneDeploy announced completion of its acquisition of StructionSite, adding ground-based reality capture to its aerial stack. Public posts noted a November 4, 2022 close, with product and team integration work continuing afterward. The combination moved DroneDeploy toward a unified site-capture platform spanning air and ground workflows.
Source - 2022-10-12 - Acquisition - DroneDeploy announces StructionSite acquisition to unify aerial and ground capture
DroneDeploy announced an agreement to acquire StructionSite. The transaction was intended to combine aerial drone mapping with ground capture for construction, energy and enterprise customers. The acquisition expanded DroneDeploy's platform toward full-site reality capture across drones, robots and handheld cameras.
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Notes
Profile notes
- DroneDeploy stopped being a drone maker and became a hardware-independent reality-capture platform
reviewed 2026-07-20 - DroneDeploy began with its own drone ambitions but moved to software that works with third-party aircraft, ground cameras and robots. Its later acquisitions expanded the business into site documentation and autonomous data capture without reviving a DroneDeploy-branded aircraft line. The company’s robotics exposure now lies in orchestrating and processing data from other manufacturers’ hardware.
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Relations
Relationships
- Applanix
Technology Integration - Applanix POSPac Cloud integrates with DroneDeploy to streamline high-accuracy drone reality-capture processing.
- Skydio
Skydio Cloud To Dronedeploy Sync - Skydio Cloud and DroneDeploy integrate to sync drone imagery into DroneDeploy mapping workflows, including current Skydio X10 scans.
- Taurob
Inspection Software Integration - Taurob identifies DroneDeploy among the third-party software systems integrated through the Inspector robot's API.
- Procore
Pending Acquisition Target - Procore completed its approximately $845 million cash acquisition of DroneDeploy on September 9, 2026.
- StructionSite
Acquired Company - DroneDeploy has a public acquisition relationship with StructionSite.
- John Sisk & Son
Enterprise Software Customer - John Sisk & Son adopted DroneDeploy under a multi-year enterprise agreement for aerial and 360-degree reality capture across construction projects.