Episode 15 | Drone-in-a-Box at Scale - Ariel Avitan (Percepto)

<p>In this episode, I sit down with <strong>Ariel Avitan</strong>, co-founder of Percepto; one of the companies quietly leading the adoption of autonomous drone systems across infrastructure in the United States.</p><p>Percepto didn’t just build a drone.<br />They built the full system - The box, the drone, the firmware, and the application, all designed to operate in real environments, weather, congested airspace and beyond line of sight.</p><p>We talk about what it takes to move from technology to deployment, and why some of the most important work in autonomy today is happening far from the spotlight - in energy sites, utilities, and industrial facilities.</p><p>Ariel shares his perspective on:</p><ul><li>Building a full-stack autonomous system, end-to-end</li><li>Working closely with regulators and being part of the FAA unmanned vehicles ecosystem</li><li>Why infrastructure became the right entry point for autonomy</li><li>The gap between building a product and operating it in the field</li><li>What changes when founders relocate and stay close to their customers</li></ul><p>This is a conversation about execution, proximity, and building systems that are meant to run without you there.</p>