Maquoketa Research

Maquoketa Research is a defense-technology startup (Y Combinator, Spring 2026) building autonomous terminal-guidance systems for one-way attack drones. Its platform-agnostic guidance modules add custom computer-vision object tracking to low-cost FPV drone hardware, raising strike success rates from under 25% to roughly 80% while maintaining target lock through GPS jamming and signal loss. Founded in 2025 and based in San Francisco, the five-person team ships hardware modules (product lines include GCS, Magpie, Odin, and TGS) that integrate with existing drone flight controllers rather than a public developer API. This profile was surfaced as a Y Combinator portfolio company and enriched from the company's public website; it currently exposes no public API, SDK, or developer platform surface.

Maquoketa Research is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Defense, Drones, Autonomous Systems, and Guidance Systems.

Maquoketa Research’s developer surface includes signup flow and 5 more developer resources.

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9.4/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyDefenseDronesAutonomous SystemsGuidance SystemsComputer VisionHardwareAerospaceY Combinator

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Composite quality — 9.4/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 2.6 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

SignUp

SignUp

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Contact

Contact

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

About

About

Other 1

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Products

Products

Source (apis.yml)

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description: Maquoketa Research is a defense-technology startup (Y Combinator, Spring 2026) building autonomous terminal-guidance
  systems for one-way attack drones. Its platform-agnostic guidance modules add custom computer-vision object tracking to
  low-cost FPV drone hardware, raising strike success rates from under 25% to roughly 80% while maintaining target lock through
  GPS jamming and signal loss. Founded in 2025 and based in San Francisco, the five-person team ships hardware modules (product
  lines include GCS, Magpie, Odin, and TGS) that integrate with existing drone flight controllers rather than a public developer
  API. This profile was surfaced as a Y Combinator portfolio company and enriched from the company's public website; it currently
  exposes no public API, SDK, or developer platform surface.
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