The 25-year-old police drone founder has just raised $75 million, led by Index.

If you call 911 from a hard-to-reach area, you may hear the drone fuss before the police cruiser rises up. And it could be created by Brinc Drones, a Seattle-based startup founded by 25-year-old Blake Resnick.

Founded in 2017, Brinc counts Openai CEO Sam Altman as a seed stage investor announcement Today we raised $75 million in new funding led by Index Ventures.

This brings the startup’s total funding to date to $157.2 million. Brinc has not disclosed an accurate rating, but Resnick told TechCrunch it was an “upround” It will be compared The latest round is the 2022 $55 million Series B. BRINC was last valued in 2023 at a $300 million Bloomberg. It has been reported.

BRINC sells a variety of drone systems to police and public safety agencies. This is part of the broader trends of domestically-made drone startups due to an increase limit For Chinese companies that dominate the commercial drone industry. (Resnick temporarily interns with DJI, much more China’s biggest player, a few years before establishing BRINC.)

With this fund, BRINC is boot A “strategic alliance” with Motorola Solutions. He also invested in the round. Motorola Solutions is a giant in the US security industry, and its software runs many 911 call centers. This partnership will integrate BRINC drones directly into these centers, allowing operators to dispatch drones for specific emergency calls if cleared by existing Motorola AI systems.

However, BRINC is in an increasingly competitive area with other US startups Like the safety of the flock and Skydio. Each provides drones to police and has a multi-billion dollar valuation. Flock was $7.5 billion in its latest round last month meanwhile Skydio was valued at $2.2 billion in 2023.

As for competition, Resnick told TechCrunch that there is plenty of room for growth in a Chinese player-dominated market. Beyond Motorola’s partnership, he says BRINC offers a share of unique features, including the ability to break windows and deliver emergency medical devices.