At Pyka we develop autonomous electric aircraft to provide people with an affordable and safe air transport option for regional trips. We're building a future where everyone can visit a friend, partner, family member, or colleague in a nearby city by air --- where the trip is a beautiful, traffic-free, and environmentally responsible adventure.
To get there, we’re taking a different approach than most. We're applying our technologies to every industry where electric aircraft can be useful, starting with the highest value and most dangerous jobs. In doing so, we're building useful, game-changing products manufactured at scale, while perfecting the safety, reliability, and capabilities of our autonomy engine and electric propulsion systems.
To get there, we’re taking a different approach than most. We're applying our technologies to every industry where electric aircraft can be useful, starting with the highest value and most dangerous jobs. In doing so, we're building useful, game-changing products manufactured at scale, while perfecting the safety, reliability, and capabilities of our autonomy engine and electric propulsion systems.
Location: United States, California, Oakland
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $96M
Founded date: 2017
Founders name: Nathan White
Founders Related Locations: United States, California, Menlo Park; United States, California, Mountain View; United States, California, Palo Alto; United States, California, San Francisco
Investors 8
| Date | Name | Website |
| 24.11.2024 | Catapult V... | catapult.v... |
| - | Endure Cap... | endurecap.... |
| - | Bold Capit... | boldcapita... |
| 29.08.2021 | Y Combinat... | ycombinato... |
| - | Fly Ventur... | fly.vc |
| - | PETRONAS V... | petronas.c... |
| - | UpHonest C... | uphonestca... |
| 02.08.2022 | Piva Capit... | piva.vc |
Funding Rounds 4
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 26.09.2024 | Series B | $40M | - |
| 26.04.2022 | Series A | $37M | - |
| 20.01.2020 | Seed | $11M | - |
| 24.12.2019 | Seed | $8M | Prime Move... |
Persons 1
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | |||
| - | Nathan | White | Co-Founder... | linkedin.c... | - | - |
Mentions in press and media 21
| Date | Title | Description |
| 22.01.2026 | Brazilian ag giant SLC Agricola scales use of unmanned crop sprayers with Pyka | California-based robotics co Pyka has struck a deal with ag giant SLC Agrícola to supply its Pelican 2 autonomous crop spraying aircraft across multiple farms in Brazil. A leading Brazilian agribusiness producing soybeans, corn, cotton, and... |
| 20.01.2026 | Made in America: FCC decision sparks scramble to localize ag spray drone production | [UPDATED Jan 21 to reference new docs issued by the FCC.] On December 22, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) sent shockwaves through the US drone market, adding not just market leader DJI, but all new foreign made drones and cri... |
| 15.10.2025 | Pyka Awarded U.S. Air Force Contract for DropShip, Long-Range Multi-Mission UAS Platform | - |
| 30.04.2025 | DJI report charts rapid rise in global adoption of ag spray drones | Around 400,000 DJI ag spray drones were estimated to be in use globally at the end of 2024, up 33% vs 2023, and up 90% vs 2020, according to a new report from the China-based company. The findings, presented at the agtech trade show Agrisho... |
| 26.09.2024 | Pyka: Electric Aviation Company Raises $40 Million (Series B) | Pyka, an electric aviation technology leader that designs and manufactures large-scale autonomous electric aircraft, announced a $40 million Series B funding round. Obvious Ventures led the round, which included new and existing investors, ... |
| 23.09.2024 | Pyka Raises $40M in Series B Funding | Pyka Pelican Spray in flight over a crop in the United States. Pyka, an Alameda, CA-based electric aviation technology leader that designs and manufactures large-scale autonomous electric aircraft, raised $40M in Series B funding. The round... |
| 23.09.2024 | Pyka Secures $40M Series B | ALAMEDA, CA, Pyka, an electric aviation technology leader that designs and manufactures large-scale autonomous electric aircraft, announced a $40M Series B raise. >> Click here for more funding data on Pyka >> To export Pyka fu... |
| 23.09.2024 | Pyka fields interest from defense as $40M round goes to scaling up its electric autonomous planes | - |
| 14.08.2024 | Kelly Hills Unmanned Systems debuts with the largest commercial autonomous crop sprayer in the US | Ag retailer Heinen Brothers Agra Services—best-known for manned crop spraying airplanes—is pushing into the unmanned space via a new subsidiary called Kelly Hills Unmanned Systems, pitched as “the most advanced aerial and ground-based agric... |
| 07.09.2023 | Pyka And Dole Achieve Milestone In Sustainable Banana Protection | - |
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