# Skydio raises $110M, commits $3.5B to expand US drone factories

- slug: skydio-raises-110m-commits-35b-to-expand-us-drone-factories
- date: 2026-04-24
- category: Robotics

Skydio raised $110M and pledged $3.5B for US manufacturing while selling drones at a fraction of DJI prices. That gap is not about merit. It is about the regulatory wall keeping DJI out of American procurement.

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