Executive summary
A market gap that's been obvious for a decade. A technical problem nobody solved until now.
1 in 3
women feel unsafe
walking alone at night
UN Women
$4.2B
personal safety
market by 2028
Grand View Research
0
autonomous follow-me
personal safety drones
on market today
Competitive gap
Sub-250g
FAA Category 1
no special authorization
required
14 CFR Part 107
Why now
Part 108 NPRM
FAA's autonomous UAS rule (published August 2025, final rule spring 2026) creates the first clear commercial pathway for autonomous consumer drones. We're positioned ahead of the rule.
UWB in phones
Android-native UWB ranging (API stable in Android 13+) eliminates the need for proprietary hardware tags. The infrastructure for tagless follow-me now ships in mid-range consumer devices.
Edge compute maturity
Raspberry Pi 5-class compute handles sensor fusion and video streaming at consumer price points. The autonomy stack no longer requires expensive onboard computers.
Market timing
Personal safety app fatigue is real and documented. Users know passive alerts don't work. The market is primed for a product that actively does something.
Technology
The autonomy problem everyone else failed to solve.
Prior art — why they failed
Urban follow-me
Night operation
Sub-250g
Ships today
Pitta (2017)
✗ GPS only
✗ Visual only
✓
✗ Vaporware
Skydio consumer
Partial
Partial
✗ 800g+
✗ Discontinued
Fotokite
✗ Tethered
✓
✗ Vehicle mount
✓ Enterprise only
Safety apps
✗ Passive
✗ Passive
N/A
✓ Not a drone
Eyezee
✓ UWB + flow
✓ Streaming
✓ Target
● In dev
Market
A $4.2B market with no hardware solution.
Use of funds
Prototype refinement & gate testing40%
Autonomy stack development25%
Regulatory & compliance path20%
User research & waitlist growth15%
Unit economics (10K units)
Component COGS$180–240
Target retail price$299–399
Gross margin45–55%
Subscription (stream + cloud)TBD · MRR layer
BOM at test rig scale~$840 (no DFM)
Go-to-market sequence
Now
Waitlist
Build pre-launch demand via consumer site. Target: 500 signups before raise closes.
Q3 2026
Gate test
Prove urban follow-me works. Gate test video becomes primary fundraising asset.
Q4 2026
50-unit pilot
Closed beta with waitlist. Real-world data. Conversion to paid intent.
2027
Consumer launch
Android-first. Direct-to-consumer. Subscription layer. Retail partnerships.
Risk mitigation
Anticipated objections and how we address them.
Regulatory
Sub-250g Category 1 design eliminates most FAA friction. Recreational exception path for consumer product. Team is actively shaping Part 108 rulemaking through ASTM F38.
Technical
Follow-me autonomy is the core IP. UWB + optical flow + PX4 offboard architecture eliminates GPS dependency in urban canyons. Gate test protocol designed to prove this explicitly.
Competition
No direct competitor exists. Prior attempts (Pitta, Skydio consumer) failed on autonomy or pivoted to enterprise. Regulatory moat from standards authorship is non-replicable.
Hardware economics
Estimated COGS $180–240 at 10K units. $299–399 retail target. 45–55% gross margin. Subscription model (trusted contact streaming, cloud storage) adds recurring revenue layer.
Team
The regulatory moat is the team.
Bri O'Neill
Founder & CEO
ASTM F38 committee member and P108 cybersecurity annex co-author. Founder of Altimetis LLC. Engineer with deep expertise in UAS compliance, airspace integration, and autonomous systems.
ASTM F38 · P108 Cybersecurity Annex
Altimetis LLC · AKUTE
UAS Compliance Engine architect
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