Grid Aero

Grid Aero is a San Leandro-based aerospace startup building Lifter-Lite, a low-cost autonomous cargo aircraft designed to carry 2,000–10,000 lbs over thousands of miles in contested environments. Founded in 2024 by a team of aerospace veterans, the company pairs simple, attritable airframes with autonomous software to enable distributed airlift for military, humanitarian, and remote commercial logistics — a 'flying pickup truck' aimed at Pacific-theater contested logistics and austere operations where traditional platforms like the C-130 are too expensive and vulnerable.

Grid Aero has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Lifter-Lite (Grid Aero builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).

No. Grid Aero is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Grid Aero building in the same form factors include Amazon, Anduril Industries, DJI, Autel Robotics.

Arthur Dubois is the ceo of Grid Aero, per the DEPLOY registry.

Grid Aero is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today. It has raised $26M in disclosed funding.

Grid Aero is headquartered in San Leandro, California, USA.

Grid Aero has raised approximately $26M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.

Grid Aero is privately held and venture-backed ($26M raised); ownership sits with its founders and private investors.

Grid Aero is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Grid Aero ranks in roughly the top 30% of companies tracked by the registry.

Grid Aero has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.