Merlin Labs: Raises $25M in Funding

Merlin Labs Raises $25M in Funding

• Merlin Labs, a Boston, MA-based developer of autonomous flight technology for fixed-wing aircraft, raised $25m in funding
• Backers included GV (formerly Google Ventures) and First Round Capital
• Founded in 2018 and led by Matthew George, CEO, MerlinLabs Merlin is building a certifiable autonomy system for complex fixed-wing aircraft
• The company has demonstrated hundreds of autonomous missions on multiple aircraft types, including complex twin turboprop aircraft
• Its autonomy platform is aircraft-agnostic, focuses on on-board autonomy rather than remote piloting and is being integrated into a wide variety of public- and private-sector aircraft
• The company, which until today had been in stealth mode, is also announcing a 55-aircraft partnership with Dynamic Aviation