Prophesee featured in FrenchWeb on Mantara and the emerging European counter-drone market
Prophesee’s €20 million fundraising, the launch of Mantara and the broader shift toward integrated defense and security solutions
PARIS, June 15, 2026 – FrenchWeb has featured Prophesee in an article on the company’s €20 million fundraising and the launch of Mantara, alongside the emergence of a broader European market for counter-drone and defense technologies.
The article looks at Prophesee’s evolution from a specialist in Event-Based Vision sensing toward more complete systems combining hardware, software and embedded intelligence, with Mantara representing an important step in that transition.
It also places Prophesee within a wider European context, where demand is growing for technologies capable of supporting critical infrastructure protection, security and counter-UAS applications. FrenchWeb highlights low latency and efficient event-based sensing as particularly relevant in environments where rapid detection and tracking are essential.
The article further connects this shift with a broader European effort to build stronger industrial capabilities in advanced sensing, embedded AI and defense technology, as companies move closer to operational applications and complete solutions.
About Prophesee
Prophesee is the inventor of the world’s most advanced full-stack neuromorphic vision systems. The company developed a breakthrough Event-based Vision approach to machine vision, spanning from design and industrialization of sensor devices to algorithm and AI model integration. This new vision category allows for significant reductions of power, latency and data processing requirements and reveals what was invisible to traditional frame-based sensors until now. Prophesee’s patented Metavision® sensors and algorithms mimic how the human eye and brain work to dramatically improve efficiency in areas such as industrial automation, aerospace and defense, autonomous systems, IoT, AR/VR, and mobile. Headquartered in Paris, Prophesee has offices in Grenoble and Shanghai.
Visit prophesee.ai for more.
