The founder of the 25-year-old police drone has just raised $ 75 million led by an index

If you ever call 911 from an area that is difficult to get to, you can hear a drone buzzing well before a police cruiser gets downloaded. And there is a great chance that it will be made by Brin DronesA startup, based in Seattle, founded by 25-year-old Blake Renk, who dropped out of college to manage the company.

Brinc, which was founded in 2017 and counts OPENAI CEO Sam Altman as an investor in a seed stage, just declared Today, it has raised $ 75 million new funding led by Index Ventures.

This leads the total funding of the startup to $ 157.2 million. Although Brin does not reveal its accurate assessment, Resnick told TechCrunch that this is “Up-Round” compared Until its last round, Serie B in $ 55 million in 2022. Brink was last estimated at $ 300 million in 2023, Bloomberg reportedS

BRINC sells various police and public safety agencies systems. This is part of a broader trend of US startup companies that produce internally due to the increase restrictions Against Chinese companies dominated by the drone industry. (Resnick briefly interferes with DJI, the largest Chinese player, several years before he founded Brinc.)

With this financing Brinc is launch The Strategic Union with Motorola Solutions, which also invests in the circle. Motorola Solutions is a giant in the US Security Industry, whose software power many 911 call centers. The partnership will integrate Brinc drones directly into these centers, which will allow operators to send drones for certain emergency conversations if they are cleared by an existing Motorola AI system.

BRINC, however, is in an increasingly competitive area with other startups in the US As a herd safety And Skyio. Each of them also offers police drones and has multi -billionate estimates. Flock is $ 7.5 billion in last round last month while Skydio was estimated at $ 2.2 billion in 2023S

As for competition, Resnick tells TechCrunch that there is a lot of space for market growth that is otherwise dominated by Chinese players. Beyond Motorola’s partnership, he says BRINC offers its share of unique features, such as the ability to break windows or supply emergency medical devices.