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What is Shield AI stock worth?

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide.

Estimated share price

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Shield AI has an observed estimated price: most recent data 2026-09-15, daily history back to 2022-06-21.

Estimated from live trades and accepted bids across employer liquidity programs, institutional trades, broker trades, and pre-IPO marketplaces. Private shares are illiquid and transfer-restricted; estimates are educational, not an offer or advice. The preview above is blurred and illustrative. How this is calculated

About Shield AI

Employees
1,813
Founded
2015
Industry
Defense and Space Manufacturing, Transportation Equipment Manufacturing, Manufacturing
Website
shield.ai

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Leaving Shield AI? Mind the window.

If you hold options, leaving usually starts a post-termination exercise clock, often 90 days. Miss it and vested options can expire worthless; exercise blindly and you may owe real money (including possible AMT) on shares you can't yet sell. Neither panic nor autopilot is a plan. Knowing your window, your exercise cost, and the current estimated price is.

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Liquidity events at Shield AI

Reported tender offers, secondary sales, acquisitions and public-listing steps. These are the events that determine whether shareholders can sell.

Shield AI in the last 12 months

  • 1 funding round
  • 1 lawsuit or investigation
  • 1 product launch
  • 4 partnership or customer win
  • 2 acquisition (as buyer)

Covered by 35 distinct publications since 2021-02-23.

Who founded Shield AI

Brandon Tseng

Shield AI news timeline

Shield AI equity, answered plainly

Is Shield AI a public company?

No. Shield AI is privately held, which is exactly why its share price doesn't show up in your brokerage app. The company (founded in 2015, operating in defense and space manufacturing, with roughly 1,813 employees) remains private even at that scale. Its shares still change hands between eligible buyers and sellers on the secondary market, producing an observable estimated price.

What is Shield AI's stock price?

Shield AI has an observed estimated share price from secondary-market activity, updated as new data is observed. Its observed price history runs back to 2022-06-21. ExitCue members see the current estimate and its full history free, along with what their own grants are approximately worth at that price.

Can you sell Shield AI stock before an IPO?

Sometimes. Private-share sales depend on Shield AI's transfer restrictions, rights of first refusal, and whether the company runs tender offers or permits secondary sales. Your grant documents and the company's policies govern, but "hard to sell today" is not the same as "worth zero."

What happens to my Shield AI options if I leave?

Most option grants have a post-termination exercise window, commonly 90 days, sometimes longer, after which unexercised options expire worthless. The exact terms are in your grant documents. ExitCue reads those documents, tracks the deadline, and reminds you before the window closes.

How much is my Shield AI equity worth?

Multiply what you hold by the estimated share price, separating vested from unvested, and netting out strike prices for options. That's precisely the arithmetic ExitCue does for you, continuously, at the current observed estimate. It's an educational estimate, not a guarantee, and a far better anchor than the $0 the internet suggests.

What's the difference between Shield AI's 409A valuation and what its shares trade at?

The 409A is a tax-compliance appraisal, usually conservative, used to set option strike prices. Secondary-market pricing reflects what buyers and sellers actually agree to. The two frequently differ, which is why evaluating an offer on the 409A alone undersells (or oversells) it.

When will Shield AI IPO?

Unless Shield AI has publicly announced a listing, nobody knows, including the people who sound confident on forums. The practical upside of secondary markets is that you don't have to wait for an IPO to know approximately what the shares trade at.

Do my unvested Shield AI RSUs count for anything?

Unvested equity isn't yours yet, but it has an estimable value and a schedule. Seeing vested and unvested value separately, in dollars at the current estimated price, turns "some RSUs" into a number you can plan around.

General educational information, not advice about your specific situation. Grant terms vary; your documents govern.

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