Flyby Robotics

Building drones around GPUs.

[Jason H. Lu 🇺🇸 @JHL_Express]

Matching the performance of DJI products is hard to do. But we did it. US-made @FlybyRobotics F-11 flight time exceeds DJI Matrice 350 at all payload weights.

[Counter Unmanned Systems @CUAS_NEWS]

🇺🇸 Earlier this month Los Angeles based Flyby Robotics (@FlybyRobotics) announced shipment of F-11 programmable UAS.

"So far, we’ve shipped to Palantir, European defense primes, cutting-edge startups, and major universities. We’ve landed our first 7-figure contract with USAF, and 7X’ed YoY booked revenue since last year."
- Jason H. Lu, Founder CEO

Powered by NVIDIA GPU, the American made UAS platform with NDAA compliant components lets operators and developers run large on-edge AI applications seamlessly.

Learn more >> https://t.co/6dbZ6mRvEF

[Jason H. Lu 🇺🇸 @JHL_Express]

Hello world! @FlybyRobotics has shipped our first run of F-11 programmable flying AI robots.

Dual @nvidia Orin NX capable for 300 TOPS compute. 2TB SSD. 1 hour flight time. 5.7lb payload capacity. EW-resistant mesh radio capable.

Zero CCP components.
Made in Los Angeles.

[Jason H. Lu 🇺🇸 @JHL_Express]

These are the droids you’re looking for

[Jason H. Lu 🇺🇸 @JHL_Express]

Minimal presence. Maximum impact.

[Jason H. Lu 🇺🇸 @JHL_Express]

10/10/25

[Micky Abir @mickyabir]

Nvidia DeepStream + YOLO + H265 through RTSP

[Jason H. Lu 🇺🇸 @JHL_Express]

End customers want indestructible drone bodies

We got u

Tooled with @atomic_inc proudly made in Michigan USA

[Jason H. Lu 🇺🇸 @JHL_Express]

It took ludicrous amount of work, but our doodle lab RF streaming on high res payload is now finally look proud. Doodle labs is stupid hard to get it to work well on a system, but if you keep on throwing yourself on a wall, you can get good results.

[Ian Laffey @ilaffey2]

if you’re used to DJI consumer drones the significance of this might be lost

this level of telemetry / bandwidth in contested environments is unbelievably good

great job guys!!

[Cat @CatOrman1]

working from home (remotely flying drone over icelandic volcano)

[Flyby Robotics @FlybyRobotics]

@DisruptionHedge @CatOrman1 Thanks, Stephen!

[Cat @CatOrman1]

selfie sunday @FlybyRobotics

[Flyby Robotics @FlybyRobotics]

@apartovi @JHL_Express Thanks for coming! 🚀🚀🚀

[Ali Partovi @apartovi]

I loved meeting @FlybyRobotics CEO Jason Lu (@JHL_Express).

Thank you for taking me out for a Saturday morning drone flight!

[Suzanne Xie @suzannexie]

Neo Accelerator 2025 applications are open! 🏁

Calling all founders building the future: apply to be 1 out of 20 companies in this year's cohort to get unparalleled funding terms, access to world class mentors, and lifelong community.

I'm excited to meet and work with you! 🤓🚀

[Cat @CatOrman1]

words in @palladiummag this morning on naval battles, exploding shell guns and what the first “modern” war has to teach us about the importance of early adoption

give it a read :)

[Ti Morse @ti_morse]

My conversation with Cat Orman (@CatOrman1) co-founder of Flyby Robotics

Flyby is building a versatile machine-learning drone platform used across consumer, industrial, and military applications.

It's here on X and also on YouTube and Spotify. Links in the comment. Enjoy!

Timestamps:
0:29 Why DJI Dominated The Drone Market
2:36 How Cat & Jason Met
3:33 Why They Started Flyby
6:04 Advantages Of Having A Co-Founder
7:28 Twitter & The Palantir Partnership
8:57 Why Cat Decided To Become A Founder
12:44 Lifeguarding A Crossing In Lesbos
14:24 Building A Hardware Moat
15:40 Drone Startups
17:45 Challenges Of Building Hardware
20:34 Customer Ride-Along Story

[Jason H. Lu 🇺🇸 @JHL_Express]

Check out more details here!

https://t.co/EX1wyC0BNV

[Jason H. Lu 🇺🇸 @JHL_Express]

Here’s a quick thread on philosophical design differences between @FlybyRobotics and DJI.  We’ve designed the F-11 to be an actual open platform for machine learning at the edge.

Here's how we're building this: