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Origin Robotics

Riga, Latvia · Founded 2022

Origin Robotics builds autonomous drone weapons in Latvia. BLAZE is an interceptor drone with a high-explosive warhead, bought by Latvia, Estonia, Belgium and France. BEAK is a man-portable drone that delivers precision-guided munitions.

Profile

What it builds and who buys it

  • ·BLAZE combines radar detection with AI computer vision on an EO/IR sensor suite, and an operator confirms each engagement. It can be waved off until its final approach.Origin Robotics
  • ·BLAZE is man-portable; its transport case doubles as a launch station and charging dock, and the first drone can be airborne in under five minutes.Origin Robotics
  • ·The company told The Next Web that each BLAZE costs at least 10 times less than the drones it is designed to intercept.The Next Web, May 6, 2025
  • ·In March 2025 the Latvian Ministry of Defence awarded it an R&D contract, co-financed by both, to develop a high-speed interceptor drone.Origin Robotics (EDR Magazine), Mar 6, 2025
  • ·In early 2026 it began delivering BLAZE to the armed forces of Latvia, Belgium and Estonia. It describes BLAZE as the first NATO-codified autonomous interceptor drone with a STANAG-compliant warhead module.Origin Robotics (EDR Magazine), Feb 6, 2026
  • ·In May 2026 it announced a multi-year framework agreement with the Latvian Armed Forces for BLAZE. The first contract under it, financed through the EU’s SAFE instrument, was approved by the Latvian Cabinet on April 21, 2026; its value was not disclosed.sUAS News, May 19, 2026
  • ·In June 2026 the French Armed Forces selected BLAZE after an evaluation by the DGA, France’s defence procurement agency. The French company DSV is to supply the systems and set up local assembly.Investment and Development Agency of Latvia, Jun 17, 2026
  • ·BEAK is a man-portable drone that carries up to 4 kg of munitions over a range of more than 12 km, with an anti-jamming datalink and GNSS.Origin Robotics
  • ·BEAK has been ordered by Latvia, the Netherlands and Sweden.LSM, Jul 29, 2026
  • ·BEAK is deployed in active combat in Ukraine, The Next Web reported in May 2025.The Next Web, May 6, 2025
  • ·Its 2025 revenue was €8,646,433 and its profit €627,964, up from revenue of €812,469 in 2024. Its staff grew from 13 in 2023 to 61 in 2025.LSM, Jul 29, 2026
  • ·It has received more than €5 million in public funding, including European Defence Fund grants.LSM, Jul 29, 2026

Founders and leadership

  • Agris KipursCo-founder and chief executive

    Co-founded Airdog, a maker of autonomous consumer drones later acquired by Alarm.com, and was its chief executive from 2014 to 2020. Earlier he co-founded and led JIC Biznesa Inkubators, a Baltic startup accelerator.Origin Robotics

  • Ilja NevdahCo-founder and chief technology officer

    Co-founder and chief technology officer of Airdog from 2013 to 2020, then chief engineer in Alarm.com’s drones and robotics division until 2022.Origin Robotics

Funding

Last valuation

No citable valuation

Last round or tender

Pre-seed

TechCrunch, Oct 25, 2024

€2.4 million in venture capital, not converted to US dollars, led by Change Ventures with Silicon Roundabout Ventures. The company also had €1.6 million in EU grants and Latvian Ministry of Defence support, which it counted toward €4 million in total funding. Silicon Canals called it a pre-seed round. No valuation was stated. The Next Web reported in May 2025 that the company had raised over $9 million to date; no other round is citable, so none has a row.

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Post-money valuation by round

Fewer than two dated figures on file to plot; the table carries what there is.

DateRoundRaisedPost-money
Oct 25, 2024Pre-seed€2.4 million in venture capital, not converted to US dollars, led by Change Ventures with Silicon Roundabout Ventures. The company also had €1.6 million in EU grants and Latvian Ministry of Defence support, which it counted toward €4 million in total funding. Silicon Canals called it a pre-seed round. No valuation was stated. The Next Web reported in May 2025 that the company had raised over $9 million to date; no other round is citable, so none has a row.——

Revenue

No citable revenue figure on file.

Secondary venues

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Reads

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Sources

Researched Oct 15, 2026