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#099 - Skydio 2

Skydio CEO, Adam Bry, joins the podcast to discuss the company's newest product, Skydio 2—the world's smartest drone. Bry explains the big differences between R1 and Skyd

#098 - DroneInsurance.com with Dr. Ernest Earon

Dr. Ernest Earon is EVP of Artificial Intelligence at REIN, AKA DroneInsurance.com.

#097 - Impossible Aerospace

Impossible Aerospace is a US startup that manufactures an all-electric, high-endurance multirotor drone called US-1. The drone platform is marketed mainly towards first r

#096 - PrecisionHawk with CEO, Michael Chasen

Ian Smith is joined by Michael Chasen, CEO of PrecisionHawk. The two discuss the latest from PrecisionHawk and the drone industry as a whole.

#095 - Heavy Lift Drones with Parallel Flight Technologies

Joshua Resnick is CEO of Parallel Flight Technologies. Parallel Flight Technologies make hybrid powertrain, heavy-lift drones for commercial applications. Joshua is an ex

#094 - Multispectral Drone Cameras For Agriculture with MicaSense

Drew Baustian, Business Development Manager at MicaSense, joins Ian to explain the finer points of multispectral drone cameras and imagery for precision agriculture. The

#093 - How LAFD Uses Drones

LAFD is one of the largest fire departments in the world. Derrick Ward, a firefighter with 30 years of experience, is spearheading the use of drones as Lead UAS Pilot at

#092 - Fly Your Drone Over People (Legally) with ParaZero

Hear from Avi Lozowick, VP Policy & Strategy at ParaZero, on how to conduct drone operations over people, legally, with ParaZero's drone parachute systems.

#091 - Airbus Urban Air Mobility

Travis Mason is VP and Head of Certification & Regulation, Urban Air Mobility at Airbus. Travis most recently was MC at AUVSI's XPONENTIAL Conference 2019—the largest glo

#090 - AirMap with David Hose, CEO

AirMap is a California-based startup that has raised $43.6M to help companies coordinate and scale drone operations in ever-changing airspace conditions. David Hose is Ai

#089 - Indoor Drone Inspections with Patrick Thevoz

Indoor drone inspections have become an enormous ROI booster for energy companies who own and operate industrial assets. Patrick Thevoz is CEO of Flyability, a Swiss comp

#088 - Commercial UAV Expo

You're about to hear an in-the-field, or rather, "around-the-pool" compilation of quick-take interviews with people with different backgrounds from 15 drone companies at

#087 - DroneDeploy's Drone Mapping Software with Jono Millin

Jono Millin is co-founder and Chief Customer Officer (CCO) at DroneDeploy, a software company that specializes in building solutions for mapping business assets with dron

#086 - Flying Cars & eVTOL Aircraft

Can you imagine yourself buzzing around the urban landscape in a flying car in 2025? Bell—and companies such as Uber and Airbus—really want you to be. Whether you call it

#085 - Drone Insurance with Brandon Packman of SkyWatch.AI

All about on-demand, risk-based drone insurance, featuring Brandon Packman, Head of Business Development at SkyWatch.AI. SkyWatch.AI is an innovative startup offering cus

#084 - Drones At Skyward, A Verizon Company with Mariah Scott

Why did Verizon, a $30+ billion telecommunications company, acquire Skyward, a 4-year-old drone startup out of Portland? Mariah Scott, President of Skyward, joins Ian to

#083 - CNN Air with Greg Agvent

Ian is joined by Greg Agvent, the Senior Director of CNN's Aerial Imagery and Reporting Unit—known as CNN Air. When evaluating drones for business, it's easy to think of

#082 - Kespry Drones & Software with CEO George Mathew

Join Kespry's CEO, George Mathew, and host, Ian Smith, for a deep dive into Kespry's enterprise drone hardware and software offerings and outlook on where the industrial

#081 - 2018 Drone Market Trends And Analysis with Colin Snow

Colin Snow, AKA "The Drone Analyst", joins the podcast for the 3rd year in a row to talk about his company, Skylogic Research's, annual report on the drone industry for 2

#080 - senseFly's Newest Drones - eBee X and ANAFI Work

In September 2018, Parrot Group's senseFly released some exciting new professional drones - the eBee X and the ANAFI Work - along with several new camera options. Jean-Th