# Greypoint Industries

> Greypoint Industries is a Y Combinator S26 defense hardware startup building mass-produced, soldier-deployable autonomous interceptors that shoot down attacking drones for a fraction of the cost of the drones themselves. Founded by four Canadians with roots in the Canadian Infantry and hardware engineering, the company designs and manufactures counter-drone systems for Western and allied forces, aiming to give frontline soldiers an affordable answer to mass drone-swarm attacks.

- **Founded:** 2025
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, USA
- **Founders:** Darcy Zhang (Co-Founder, CEO), Nic Chu (Co-Founder, COO), Jordan Khoo (Co-Founder, CTO), Steven Xu (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** 4
- **Products:** Autonomous Interceptor, LEGION
- **Notable:** Accepted into Y Combinator's Summer 2026 (S26) batch, Won Canada's first Defence Tech Hackathon for an Arctic sovereignty concept using satellite data and drones to detect and monitor unidentified vessels, Founding member of the ACDC Canadian defence alliance

## Products & services

- **Autonomous Interceptor** — A mass-produced, soldier-deployable, fire-and-forget interceptor designed to defeat attacking drones for a fraction of the target's cost, built for counter-UAS (counter-uncrewed-aircraft-system) defense.
- **LEGION** — An autonomous drone-swarm system that identifies, geolocates, and tracks battlefield radio emitters - jammers, command posts, and drone operators - shifting forces from reactive to proactive threat response.

## Achievements

- Accepted into Y Combinator's Summer 2026 (S26) batch
- Won Canada's first Defence Tech Hackathon for an Arctic sovereignty concept using satellite data and drones to detect and monitor unidentified vessels
- Founding member of the ACDC Canadian defence alliance
- Demonstrated geolocation capabilities with the Canadian Armed Forces
- Featured on RankYC's S26 power ranking

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Raised a $130K YC seed round as part of the Summer 2026 batch.
- **2026-02** — Named a founding member of the ACDC Canadian defence alliance.

## Links

- Website: https://greypointindustries.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/greypoint-industries
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Greypoint_

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Last updated: 2026-07-31