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Kelluu

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Kelluu designs, manufactures and operates hydrogen-powered autonomous airships and claims the world's largest autonomous airship fleet, sold as 'airship-as-a-service' for persistent ISR over defence, border-security, critical-infrastructure and environmental customers. The fleet has logged over 50,000 km including 12-hour Arctic missions, operates down to -33C and flies through sustained GNSS jamming. Started in civilian applications (forestry analytics in Sundsvall, digital twins and safety monitoring for mining company Terrafame) and expanded into defence; NATO LANDCOM recognized its persistent autonomy and in April 2026 it raised a EUR 15M Series A led by the NATO Innovation Fund - the fund's first Finnish investment.

HeadquartersJoensuu, FI
Founded2018
Corporate funding$16M
Team51-200
Deployments2
Open roles2
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Company overview

Identity and operating footprint

Company typeRobot maker
Market segmentCorporate
StageSeries A
FoundersJanne Hietala (Co-Founder & CEO), Jiri Jormakka (Co-Founder), Jouni Lintu (Co-Founder)
Regions servedEurope
Countries deployedNot listed
Service footprintNot listed
Last reviewed2026-07-05
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Robot models

Specifications remain vendor-claimed

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Kelluu autonomous airship

  • Hydrogen-powered lighter-than-air UAS flying autonomous 12-hour missions, operating at -33C and through sustained GNSS jamming; fleet has logged 50,000+ km

    Endurance and environmental envelope of autonomous ISR airship

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Deployment log

Announced and cited only

AnnouncedCustomerSiteCountryCountEvidence
2026-04-14Terrafamemine digital-twin and safety monitoring airship serviceFINot disclosedAnnouncement
2026-02-01Steadfast Dart 26 / NATOmilitary exercise surveillanceDENot disclosedAnnouncement
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Funding history

Publicly announced rounds

Investors on recordNATO Innovation FundKeen Venture PartnersGungnir CapitalTesi
HR

Hiring signal

Public job board · 2026-07-13

Open roles2

Hiring is an operating signal, not deployment evidence. Roles are refreshed from the company’s public careers system.

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Company timeline

Milestones and announcements

2026-04-14Airship-as-a-service deployments including Terrafame mine digital-twin/safety monitoring and Sundsvall forestry analytics pilotsEU-Startups
2026-04-14EUR 15M Series A led by NATO Innovation Fund (first NIF investment in Finland)EU-Startups
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Source ledger

2 unique public sources