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Hummingbird Overview

Infrastructure for Autonomous Drone Services

Hummingbird is building a decentralized infrastructure layer for autonomous drone operations. By combining a network of community-deployed charging and parking stations with a shared, on-demand fleet of drones, Hummingbird enables anyone to access drone services through a simple map-based interface—no hardware ownership required.

The problem today is simple: the drone market is growing fast—but lacks the infrastructure to scale. Flight range, uptime, and deployment flexibility are all bottlenecked by the absence of reliable, distributed charging infrastructure.

Just like Helium decentralized wireless networks, Hummingbird applies the DePIN model to the physical needs of drones—enabling anyone to deploy infrastructure, earn revenue, and expand the reach of aerial services city by city.

Users (governments, businesses, citizens) pay only for completed missions—like surveillance, inspection, or delivery—while contributors earn for powering the network via uptime, coverage, and energy usage.

With the global autonomous drone market projected to exceed $160B by 2030, Hummingbird solves the foundational infrastructure gap—combining decentralized, community-powered stations with a vertically integrated fleet to deliver drone services that are cheaper, faster, and far more scalable than traditional models. The sky is not the limit – it’s the opportunity.

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