Shield AI vs Helsing

Side-by-side comparison of AI visibility scores, market position, and capabilities

Shield AI leads in AI visibility (68 vs 55)

Shield AI

ChallengerGovernment Tech

Defense & Autonomous Systems

Defense AI company building autonomous drones and AI pilots. $12.7B valuation after $2B Series G (2026). ~$300M 2025 rev. Founded 2015, San Diego. Private.

AI VisibilityBeta
Overall Score
B68
Category Rank
#1 of 1
AI Consensus
54%
Trend
up
Per Platform
ChatGPT
79
Perplexity
69
Gemini
63

About

Shield AI is an American aerospace and defense technology company founded in 2015 by former Navy SEAL Brandon Tseng, his brother Ryan Tseng, and Andrew Reiter. Headquartered in San Diego, California, Shield AI develops AI-powered autonomous systems for military and defense applications. Its core products include the Hivemind autonomy software platform, the V-BAT vertical take-off and landing drone, and the X-BAT — the world's first AI-piloted VTOL fighter jet with a 2,000 nautical mile range.

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Helsing

ChallengerGovernment Tech

AI-Powered Defense Systems

Europe's leading defense AI company. 12B EUR valuation. HX-2 drones to Ukraine. CA-1 autonomous combat aircraft. 1.37B EUR raised. Founded 2021, Munich.

AI VisibilityBeta
Overall Score
C55
Category Rank
#1 of 1
AI Consensus
66%
Trend
up
Per Platform
ChatGPT
47
Perplexity
58
Gemini
62

About

Helsing is a European defense AI company founded March 2021 by Torsten Reil, Gundbert Scherf (ex-German MoD), and Niklas Kohler, headquartered in Munich with subsidiaries in Estonia, France, and UK. Raised 1.37B EUR including 600M EUR Series D (June 2025, Daniel Ek's Prima Materia) at 12B EUR valuation.

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AI Visibility Head-to-Head

68
Overall Score
55
#1
Category Rank
#1
54
AI Consensus
66
up
Trend
up
79
ChatGPT
47
69
Perplexity
58
63
Gemini
62
63
Claude
57
60
Grok
53

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