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Lucid Bots is a robotics company based in Charlotte, North Carolina, that manufactures drones for exterior cleaning and maintenance. The company was founded in 2018 under the name Lucid Drone Technologies and later renamed Lucid Bots. They primarily sell the Sherpa Drone, a spraying drone capable of soft and pressure washing.
History
[edit]Lucid Bots was founded by Andrew Ashur along with fellow Davidson College students Adrian Mayans and David Danielson in 2018 under the name Lucid Drone Technologies.[1][2] The three founders personally took on exterior cleaning contracts early on to gain an understanding of the building maintenance industry before developing their own hardware.[1][3] In the summer of 2019, the company was accepted into Y Combinator.[1][2]
The company's initial business plan was written by Ashur, who also built early prototypes at Davidson College's Jay Hurt Hub for Innovation and Entrepreneurship before graduating in 2019.[4]
In August 2023, the company changed its name from Lucid Drone Technologies to Lucid Bots and announced plans to move into an additional 16,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Charlotte, adjacent to its original 6,000-square-foot headquarters.[5] The move was completed in 2024.[6]
Lucid Bots raised $9.1 million in Series A funding in May 2024.[1] In October 2025, the company introduced payloads allowing operators to apply paint and protective coatings with the drone.[7] In March 2026, Lucid Bots raised $20 million in a Series B round led by Cubit Capital and Idea Fund Partners, bringing its total funding to $34 million; the company reported that its annual revenue had exceeded its combined total from its first seven years of operation.[6] Following the round, the company began evaluating further expansion after approaching capacity at its roughly 22,000-square-foot office and manufacturing facility in Charlotte.[6][4]
Partnerships and initiatives
[edit]In May 2022, while operating as Lucid Drone Technologies, the company entered into an agreement with T-Mobile for Business, under which T-Mobile served as the exclusive fleet management provider for the company's spraying drones.[8]
In November 2022, Lucid Bots announced a partnership with Sunbelt Rentals to make its drones available for rent nationwide, alongside its existing direct-purchase and lease options.[9]
In April 2026, Lucid Bots and Davidson College launched the Davidson Innovation Fellows Program, a paid 12-month fellowship with an option to extend up to five years. The program places recent Davidson graduates in hands-on roles from robot testing, engineering, software development, data analysis, and business operations at Lucid Bots; the company said it expected to host up to four fellows annually.[4] In May 2026, Lucid Bots received an investment from the NC Tweener Fund, an early-stage investment vehicle backed by the NC IDEA foundation.[10]
Products
[edit]The Sherpa Drone is Lucid Bots' flagship product, engineered to support interchangeable payloads for pressure washing, window cleaning, soft washing, and coating/painting of building exteriors.[3][11]
Lucid Bots manufactures the drones and positions its products for use by third-party cleaning-service operators rather than operating the equipment itself. The company reported that its operator network had cumulatively generated more than $75 million in revenue as of March 2026.[3]
Recognition
[edit]Lucid Bots, then operating as Lucid Drone Technologies, was included on Forbes' 2021 "30 Under 30 — Manufacturing & Industry" list.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Hall, Christine. "Lucid Bots secures $9M for drones to clean more than your windows." TechCrunch, May 8, 2024.
- ^ a b Y Combinator company directory listing, Lucid Bots (S19 batch).
- ^ a b c Szkutak, Rebecca. "Lucid Bots raises $20M to keep up with demand for its window-washing drones." TechCrunch, March 25, 2026.
- ^ a b c Graham, Symone. "Lucid Bots returns to Davidson College with paid fellowship to build AI talent pipeline." Charlotte Business Journal, April 30, 2026.
- ^ Graham, Symone. "Local startup Lucid Drone Technologies is now Lucid Bots as it rolls out robotic pressure washer." Charlotte Business Journal, August 25, 2023.
- ^ a b c Graham, Symone. "Charlotte startup Lucid Bots plots expansion after $20M raise." Charlotte Business Journal, March 27, 2026.
- ^ "Lucid Bots Brings Embodied AI to Commercial Painting with Industry-First Robotic Capability." PR Newswire, October 8, 2025.
- ^ French, Sally. "Lucid Technologies window-washing drones score with T-Mobile deal." The Drone Girl, May 2, 2022.
- ^ French, Sally. "Lucid offers exterior building cleaning drone for rent." The Drone Girl, November 1, 2022.
- ^ Graham, Symone. "Three Charlotte startups land investments as NC IDEA-backed fund goes statewide." Charlotte Business Journal, May 20, 2026.
- ^ NVIDIA Writers. "Celebrating More Than 2 Million Developers Embracing NVIDIA Robotics." NVIDIA Blog, August 18, 2025.
- ^ Forbes. "Lucid Drone Technologies." Forbes 30 Under 30, 2021 list, Manufacturing & Industry category.
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