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Portrait of Shield AI

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Drones militaires, intelligence artificielle, autonomie aérienne

Shield AI

Fiche documentée couvrant 10 controverses, dont « Fondation de Shield AI » et « Accord d’acquisition de Martin UAV, fabricant du V-BAT ».

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Profile No. 4459 · Updated on 26 September 2026

10Documented controversies
6Sources
0Formal charge · all time
0Conviction

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I. Documented controversies

01

mars 2026

Financement annoncé de 2 Md$ autour d’une valorisation de 12,7 Md$

Status not specified

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Shield AI annonce une série G de 1,5 Md$ et 500 M$ de financement en actions préférentielles.

Legal status — source text
announced
Attribution
Directly implicated

Sources · 1

  1. [1]
    Shield AIShield AI financing and planned Aechelon acquisitionHigh reliability

Last verified: 23 September 2026

02

mars 2026

Accord annoncé pour acquérir Aechelon Technology

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Shield AI annonce son projet d’acquérir le fournisseur de logiciels de simulation Aechelon Technology.

Attribution
Directly implicated

Sources · 1

  1. [1]
    Shield AIShield AI financing and planned Aechelon acquisitionHigh reliability

Last verified: 23 September 2026

03

mai 2026

Blessure grave d’une militaire roumaine lors d’un essai V-BAT

Investigation

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Reuters rapporte qu’une militaire de la marine roumaine a subi des blessures graves aux doigts pendant une séance de formation impliquant un V-BAT au large du Texas.

Sources · 1

  1. [1]
    ReutersDrone crashes and severed fingers at a Silicon Valley military startupVery high reliability

Last verified: 23 September 2026

04

2025–juin 2026

Série d’accidents V-BAT et plainte d’un ancien salarié sur la sécurité

Allegations

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Reuters documente des témoignages concernant de nombreux crashs V-BAT et une plainte de lanceur d’alerte reprochant à Shield AI des présentations inexactes de résultats de tests et des représailles alléguées.

Sources · 1

  1. [1]
    ReutersDrone crashes and severed fingers at a Silicon Valley military startupVery high reliability

Last verified: 23 September 2026

05

juin 2026

Attribution d’un contrat de développement X-BAT selon le Pentagone

Status not specified

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Reuters rapporte, sur confirmation d’un porte-parole du Pentagone, qu’un contrat a été attribué pour X-BAT, sans montant public.

Attribution
Directly implicated

Sources · 1

  1. [1]
    ReutersDrone crashes and severed fingers at a Silicon Valley military startupVery high reliability

Last verified: 23 September 2026

06

octobre 2025

Présentation du projet de drone de combat autonome X-BAT

No legal proceedings

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Shield AI annonce un projet de chasseur VTOL sans pilote reposant sur Hivemind.

Legal status — source text
Not applicable
Attribution
Directly implicated

Sources · 1

  1. [1]
    Shield AIShield AI unveils X-BATHigh reliability

Last verified: 23 September 2026

07

novembre 2025

Accord de coopération X-BAT avec GE Aerospace

Status not specified

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Shield AI et GE Aerospace annoncent leur collaboration sur la motorisation prévue du X-BAT.

Attribution
Directly implicated

Sources · 1

  1. [1]
    Shield AIGE Aerospace and Shield AI collaboration on X-BATHigh reliability

Last verified: 23 September 2026

08

2023

Accident du V-BAT impliquant un responsable de l’US Navy

Status not specified

Not yet available in English — French original shown.

Reuters documente un accident au cours duquel un représentant de la marine américaine a subi de graves blessures aux doigts pendant un essai du V-BAT.

Sources · 1

  1. [1]
    ReutersDrone crashes and severed fingers at a Silicon Valley military startupVery high reliability

Last verified: 23 September 2026

09

juillet 2021

Accord d’acquisition de Martin UAV, fabricant du V-BAT

Status not specified

Not yet available in English — French original shown.

Shield AI annonce un accord définitif visant Martin UAV pour intégrer son logiciel Hivemind au V-BAT.

Attribution
Directly implicated

Sources · 1

  1. [1]
    Shield AIShield AI signs definitive agreement to acquire Martin UAVHigh reliability

Last verified: 23 September 2026

10

2015

Fondation de Shield AI

No legal proceedings

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Shield AI est fondée par Brandon Tseng, Ryan Tseng et Andrew Reiter pour développer l’autonomie des systèmes militaires.

Legal status — source text
Not applicable
Attribution
Directly implicated

Sources · 1

  1. [1]
    Shield AIAbout Shield AIHigh reliability

Last verified: 23 September 2026

II. Constellation of documented links

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List of documented links
  1. GE Aerospace1 reference
    • Mentioned in “Accord de coopération X-BAT avec GE Aerospace” — Shield AI's profile cites GE Aerospace.

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