eve Vehicles

What eve Vehicles does

eve Vehicles is a private US-based company, founded in 2021 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, that develops autonomous drone systems for public safety and emergency response applications. Its sole product, the WREN, is a compact (8" x 8" x 1", 265g) autonomous drone with a 45-minute flight time, 57 mph top speed, a 4K high-resolution camera paired with 160x120 thermal imaging, multi-constellation GNSS with denied-environment capability, and on-device GPU-accelerated edge AI for computer vision, multi-object tracking, real-time classification, and multi-vehicle coordination. The company's stated mission is to deploy autonomous aerial intelligence ahead of ground responders, framing the product as an amplifier for human first responders rather than a replacement.

The company targets a single primary vertical: law enforcement and emergency response agencies (police departments, sheriff's offices, and related public safety organizations) for use cases including emergency response, search and rescue, suspect apprehension, and pre-arrival situational awareness. It sells directly to enterprise and government buyers via contact-based field sales, with no public pricing and no disclosed named customers or partnerships. Reported customer-outcome metrics on the company website include a 65% increase in suspect apprehension with drones, response time reduction from 15 minutes to 3 minutes, and a 4-minute scan time for a one-square-mile area.

eve Vehicles operates with 11-50 employees and has closed one disclosed funding round in 2024 with Boost VC and Everywhere Ventures (amount undisclosed). The firm has no publicly disclosed revenue, patents, awards, partnerships, or subsidiaries, and no app, API, or SDK offering. Co-founders Roger Pecina (CEO) and John Buell (Vice President) lead the company. The operating status is active and the entity is privately held, with no public ticker or parent company identified.

Name

eve Vehicles

Legal name

EVE Vehicles

Website

https://evevehicles.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

eve Vehicles is an Austin-based private company building the WREN autonomous drone, equipped with edge AI, 4K and thermal imaging, for law enforcement and emergency response agencies in the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Safety Autonomous Drones

NAICS

Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511)

SIC

Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812)

akta.pro primary industry

Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) & Multirotor Drones (IMABAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Autonomy Software, AI & Mission Management (UAS/UXV) (IMABAIAH)

Keywords

• Autonomous drone systems
• Emergency response drones
• Public safety UAVs
• Law enforcement drones
• Edge AI computing

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Autonomous Drone Hardware Sales: Sale of WREN drone systems to law enforcement and emergency response agencies. Hardware includes the drone platform with integrated sensors, cameras, and autonomous flight systems.
2. Mission Planning and Control Software: Software systems for real-time telemetry, mission planning, and multi-vehicle coordination, likely delivered as integrated solutions with hardware or as ongoing support contracts.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

eve Vehicles develops and sells the WREN autonomous drone system for emergency response and public safety applications. The WREN is a compact drone (8"x8"x1", 265g) featuring 4K and thermal imaging, edge AI processing, and multi-constellation GNSS with denied-environment capabilities, designed to provide autonomous aerial intelligence to first responders before ground teams arrive on scene. The company also delivers mission planning and control software for real-time telemetry and multi-vehicle coordination.

Product overview

EVE Vehicles offers a single unified product—the WREN autonomous drone system—designed for emergency response scenarios where autonomous technology is deployed before ground teams arrive. The WREN drone combines aerial mobility with AI-powered computer vision and thermal imaging capabilities to augment human responders rather than replace them. The system emphasizes real-time processing at the edge and operates in both GPS-enabled and denied environments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• WREN Autonomous Drone An autonomous drone system engineered for emergency response and intelligent protection, weighing 265g with 8"x8"x1" form factor, 45-minute flight time, and 57 mph maximum speed. Integrates 4K high-resolution camera, 160x120 thermal imaging, edge AI with GPU acceleration, and multi-constellation GNSS with denied-environment capabilities. Designed for law enforcement agencies, police departments, sheriff's offices, and emergency response departments requiring aerial surveillance, search and rescue, suspect apprehension, and rapid situational awareness.

Quantifiable outcome

• 65% increase in suspect apprehension with drone deployment
• +3 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature6 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Skydio: U.S. autonomy-first drone maker heavily focused on public safety, defense, and inspection. Closest direct competitor to EVE Vehicles because both target autonomous flight with on-device AI for first-responder workflows.
• Teal Drones: U.S.-made sUAS vendor targeting defense and public safety with NDAA-compliant platforms. Closely comparable to EVE on form-factor, target vertical, and U.S. procurement positioning.
• Brinc Drones: Drone-maker purpose-built for law enforcement, SWAT, and 911 response; offers an integrated drone-in-the-box DFR solution with two-way communications. Direct overlap with EVE's first-responder mission and go-to-market.
• DroneSense: Drone operations, mission planning, and airspace management software for first-responder drone programs. Competes with EVE's mission/control software layer rather than its airframe.
• Autel Robotics: Enterprise drone vendor with thermal/visible-light payloads aimed at public safety and inspection. Direct competitor in the multirotor sUAS category at similar price points.
• Parrot SA: European drone manufacturer with a public-safety/inspection product line (ANAFI). Comparable as a competing enterprise sUAS vendor with overlapping first-responder use cases.

Emerging players

• Dedrone: Airspace awareness and counter-UAS vendor with public-safety/government presence. Adjacent rather than direct, but addresses the same agency budgets for aerial intelligence.
• Axon Enterprise: Public-safety platform incumbent (TASER, body cameras, Axon Air/Flock-style drone partnerships) extending into autonomous airframes and evidence management. Adjacent competitor shaping the same agency procurement budgets.

Broad incumbents

• Anduril Industries: Defense-tech prime building autonomous systems (including Lattice and Roadrunner) for government and security customers. Compares as a broader incumbent that could move down-market into first-responder autonomous UAS.
• DJI Enterprise: Global drone market leader with a large enterprise/public-safety lineup (Matrice, Mavic Enterprise). Competes on price, breadth, and installed base even where U.S. policy disfavors its products.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/evevehicles
• Facebookfacebook.com/eveVehicles
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/eve-vehicles-corporation

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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