Climate CEOs (formerly Entrepreneurs for Impact): Scaling Climate Tech Startups Drone Data Platforms: $140M Raised + 5,000 Businesses Using AI-Powered Visual Twins
Discover how DroneDeploy is transforming construction and infrastructure with digital twins, safer workflows, and AI-driven drone insights across 180 countries.
⭐ My guest today is Mike Winn, Founder and CEO of DroneDeploy.
DroneDeploy is a software company harnessing drones to provide interior and exterior visual data – any altitude, any angle, all in one platform. They have raised over $140M and serve over 5,000 businesses in 180 countries, including 18 of the 20 largest construction companies.
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🎙️ In this episode, we talked about:
- Why he was happy to have an angry customer in the early days
- What a digital twin is and why they matter
- How they’re making work on critical infrastructure safer, quicker, and more productive by avoiding dull, dirty, and dangerous work
- How his love of remote control helicopters and a trip to South Africa helped start this business
- The role of timing in determining the success of a startup
- How AI and robots can make us superhuman
- How to procrastinate in a productive way
- And lots more
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