Swift Navigation

Swift Navigation

Provides centimeter-level GNSS positioning for autonomy

Overview

Swift Navigation provides precise GNSS positioning for autonomous applications. It achieves centimeter-level accuracy through RTK receivers and an integrated ecosystem of hardware, software, and cloud corrections, including Starling for positioning and Skylark for cloud-based corrections. Its offerings span hardware like Piksi Multi and Duro, software, and cloud services designed for multiple industries. The goal is to enable safer driving, efficient logistics, and broader automation by making high-accuracy positioning accessible across automotive, logistics, robotics, rail, and more.

About Swift Navigation

Simplify's Rating
Why Swift Navigation is rated
B-
Rated B on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Data & Analytics

Robotics & Automation

Automotive & Transportation

Hardware

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series E

Total Funding

$247.6M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2012

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What believers are saying

  • Swift raised a $50 million Series E in July 2025, extending runway.
  • Taiwan Mobile, Airtel, and KDDI partnerships expanded Skylark distribution in 2025.
  • Raven Connected's January 2026 launch broadens Swift into municipal road-asset intelligence.

What critics are saying

  • Quectel and Telit Cinterion can commoditize Skylark and squeeze Swift's pricing power.
  • Any carrier or cloud outage breaks centimeter positioning and immediately harms enterprise deployments.
  • Autonomous and robotics customers can defer adoption until cheaper chipmakers replicate RTK performance.

What makes Swift Navigation unique

  • Swift Navigation's Skylark reached over 20 hardware partners by September 2025.
  • Its carrier-grade correction network spans North America, Europe, Asia, and Taiwan.
  • Starling and Skylark bundle software and cloud corrections for autonomy and industrial IoT.

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Funding

Total Funding

$247.6M

Below

Industry Average

Funded Over

6 Rounds

Notable Investors:
Series E funding typically includes additional rounds after Series D if the company needs more capital. The business is usually stable, and these rounds are typically used for further expansion or to address market challenges.
Series E Funding Comparison
Below Average

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Benefits

Remote Work Options

Flexible Work Hours

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Professional Development Budget

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

0%
PR Newswire
May 13th, 2026
Telit Cinterion bundles Swift Navigation's Skylark for sub-metre IoT positioning

Telit Cinterion has partnered with Swift Navigation to bundle Skylark GNSS corrections into an integrated IoT positioning solution. The offering combines dual-frequency L1+L5 GNSS modules and cellular connectivity with Skylark Dx corrections, providing sub-metre accuracy without requiring RTK infrastructure. The solution targets applications including e-mobility, fleet and asset tracking, robotics and drones. Skylark Dx delivers country-wide corrections via NTRIP with minimal data payload and power consumption. Customers can upgrade to Skylark Nx RTK on compatible modules for higher accuracy without switching suppliers. The service is now available across Europe, North America, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, with additional regions planned. What began as a technical partnership in 2024 has evolved into a comprehensive joint offering under a single contract.

Associated Press
Apr 15th, 2026
Nexxiot and Swift Navigation bring track-level GPS precision to rail freight operations

Nexxiot, a Zurich-based asset intelligence provider, has partnered with Swift Navigation to integrate Swift's Skylark Precise Positioning Service into Nexxiot's Globehopper device for rail freight operations. The collaboration delivers track-level accuracy, addressing a critical limitation of conventional GPS systems that typically have margins of error of several metres. The solution enables dispatchers to determine precisely which track a railcar occupies in busy shunting yards, reducing manual checks and improving safety. Swift's cloud-based correction service provides centimetre-level accuracy whilst maintaining the Globehopper's ultra-long battery life through energy harvesting and intelligent power management. The integration aims to accelerate terminal operations and support automation in rail logistics. Swift Navigation's Skylark currently powers over 10 million vehicles and devices globally.

The GPS Time
Dec 15th, 2025
RoundSolutions and Swift Navigation Partner to Bring Reliable, Centimeter-Level GPS Accuracy to Telematics and IoT

RoundSolutions and Swift Navigation partner to bring reliable, centimeter-level GPS accuracy to telematics and IoT. Partnership Combines Swift's Skylark Precise Positioning Service with RoundSolutions' Deep Hardware Expertise to Create a Robust, End-to-End Stack for Industrial IoT Swift Navigation, a global leader in precise positioning technology, and RoundSolutions, a premier distributor and systems integrator of industrial IoT hardware and an official Telit Cinterion value added distributor, announced a strategic partnership. This collaboration enables RoundSolutions to resell Swift's Skylark Precise Positioning Service alongside compatible Telit GNSS modules and customer optimized antenna systems, offering customers a complete, industrially reliable solution for centimeter-level positioning. The challenge: enterprise applications demand high-accuracy positioning. The next generation of enterprise telematics, fleet management, and asset tracking requires reliable, centimeter-accurate positioning. Standard Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) limit accuracy to several meters due to signal errors. This is further degraded in industrial environments by Radio Frequency (RF) interference and signal detuning. To execute sophisticated functions reliably, enterprise applications need a combined solution: a robust hardware stack that guarantees clean GNSS signal quality and a software service that corrects signal errors to deliver centimeter accuracy. The solution: bridging Reliable Hardware and reliable accuracy. The partnership bridges the gap between resilient system integration and high-accuracy positioning software. RoundSolutions will leverage its Official Telit Cinterion reseller status to package and sell Swift's Skylark with compatible Telit GNSS products, creating a robust, end-to-end stack for industrial IoT. * Reliable Hardware Backbone: RoundSolutions' expertise ensures clean signal quality through highly immune antenna systems and stable hardware integration. * Centimeter-Accurate GNSS: Swift's Skylark corrects GNSS signal errors, achieving centimeter accuracy for next-generation telematics and IoT use cases. * Engineering that Scales: The combined solution is engineered to overcome real-world constraints like multipath and vibration, supporting rapid industrial deployment. "RoundSolutions has always focused on ensuring our customers' deployments work perfectly in the field," said Ben Hoelke, CEO at RoundSolutions. "By integrating Swift's highly reliable Skylark service with our curated Telit Cinterion hardware and custom antenna solutions, we are providing the complete, proven stack needed to unlock next-generation solutions in demanding environments." Skylark: the reliable correction service. Swift's Skylark, a cloud-based GNSS corrections service, is uniquely architected for reliable accuracy at mass-market scale. Its proprietary atmospheric model, carrier-operated network and AWS-based cloud architecture ensure superior performance, while its ecosystem-driven design simplifies integration, making high-accuracy positioning affordable and reducing total cost of ownership. "High-accuracy positioning is rapidly becoming table stakes in enterprise IoT applications," said Holger Ippach, EVP of Product and Marketing at Swift Navigation. "RoundSolutions delivers the field-proven hardware integration needed to maximize Skylark's performance. This collaboration simplifies the deployment path for enterprises demanding the highest levels of performance and availability." Interested customers and partners can contact RoundSolutions directly for availability and technical specifications on their Skylark-compatible Telit Cinterion bundles.

IoT Business News
Nov 11th, 2025
Quectel and Swift Bring Centimeter-Level Precision to IoT

Quectel and Swift bring centimeter-level precision to IoT. Quectel Wireless Solutions has partnered with Swift Navigation, a global leader in precise positioning, to deliver Quectel's real-time kinematic (RTK) Correction Solution, which enables cost-effective, centimeter-level positioning accuracy for a new generation of IoT applications. This collaboration allows Quectel to simplify the complexities of high-precision GNSS by bundling its RTK modules and antennas with Swift's Skylark(TM) Precise Positioning Service, offering equipment manufacturers a streamlined, end-to-end solution for RTK adoption and deployment. Quectel's RTK Correction Solution delivers exceptional accuracy and reliability, achieving centimeter-level positioning accuracy that significantly outperforms traditional GNSS solutions. Partnering with Swift enables Quectel to tailor optimized solutions for specific applications, helping equipment manufacturers simplify the complexities of RTK adoption and deployment. The Quectel RTK Correction Solution is designed to support a wide range of mass-market applications, including robotics, automotive, micro-mobility, precision agriculture, surveying, and mining. Swift's Skylark delivers high-quality, multi-constellation, multi-frequency RTK corrections with broad geographic coverage across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. Its consistent performance allows customers to design, test, and deploy solutions across regions without compromising accuracy, scalability or reliability. "Partnering with Swift Navigation in delivering our RTK Correction Service program represents a major step forward in high-precision positioning technology," said Brandon Oakes, Director of GNSS and Short Range, North America, Quectel Wireless Solutions. "The reliability of Skylark allows us to provide customers with robust one-stop solutions, accelerating adoption of RTK across a wide range of industries." "This partnership with Quectel is about democratizing high-accuracy GNSS," said Holger Ippach, Executive Vice President of Product and Marketing at Swift Navigation. "By seamlessly combining Skylark's proven, best-in-class cloud correction service with Quectel's trusted, high-performance hardware, we are delivering an integrated solution that is not just reliable, but truly scalable and cost-effective. We are moving centimeter-level accuracy from niche applications to mass-market adoption, unlocking unprecedented value and automation for our customers across automotive, robotics, and industrial IoT." The Quectel RTK global solution ensures consistent compatibility and performance across multiple regions and is compatible with Quectel's high-performance, quad-band GNSS RTK modules, including the LG290P, LG580P, and LG680P, facilitating worldwide adoption and deployment. All modules deliver ultra-high performance for demanding applications, ensuring exceptional RTK availability and quality even in challenging environments. The solution also supports the LC29H series, a dual-band, multi-constellation, high-precision GNSS module designed to deliver centimeter- and decimeter-level positioning accuracy with strong power efficiency to meet evolving market needs. In addition, Quectel provides a full-stack service offering, including 360-degree engineering support, precision antenna provisioning, and tuning services. This integrated approach helps customers streamline development cycles, reduce integration challenges, and achieve optimal RF performance for faster time-to-market.

The Economic Times
Sep 30th, 2025
Airtel Business partners Swift Navigation to launch AI/ML-powered cloud-based location service

The service combines Swift Navigation's Skylark technology with Airtel's pan-India 4G/5G network to provide a reliable centimetre-level accurate positioning platform for mission-critical, large-scale location-based applications.

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