{"id":16281,"date":"2025-02-09T16:23:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T00:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vantagerobotics.com\/?page_id=16281"},"modified":"2026-02-24T07:28:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T15:28:50","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vantagerobotics.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About \u2013 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row thb_full_width=&#8221;true&#8221;][vc_column][vc_raw_html css=&#8221;&#8221;]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[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row thb_full_width=&#8221;true&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1739161744516{background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221; thb_video_overlay_color=&#8221;rgba(255,255,255,0.01)&#8221; el_id=&#8221;hero-title&#8221; el_class=&#8221;hide&#8221;][vc_column thb_color=&#8221;thb-light-column&#8221; el_class=&#8221;hero-title&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\n<h1>Designed, built, and serviced in Silicon Valley.<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row thb_full_width=&#8221;true&#8221; bg_gradient_direction=&#8221;-45&#8243; thb_divider_position=&#8221;top&#8221; thb_divider_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; bg_gradient1=&#8221;#757575&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1739148701529{padding-top: 70px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;product&#8221; el_id=&#8221;about-intro&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner thb_max_width=&#8221;&#8221; rtl_reverse=&#8221;yes&#8221; 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el_class=&#8221;intro-subhead&#8221;]\n<h2>We\u2019re a team of Stanford and Yale-trained Silicon Valley engineers who set out to expand the aerial frontier.<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;intro-copy&#8221;]We design and build our products in our headquarters in San Leandro California\u00a0so we can maintain control over design, production, and quality, as well as bring together the latest technologies from Silicon Valley and beyond at unparalleled speed.\u00a0We service what we sell in the same facility so you can be sure we have your back.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row thb_full_width=&#8221;true&#8221; thb_row_padding=&#8221;true&#8221; thb_column_padding=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1739335988244{padding-top: 30vh !important;padding-bottom: 30vh !important;background: #ffffff url(https:\/\/vantagerobotics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/vantage-team-inside.jpg?id=16278) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221; 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The company has the backing of investors who have founded pioneering drone companies and taken over 20 high tech companies from seed or founding through acquisition or IPO.<\/p>\n<p>We have done nothing over the last fifteen years but focus on making the safest and most powerful flying camera the world has ever seen.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1739330775528{padding-bottom: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}&#8221;]\t<div id=\"thb-image-69fd5a082e4a6\" class=\"caption-style1  alignleft  intro-about thb_image_link wp-caption \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"thb-image-inner size_100\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"918\" src=\"https:\/\/vantagerobotics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/vantage-prod-dev.png\" class=\"thb_image    attachment-full\" alt=\"\" title=\"vantage-prod-dev\" 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class=\"thb-slidetype leadership\" data-style=\"style1\">\n\t\t\n<h2><span class=\"thb-slidetype-entry\"><span class=\"lines\">Vantage Leadership<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t[vc_empty_space]\t<div id=\"thb-team-912\" class=\"thb-team-row team-dark\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row style1 regular-padding\" data-columns=\"medium-6 thb-5\" data-pagination=\"true\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-autoplay-speed=\"4000\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"thb-team-member small-12 medium-6 thb-5 animation bottom-to-top-3d columns member_style1 team-has-link\">\n\t\t<div class=\"team-container \n\t\t\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"265\" height=\"265\" src=\"https:\/\/vantagerobotics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/tobin.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full\" alt=\"\" title=\"tobin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vantagerobotics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/tobin.jpeg 265w, https:\/\/vantagerobotics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/tobin-150x150.jpeg 150w, 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