Diligence memo · auto-generated · as of July 2, 2026
Shield AI Inc
Shield AI Inc looks fair against its niche peers and is at-risk on financing cadence.
Businessfiled
Shield AI Inc operates in AI / ML, based in SAN DIEGO.
Sub-sector tags: ai/ml.
No verified homepage on file yet — operating evidence is limited to the public record.
Capital & rounds (filed)filed
Shield AI Inc has raised $453M in disclosed capital across 7 recorded rounds, aggregated from public filings. Its latest round is modeled as Series D+ (a $100M–$400M round).
Largest single filing: $281M on 2023-09-13.
Most recent recorded round closed around 2023-09-13.
Valuation (modeled)modeled
Provath models Shield AI Inc at approximately $4.5B (range $1.6B–$6.8B). This is an algorithmic estimate from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
Read: Fair. Modeled value is 1.31× the median modeled value of Series D+ AI / ML companies in 2022–2024 (11 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era. Within the normal band (131% of peer median) for its niche.
Financing rhythm & timingmixed
Historic cadence: a new round about every 11 months.
Last raise 2.8 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 months.
Past due for a raise versus sector cadence — watch for distress or a bridge.
The last round was 1.7× smaller than the prior — a bridge or down round.
Comparablesmixed
Capital scale ranks ahead of 99% of AI / ML peers (2067 compared).
Modeled value ranks above 99% of those peers.
Closest niche peers: Inflection Ai, Inc., Magic AI, Inc., Snyk Ltd, Vendr, Inc., Sigma Computing, Inc..
Peoplefiled
17 named people on file across officers, directors and signatories.
Risks & flagsmixed
Overdue for a raise versus sector norm — distress or bridge risk.
No clearly named CEO/founder/principal in the surfaced records — key-person evidence is thin.