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Founded in 2011 in Newport Beach, California, by Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Downey, Airware (incorporated as Unmanned Innovation, Inc.) is an American venture-funded startup that offers commercial drone solutions for enterprises. The company relocated to San Francisco in January 2014.
Airware came out of both the Lemnos Labs and Y Combinator incubators. The company has raised $70 million in venture funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Next World Capital, First Round Capital, Google Ventures, Intel Capital and GE Ventures. In March 2016, the company announced a $30 million Series C round of financing led by Next World Capital with Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Cisco Systems executive chairman John T. Chambers. Andreessen Horowitz partner Chris Dixon, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner Mike Abbott, and John T. Chambers are members of the company’s board.
The company produces an enterprise drone solutions which combine hardware, on-aircraft and mobile software, and cloud services. Downey has stated the company is focused on building systems for drones for commercial uses, including anti-poaching efforts, infrastructure inspections and precision agriculture.