Don Mathis is Co-Founder and CEO at SkyfireAI, an AI-native platform for autonomous multi-drone operations serving public safety, defense, and critical infrastructure. SkyfireAI is his second company as founder and fourth entrepreneurial venture in his career.

Don holds an MBA from Harvard Business School where he was named an Arthur Rock 100 Entrepreneur, and a BA with honors from Vassar College. He served as GM of Growth at Comcast NBCUniversal, leading ventures and strategic development, and previously worked at AI Fund, Fluent, and founded Kinetic Social.

Don is a retired Navy Flight Officer with multiple deployments post-9/11, serving in anti-terrorism and expeditionary combat logistics roles, including at Ground Zero. He was awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Medal and serves as advisor to Harvard Innovation Lab.

SkyfireAI raised $11M seed funding led by Mucker Capital with participation from AI Fund (Andrew Ng involved since founding), New York Angels, and Harvard Business School Alumni Angels. The company was founded in late 2022 and is headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama.

SkyfireAI manages Ohio's first statewide Drone First Responder program across nine agencies and serves federal, state, and local public safety agencies plus defense customers. The platform enables rapid deployment for 911 response, lifesaving medical delivery, and critical incident overwatch to protect lives.