# Autopilot Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Autopilot Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 1 investment on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest Feb 2026.

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# Autopilot Ventures

Last cheque observed Feb 2026; 1 cheques on record.

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VC firm Deploying now Last fund, Dec 2024

Series A Growth AI Defense Energy

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**100%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 1 on record

Since the last cheque **275** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$300M** Rounds led **1 of 1**

Pitch Autopilot Ventures

## Autopilot Ventures highlights

- 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series C: 100% of its rounds
- 03 Led 1 rounds

## What they do

> Autopilot is a research-driven venture firm focused on the early-growth phase. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Series A Growth
- **Sectors:** AI Defense Energy
- **Based in:** United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **1 appearances**

- **2026** 1 round
- **Feb** **[Skyryse](https://millionrounds.com/company/skyryse)** Series C · US · TechCrunch **$300M** *Led*

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **2 named**

MM **Maximilian Marlon Hans Friedrich** Manager i Filing they signed

WC **William Christopher Summerlin** Manager i Filing they signed

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$110M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** Autopilot Management Company LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 329400

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**5** of 8 we have independently watched raise

[> website](https://millionrounds.com/company/ayar-labs)[> website](https://millionrounds.com/company/mach-industries)[> website](https://millionrounds.com/company/replit)[> website](https://millionrounds.com/company/skyryse)[> website](https://millionrounds.com/company/fluidstack) > website > website > website

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Latest fund on file

**Raised**

a fund in Dec 2024

From its SEC filing. Nothing newer is on file yet.

## The cheque

Series A Growth

Median round joined **$300M** the round, not its cheque

Led 1 of 1 rounds **100%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Feb 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series C *1*
- Series A said *-*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

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## Recently backed

The latest companies Autopilot Ventures put money into.

[**Skyryse** $300M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/skyryse)

## Quick answers about Autopilot Ventures

### What does Autopilot Ventures invest in?

Autopilot Ventures invests most often at Series C (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI, Defense and Energy.

### How active is Autopilot Ventures?

1 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Feb 2026.

### What has Autopilot Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Skyryse (Series C, Feb 2026).

### How big are Autopilot Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $300M.

### Is Autopilot Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months.

### What kind of investor is Autopilot Ventures?

Autopilot Ventures is a VC firm based in United States.

### How much does Autopilot Ventures manage?

About $110M, as gross assets of its private funds (Oct 2026).

### Has Autopilot Ventures raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Dec 2024.

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