We launched our incredible pilot program with Bee Cave, TX in August of 2024. Since then, we’ve been able to provide massive value by responding to calls and providing insights before responders arrive. Their program consists of 3 drones/stations strategically placed around the city, remotely operated by Bee Cave public safety.

Case Study: In Bee Cave, Texas, our pilot customer received a call about a football field sized fire near an apartment complex. The operator dispatched 20 fire trucks based on the caller’s report. However, after viewing live video from our drone, she saw it was a controlled worksite fire and called off all resources. When Austin, TX, a massively understaffed city, saw these results, they were desperate to start working with us.

AFWERX SBIR Phase II, Non-dilutive funding $1.65M

The AUVSI Partnership for Drone Competitiveness is a new initiative to address the acute challenge the drone industry faces with respect to subsidized competition from China and the loss of the component supply chain.

Capital Factory had Secretary Blinken visit and speak with 3 startups. We were on of those chosen by Blinken’s team to meet him. We got about 20 Minutes of his time, assembling a drone together, talking about the state of public safety and how drones can help. Secretary Blinken also got to do a Q&A with us that was featured on the news! Thank you Capital Factory for providing this amazing opportunity for us to expand our network.

Picture below is of our CEO Roger Pecina, explaining the charging nest system.

eve and the well known Dr.Singh of army research labs have enter into a collaborative research and development agreement. With ARL’s ground breaking quadrotor biplane design, we will achieve a %40 boost in efficiency during flight. eve has exclusivity for this patent in the drone industry through our agreement, making this an incredible competitive advantage.

eve applied to an AFWERX Open Topic and was awarded a Phase I SBIR contract for $75,000.00 in non-dilutive funding. The topic focused around eve’s drone networks. eve will be applying to a follow-on SBIR Phase II application in November 2023.

Capital Factory is the center of gravity for entrepreneurs in Texas, the number one state for startups in the U.S. Thousands of entrepreneurs, programmers, and designers gather day and night, in-person and online for meetups, classes, and coworking. With boots on the ground in Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio, we meet the best entrepreneurs in Texas and introduce them to investors, employees, mentors, and customers. According to Pitchbook, Capital Factory has been the most active, early-stage investor in Texas since 2010.

The research project is a collaboration between The University of Texas - Center for Electromechanics (UT-CEM) and the eve Vehicles Corporation. Initial research activities include:

1) Improving the performance of autonomous local energy generation 2) Increasing the efficiency of an eve Vehicles’ electric motor concept. 3) Testing and analysis of smart composite vehicle frame

We entered a Nation Security Innovation Network hackathon for the strategic use of energy. We won with our CROW concept and this really launched us as a company. We’ve gained great government connections from the program and were awarded $15k.