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January 28, 2025

What Helsing's move into drones means for European defence tech

Following the German AI defence startup’s big move into hardware, here’s how VCs see the defence market shaping up


Anne Sraders

8 min read

Helsing's HX-2 drone. Courtesy of Helsing

In early December, German AI defence startup Helsing announced a big move: the company, which had previously only produced AI-powered software for defence, was building its own autonomous strike drones.

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Anne Sraders

Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the venture capital industry and deeptech startups, including robotics, spacetech and defence tech. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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