HyLight Raises €13M Series A to Scale Autonomous Airship Infrastructure Inspection
ycombinator · x · 2026-10-12
French startup HyLight announced a €13M Series A led by Rubio, with participation from DRW Trading and Teampact.
The company builds autonomous electric airships (HyLighters) that inspect power lines, pipelines and railways, delivering end-to-end data "from flight to insight." The team of 45 already operates 4 airships flying daily, with 7,000 km inspected to date, and plans to have 15 HyLighters in the sky by 2027.
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