Key facts
as of Sep 2026- Shield AI is valued at approximately $10.6B (~$156/share) as of Sep 2026, per Private Market View’s composite mark.
- It has raised $2.5B across 15 recorded rounds; the latest was Later Stage VC ($1.5B) in Mar 2026.
- Notable investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Gaingels, Calm Ventures, Dorm Room Fund, Harvard Innovation Launch Lab — 91 tracked in total.
- 2 institutional filers report fund marks on Shield AI across 11 filings.
- Private Market View tracks 25 recorded secondary trades in Shield AI shares.
- 13 investment vehicles were formed to buy Shield AI shares in the last 12 months, reporting $23.1M sold to 322 investors, per SEC Form D filings.
- Shield AI has filed 10 Form Ds with the SEC since 2016, most recently May 2026 ($591.8M sold to 32 investors).
- Status: Privately Held (backing).
- ·Post-money valuations for all 15 rounds
- ·The complete investor list — 91 names
- ·Watchlist + deal alerts for Shield AI
Recorded secondary trades
25 on record · Oct 2025 – Jul 202625 trades between Oct 2025 and Jul 2026. Exact dates, prices and structures are available to Pro members.
Institutional fund marks
2 filers · latest Jun 20262 SEC-registered funds reported 11 fair-value marks on Shield AI between Apr 2025 and Jun 2026. Filer-level marks and implied $/share are available to Pro members.
Funding rounds
15 roundsSecondary demand: investment vehicles
from SEC Form D filingsIn the last 12 months, 13 investment vehicles were formed to buy Shield AI shares, reporting $23.1M sold to 322 investors across 13 sponsors. Most recent filing Jun 2026. Vehicles like these are how secondary buyers pool demand for a name; a rising count is a demand signal.
Leadership
- Brandon TsengCo-Founder, President & Board Member
- Ryan TsengCo-Founder, President, Chief Strategy Officer & Board Member
- Nathan MichaelChief Technology Officer
- Andrew Berlin JDExecutive Chairman & Managing Director
About Shield AI
Operator of a defense technology company intended to restructure battlefields and commercial aviation. The company uses machines to execute unscripted tasks in denied and dynamic environments without direct operator inputs and offers an integrated artificial intelligence framework for data management and analysis, enabling aircraft teams to perform missions ranging from room clearance to penetrating air defense systems and dog fighting.
- Industry
- Aerospace and Defense
- Sector
- Government and Military
- HQ
- San Diego, CA, United States
- Founded
- 2015
- Employees
- 1,540
- Website
- shield.ai/
- Ownership
- Privately Held (backing)