Seeing Systems · Jun 2026
Official announcement adding General Wesley Clark and General Sir Richard Shirreff to the advisory board.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
Seeing Systems is a London-based defence robotics startup building modular autonomous drone systems and swarm-control software for contested environments. Its public product suite centers on Bandit (training/attritable FPV), Banshee (jam-resistant modular UAV), and Aerie AI (agentic swarm software). Public sources conflict on some company metadata (especially founded year, HQ, and funding), so I used the most directly supported public records and left unsupported fields null. No public CEO is clearly listed; the company is led publicly by the two co-founders and a small advisory board.
Primary product
Modular autonomous drone systems and swarm autonomy software (Bandit, Banshee, Aerie AI)
Founded
2024
Headquarters
82 St. John Street, London, England, EC1M 4JN
Team size
1-10
Industry
Robotics Engineering
Sub-industry
Autonomous drones / defence robotics
Offices
82 St. John Street, London, England, EC1M 4JN
231 Sussex Gardens, London, England W2 2RL
Business model
B2B defense hardware sales
Defense software licensing
Operator training and enablement
Government / military contracting
Funding
People & investors
Leadership
Co-Founder / Hardware Lead
Co-Founder / Software Lead
Advisory Board Member
Advisory Board Member
Work & culture
Mission-first, hands-on, and fast-moving; the team emphasizes shoulder-to-shoulder collaboration with operators and partners, practical field feedback, and effectiveness above all.
Compensation
Public job postings show Founding Software Engineer compensation at £60K-£120K GBP plus 0.25%-1.00% equity, and internship pay at £4.5K-£7.5K monthly. Public postings do not clearly state visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Real responsibility from week one
Direct line to founders and senior hardware engineers
Fast iteration from schematic to soldered to flying in weeks
Portfolio of shipped, field-tested hardware
Snack of choice stocked in the workshop
Product & market
Pricing
Quote-based B2B defense sales and training; no public list pricing found.
Differentiators
- —Modular hardware with swappable payloads, sensors, compute, and comms
- —Agentic autonomy that lowers operator cognitive load
- —Jam-resistant / fibre-optic-guided control options
- —Designed for contested theatres and EW-heavy environments
- —Training-focused and attritable low-cost platforms
- —Fast integration of feedback from end users
- —Claims of more than 2x lifecycle-cost reduction
Technology
Python
OCaml
Altium
I2C
radio communications
fibre-optic control
agentic AI
swarm coordination software
Customers
UK Royal Marine Commandos
Several other UK military units
4 other NATO forces
Estonian Military
European Armed Forces
UK Ministry of Defence
Competitors
Anduril
Quantum Systems
Parrot
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$1.1M-$3.0M (StartupHub estimate; 67% confidence)
Latest news
Seeing Systems · May 2026
Company write-up on testing drones in Ukraine and YC’s support of the defense-tech startup.
Seeing Systems · Feb 2026
Profile/interview-style coverage about the founders and the YC acceptance process.
Seeing Systems / Tectonic coverage republished on company site · Feb 2026
Introduces the company, product direction, customer traction, and prototype testing.
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