Spexi is a decentralized drone-imagery and aerial-intelligence company that operates a blockchain-based fly-to-earn network enabling drone pilots to capture standardized high-resolution aerial imagery. Spexi's Twitter Score is 12 out of 1000 as of September 2026, ranking #80,081 among 486,573 tracked accounts.
Spexi was co-founded by Bill Lakeland as Co-Founder and CEO and Peter Szymczak as Co-Founder and CTO, and has built a network that, by the end of 2025, had logged more than 180,000 missions flown, more than 5.5 million acres imaged, and more than 8,000 active pilots. In 2025, Spexi spun its blockchain technology out into the independent LayerDrone Foundation, positioning itself as the foundation's founding core contributor and first value-added reseller. A $DRONE token launch tied to the LayerDrone network is planned for 2026, intended to reward pilots and other contributors.
Spexi closed an $11.5 million Series A led by Blockchange Ventures, with Moonshots Capital, Protocol Labs, and Tom Trowbridge participating. An earlier seed round of $5.5 million in 2022 was also led by Blockchange Ventures, with additional backing from Protocol Labs, InDro Robotics, Alliance DAO, FJ Labs, Dapper Labs, Vinny Lingham, Adam Jackson, and CyLon Ventures. The Government of Canada has also awarded Spexi a contract worth over $1 million to capture detailed Earth imagery in support of wildfire preparedness and response.
Spexi posts across 1,242 total updates on this platform. Spexi has been mentioned by 9 accounts, totaling 18 mentions.
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The accounts that follow Spexi include 63 founders, 21 angel investors, 25 influencers and 3 VCs, among them Mario Nawfal, Tushar Jain, Vinny Lingham, 0xSammy, Regan Bozman and zac.eth.