Skydio Just Shuttered Its Consumer Drone Business

The U.S. drone maker will shift its focus toward enterprise and public safety customers four years after the release of its flagship consumer model.

Jack Daleo

Thursday, August 10, 2023 at 05:00 PM ET

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Skydio’s 2 Plus is no longer available to hobbyists as it pivots away from consumers. [Courtesy: Skydio]

Key Takeaways:

Skydio has shut down its consumer drone business, including the Skydio 2 Plus, to exclusively focus on its more impactful and subscription-based enterprise and public sector markets.
The strategic pivot comes despite Skydio being the largest U.S. consumer drone manufacturer, facing intense competition from DJI and reportedly losing money on consumer sales.
Skydio will continue to provide support, repairs, and parts for existing consumer customers and is expected to unveil its next-generation X3 enterprise drone soon.

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Skydio, which has spent the past four years building the U.S.’s largest consumer drone business, just shut down its consumer drone business.

In a blog post from co-founder and CEO Adam Bry, the company announced it would no longer offer its Skydio 2 Plus model to consumers. Instead, Skydio will now focus entirely on enterprise and public sector customers, who purchase drones through subscriptions rather than buying them off the shelf.