Iris Automation

Enabling autonomous drone operations globally through AI software

y-combinatorSummer 2016Drones Computer Vision Artificial Intelligence 🇺🇸 San Francisco

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Acquired · 2023uAvionix

Alexander Harmsen, James Howard · 2 co-founders

2023Acquired by uAvionix

Acquired · 7 yrs independent

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About

The future for autonomous industrial drones is in sight - Enabling safer drone operation through intelligent collision avoidance. We are a Y Combinator and Silicon Valley investor company with a team from NASA, Boeing and PhDs in computer vision. Read more at: https://tinyurl.com/y7tm4zr8 Website: www.IrisOnBoard.com

2 founders

Alexander Harmsen

Founder/CEO

CEO/Co-founder of PortfolioPilot.com, a personal AI financial advisor with over $30B AOP. Former CEO/Founder at Iris Automation, autonomous vehicle software company - raised over $30M, sales globally, regulatory approvals in 9 countries, and successfully exited to a big partner. Advisor to various other deep tech and SaaS companies like VeriSIMLife.com, a computational pharma company aiming to reduce the need for animal testing to speed up and reduce the costs of drug development.

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James Howard

Founder/CTO

in LinkedIn