DJI (SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd.)

▸ ABOUT DJI (SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.)

DJI is a Chinese technology company headquartered at DJI Sky City in Shenzhen that designs and manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles (drones), camera gimbals and imaging systems for consumer, enterprise and agricultural use. Founded on January 18, 2006 by Frank Wang while he was a student, it has grown into the world's largest drone maker, employing roughly 14,000 people. Its product lines include the Phantom, Mavic and Mini consumer drones, Matrice and Agras enterprise/agricultural drones, and the Osmo and Ronin camera-stabilization systems.

▸ TRACK RECORD

DJI (SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd.)'s history and the 1 marketing claim we've checked, in date order — so you can see what they promised when, and how it held up.

1. 2006SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd. founded in Shenzhen on January 18 by Frank Wang (Wang Tao).
2. 2013DJI released the original Phantom, widely described as the first commercially successful ready-to-fly consumer drone.
3. 2015Phantom 3 launched and DJI began a strategic camera partnership with Hasselblad.
4. 2016DJI acquired THX and launched the foldable Mavic Pro drone.
5. 2017DJI's aerial imaging technology won a Technology & Engineering Emmy Award.
6. 2020DJI added to the U.S. Commerce Department's Entity List in December.
7. 2021U.S. Treasury Department added DJI to a list restricting American investment in the company, in December.
8. 2024DJI's annual revenue exceeded $11.5 billion; MIT Technology Review reported DJI held over 90% of the world's consumer drone market as of June 2024.
9. May 22, 2025CLAIM · DJI Mini 4 Pro"DJI drones pose no national-security data risk to US users."→ 🔴 BYE THE HYPE Read the PixProof →

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