Linebird

09/11/2025

**Exciting Announcement**

Ashland, VA, 9/7/2025 – Linebird, a Virginia-based company enabling drones to perform work on energized power lines, has been chosen to join the 35 Mules innovation hub, operated by Florida Power & Light Company.

“This opportunity puts Linebird at the forefront of powerline innovation,” said Michael Beiro, CEO of Linebird. “We’re proud to represent Virginia and connect with subject matter experts.”

Out of 172 global applicants, Linebird is one of eight companies selected for the 15-month program. Participation gives the company access to industry mentorship, entrepreneurial and leadership coaching, and exposure to Fortune 500 experts as it scales operations.

“We are thrilled to welcome our fourth cohort of entrepreneurs into the 35 Mules family,” said Danielle Mousseau, Director of Economic Development, 35 Mules. “Each of these companies represents the bold, innovative spirit that 35 Mules is built to support. We are committed to empowering their growth while they develop transformative solutions that will benefit industries and the Florida business ecosystem."

About Linebird: Emerging from independent student research supported by a Fortune 500 power utility, Linebird was originally developed to answer a simple question: can drones be used by utilities not just as eyes in the skies, but to perform contact testing and measurement of live infrastructure? Once the core technology was proven, the founding team of utility, drone and robotics experts realized the full potential extended into many other areas of line work such as storm restoration, debris mitigation, switchgear cleaning/lubrication and ground-to-tower supply transportation.

Learn more: http://linebird.net/.

&L

09/01/2025

Linebird will be in Vegas this week. Come find Lee and hear about all the new innovations that Linebird is working on!

06/11/2025

Come join us in Houston and see all the new tools that Linebird is releasing in 2025

05/29/2025

**Not just a tool company...a SOLUTION provider**

For anyone that doesn't know, Linebird does more than just create tools. Our in-depth research and development program is providing solutions to fill the voids that currently trouble the drone, utility and emergency response spaces.

From bench to field, let us fill those gaps in modern technology.

&D

05/21/2025

Linebird has landed in Australia!

Linebird has officially made it to Australia as part of the Electrons Program – a global energy innovation accelerator connecting cutting-edge companies with some of the world’s leading utilities. We are bringing Linebird’s aerial live-line work technology to a new continent. Australia’s unique grid challenges and forward-thinking utilities make it an ideal place to expand our mission of improving safety, efficiency, and access in powerline maintenance and inspection.

While our team is down Under, Lee Corbin will be stateside at XPONENTIAL in this week – connecting with industry leaders and talking about our latest advances for utility operations. Whether Houston or Australia – the future of live-line work is here, and it’s flying.

06/16/2021

We're thrilled to share that our CEO Michael Beiro has been welcomed into the Forbes list alongside a brilliant class of inspiring entrepreneurs!

https://www.forbes.com/profile/michael-beiro/
https://www.forbes.com/next1000/

03/23/2021

We've made it to the final 4 of the RVA tech madness bracket, and we're up against the team to beat! If you like drones, power lines, infrastructure reliability and what we're doing to bring them all together please give us your vote this round for a shot at the finals! 1 vote per day!

https://www.bizjournals.com/richmond/inno/stories/tech-madness/2021/03/09/richmond-inno-2021-tech-madness.html

Voting for Richmond Inno's 2021 Tech Madness competition is open. Each of the bracket's 16 startups are private companies that are either bootstrapped or venture-backed and tech-enabled.

11/28/2020

Our team is extremely proud to announce we've completed our first successful high-voltage inspections on live power transmission lines! Check out the full story and video of this historic flight on our website: https://linebird.net/linebird-proves-their-systems-capabilities-on-real-world-transmission-infrastructure/

Linebird’s team is excited to announce that on October 28, 2020, they performed a successful test of their patent-pending UAS payload system with the Sensorlink Ohmstik on a live 115kV transmission structure in Virginia. While they had already proven the Linebird system was capable in a controlled...

10/28/2019

Couldn't be more thrilled to have been featured in the RTD's Startup Spotlight this week. It's an exciting prelude to Activation Capital's conference this week and more good things to come.

https://www.richmond.com/business/plus/richmond-startup-develops-drone-system-to-help-monitor-power-transmission/article_6d1de2cd-5069-518a-ba47-a4b4d80faa91.html

On a sunny September afternoon, Michael Beiro, Chase Coble and David Schul gathered on a tennis court at Chesterfield County’s Huguenot Park to do some drone flying.

06/13/2019

What do we do?

We are working to transform the way power transmission infrastructure is inspected and maintained, expanding the capabilities of unmanned systems to take work that was once costly and life-threatening and do it quickly, cheaply, and remotely with the power of automation. We are currently building a prototype to demonstrate that unmanned systems can bring lineman tools in contact with live transmission lines through a patent-pending process. We will then license to contractors who can easily deploy that process with equipment they already own and use for camera and infrared inspections. With revenues from that, we will work to expand unmanned systems' abilities to serve and maintain electrical infrastructure.
Utilities are slow to innovate. As long as the lights stay on and the water keeps flowing, there is little need to disrupt the status quo of how resources get to consumers. There isn't any competition pushing companies to find more efficient ways to use customers' money. That is true even as linemen have one of the 10 most dangerous jobs in the U.S. (https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/01/08/most-dangerous-jobs-us-where-fatal-injuries-happen-most-often/38832907/) with around 20 fatal workplace injuries per 100,000 workers every year.
The conservative approach the industry has taken towards technological innovation means many of the cost, time, and life savings possible with automation have yet to be exploited. That is the opportunity Beirobotics is built to seize on. Once we have demonstrated unmanned systems are hundreds of times safer, faster, and more affordable than the status quo of line work, utilities will move to implement our solutions, resulting in savings reinvested in critical infrastructure and cheaper electricity for consumers.

To determine the 25 most dangerous jobs, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed fatal injury rates for 72 occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries.

05/02/2019

Had an amazing time at the SCOREcard pitch competition finals on Wednesday, where we took home 3rd place and a $1,000 prize! Congrats to the other finalists, and to Kilo Medical Solutions for winning 1st place! Stay tuned for more updates!

Read the full story here: https://www.richmond.com/business/local/startup-that-created-a-device-to-help-premature-infants-get/article_5354061b-fce0-5651-ab76-fa2e7e5d50a3.html