French startup HyLight secures €13 million to expand autonomous airship production
Written by AI from 1 report listed below. Not checked by a person before publication. How we use AI
HyLight, a French startup founded in 2022 and a Y Combinator graduate, raised €13 million to scale up production of its autonomous airships.
The 12‑metre‑long airships can travel up to 350 kilometres, hover at about 25 metres altitude and are equipped with LiDAR, cameras and methane detectors, allowing them to identify up to 50 different types of potential issues; four airships were in operation, mostly in France, as of October 2026.