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Psyche Aerospace

Psyche Aerospace is an innovative service that uses a fleet of autonomous drones to spray large crops quickly, easily, and accurately.
26-09-2022
101-250
101-250
São Jose Dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Aerospace
  • AgTech
  • Crop Production Process and Equipment
  • Industrial Manufacturing

Innovation

Industry Problem

Large farms need faster, more precise application and mapping without exposing pilots or workers, while smaller producers need easier access to agronomic data and risk monitoring.

R&D Focus

Autonomous agricultural aircraft and rovers; geospatial analytics; onboard AI; agronomic chatbot/software.

Innovative Solution

Psyche developed the Harpia P-71 and other drones/rovers plus the Psycheverse software ecosystem and Turing agribusiness AI assistant. The company later shifted emphasis from hardware to software.

Solution Effectiveness

Forbes reported a Harpia P-71 target of 40 hectares per hour and one hour of flight endurance. In 2024, the company cited 1.2 million hectares in letters of intent. These were company claims around a prototype, not scaled commercial results.

Investment Funding

Last Funding Stage

Venture - Series Unknown

Total Funding Amount

$6.5M

Last Funding Amount

$3.0M

Last Funding Date

24-10-2024

Lead Investors

Eder Medeiros, Gabriel Leal, Unknown Profile

People

Founders

About

Psyche Aerospace is a Brazilian deep tech company that works in hardware, software and artificial intelligence to boost the aerospace and agribusiness sectors. The company develops propulsion systems, drones, robotics, remote sensing, geospatial data analysis and AI platforms for applications in advanced agricultural operations and strategic communication solutions. With an integrated R&D ecosystem, Psyche creates everything from autonomous drone prototypes to risk monitoring and prediction software, ensuring efficiency and safety in the field. The onboard artificial intelligence allows mapping crop failures, planning flight routes and predicting weather anomalies, supporting both rural producers and more ambitious aerospace initiatives. In the operational sphere, the company has been strengthening partnerships with research institutes, universities and major industry players, in addition to establishing a network of strategic communication bases to cover key agribusiness regions. The technological pipeline includes AI solutions applied to aerospace engineering. Looking to the future, Psyche Aerospace is exploring the possibility of asteroid mining, developing economic, technological and legal feasibility studies for the extraction of precious resources in long-term missions. The goal is to combine its know-how in space exploration hardware and software with advanced automation technologies, autonomous robotics and AI, consolidating itself as a leading player in the “new space” and sustainability of extraterrestrial resources.

Products

Product

Current software: Turing/Psycheverse for agronomic interaction, monitoring, mapping, and risk insights. Historical hardware: Harpia P-71, Harpia Hexa, Sabiá, Carcará, Tatu, and Golias. Independent customer reviews were not located.

Star Product

Turing/Psycheverse – currently the more relevant star product because the company publicly shifted its focus to software; Harpia P-71 remains the historical flagship prototype.

Demo Product or Complete Product?

Mixed/changed stage. Harpia P-71 completed a first flight in March 2024 and a proof of concept in early 2025. In a May 2025 clarification, Psyche said it was pausing the hardware division and focusing on software. Turing launched in January 2025.

Future Plan

Market Expansion

A January 2025 plan proposed a new São Paulo industrial park and scaled hardware production, but a later May 2025 statement paused the hardware division. Current expansion should therefore be evaluated around software, not the earlier factory plan.

Investment Funding

Company timeline: R$4 million seed financing in October 2023 and a R$17 million Series A milestone in 2024; media also reported a R$15 million investment for Harpia. Forbes reported a planned US$50–60 million Series B in January 2025, but the May 2025 hardware pause said further capital would take time. No later confirmed round was found.

M&A and Collabs

Collab

Grupo Produzir – hosted or supported a Harpia proof-of-concept program in February 2025, according to Psyche’s company timeline.

Collab

Parque de Inovação Tecnológica de São José dos Campos – incubation/early development environment cited in funding coverage.

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