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Zero Industries

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Zero builds a Visual Positioning System (VPS) that lets drones navigate autonomously in GPS-denied and contested environments. The stack fuses computer vision with inertial data (visual-inertial navigation, VINS) to compute real-time position where GPS is jammed or spoofed. It is designed as a lightweight, plug-and-play module that runs directly on embedded compute onboard the drone, without external infrastructure. The product is robot-primary autonomy software intended to integrate across third-party drone platforms rather than general-purpose positioning.

HeadquartersToulouse, FR
Founded2025
Defense funding$200K
TeamNot listed
Deployments0
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Company overview

Identity and operating footprint

Company typePhysical AI software
Market segmentDefense
StagePre-seed (backed by Project Europe and Heartfelt VC)
FoundersFrederico Baptista (Co-Founder & CEO), Joao Goncalo Silva (Co-Founder & CTO), Alvaro Patricio (Co-Founder & COO)
Regions servedEurope
Countries deployedNot listed
Service footprintNot listed
Last reviewed2026-07-16
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Funding history

Publicly announced rounds

Investors on recordProject EuropeHeartfelt VC
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Company timeline

Milestones and announcements

2025-10-27Zero Industries develops GPS-free visual navigation for drones from the ISAE-SUPAERO incubator in ToulouseECO
2025-07-30Zero Industries launches out of a European Defense Tech Hackathon, backed by Project Europe and Heartfelt VC with a ~$200K pre-seedSignalbase
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