AI ApplicationUpstate New York

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AI Application · Syracuse, NY

Drone defense and airspace awareness platform. Revolution + DFJ Growth + Booz Allen Hamilton investor. Raised $65M Feb 2025. Detects, tracks, and identifies drones — national security and critical infrastructure.

Founded

Region

Upstate New York

Investors

Washington Harbour Partners

People

About Upstate NY

Upstate New York seeded Silicon Valley more directly than most people realize: IBM started in Endicott, GE's research labs sat in Schenectady, and Kodak and Xerox built deep imaging and photonics expertise in Rochester — engineers and ideas from all three migrated west and helped build what came after. Cornell, RPI, the University of Rochester, and the SUNY system now anchor a semiconductor, photonics, and drone corridor that's a direct descendant of that older industrial-research base, not a recent transplant.

Region Stats

Total firms 51

VC / investors 14

Companies 31

Schools 6

Known For

Semiconductors

Photonics

Drones