DroneDeploy Reality Capture with Docked Drones and AI Agents

DroneDeploy was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. It provides reality capture, robotics and AI for construction, energy and other enterprise sites, and reports use by more than 5,000 enterprises on over 3 million sites in 180 countries.

The cloud platform combines drone mapping, 360-degree walkthroughs, mobile LiDAR scanning and photo documentation in one place. Docked drones and autonomous ground robots capture sites on a schedule without on-site pilots, and four AI agents turn the imagery into structured data: Progress AI for schedule tracking and earthworks quantities, Safety AI for hazards such as missing toe boards, Inspection AI for predictive maintenance on oil and gas, rail, renewable and utility assets, and Embodied AI for autonomous capture. Data syncs with BIM and Autodesk Construction Cloud. Customers include Turner, Rio Tinto, Skanska, AECOM and ConocoPhillips.

• Aerial mapping: drone orthomosaics and 3D models with automatic ground control tagging and cut and fill analysis.
• Docked drones: scheduled autonomous missions launched from drone docks without a pilot on site.
• Ground robots and 360 capture: autonomous interior and exterior capture and measurable 360 walkthroughs.
• Progress AI: automated schedule tracking and quantity reports across projects.
• Safety AI and Inspection AI: detection of site hazards and asset defects such as rust, leaks and debris.
• Integrations: BIM sync with Autodesk Construction Cloud and comparison against DXF and IFC design files.

• General contractors tracking progress and earthworks volumes on highway and industrial park projects with docked drones.
• Data centre and factory builders verifying installed works against BIM before approving subcontractor payments.
• Oil, gas and renewable operators running scheduled AI inspections of plants and solar farms.

• Docked drones and ground robots capture sites daily without a pilot on site; the company reports over 40,000 docked missions since 2024.
• AI agents flag schedule slippage, safety risks and asset defects automatically, cutting manual site walks and travel.
• Aerial, 360 and LiDAR data live in one platform with design overlays, supporting payment verification and trade coordination.
• Works across 180 countries with an established partner and hardware ecosystem.

Construction and energy owners are moving from occasional drone surveys to continuous, autonomous site capture with docks and robots, combined with AI that turns imagery into progress and safety data. Southeast Asia's infrastructure, industrial park and data centre build-out, including in Vietnam, increases demand for remote progress monitoring across many sites.

Founded in 2013; headquartered in San Francisco, California. Reports more than 5,000 enterprise customers, over 20 trillion square feet of visual site data and more than 2.7 billion images processed since 2018. Launched its AI agents and ground robotics at the Horizons 2025 user conference.