Led by San Diego-based Corporate partner Christian Salaman, Pillsbury represented Shield AI, a defense-technology company, in a Series C funding round of $90 million through equity and debt financing.

Shield AI will use the funding to further integrate its self-driving software into additional platforms across the defense industry.

Founded in 2015, San Diego-based Shield AI is a defense-technology company that utilizes self-driving software to enable unmanned systems to operate without GPS and communications.

Corporate senior associate Dusty Wolverton assisted Salaman in the transaction.