# Shield AI

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/shield-ai/  
**Website:** https://shield.ai/  
**APIs profiled:** 1

Shield AI builds autonomous defense systems anchored by Hivemind, an AI-powered autonomy stack that pilots aircraft and robotic platforms without GPS or communications. Hardware products include the V-BAT vertical-takeoff ISR aircraft, the Nova quadcopter, and the announced X-BAT AI-piloted VTOL fighter. Hivemind itself is delivered as a layered platform: EdgeOS (real-time C++ autonomy middleware), Pilot (autonomy behavior catalog), Forge (autonomy factory for build, sim, and test), and Commander (C2 and fleet integration). In 2025 Shield AI introduced Hivemind Enterprise, a partner-facing SDK for building, evaluating, testing, and deploying mission autonomy on customer platforms. There is no public, self-service API; access to Hivemind SDKs and developer tooling is gated through partnership and is subject to U.S. export controls (ITAR/EAR).

## Kin Score — 14.9 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 14.9).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 59.3 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 21.1 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 2.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 28.9 |
| Access Clarity | 28.9 |

## Agent readiness — 2.5 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Free — onboarding: unknown, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (1)

- **Hivemind Enterprise SDK** — Hivemind Enterprise is Shield AI's partner-facing autonomy SDK for developing, evaluating, testing, and deploying mission autonomy onto heterogeneous robotic platforms. It bundl...

## Security (2)

- **Shield Ai Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Shield Ai Vulnerability Disclosure** — disclosure policy published

## Plans (1)

- **Shield Ai Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Defense, Autonomy, Hivemind, EdgeOS, Robotics, Unmanned Systems, Mission Software, Edge AI, V-BAT, ITAR, Swarming

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/shield-ai/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.