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Analysis as of: 2026-01-13
Airship AI Holdings, Inc.
Airship AI builds an edge-to-cloud video/sensor management platform (hardware + software + support) used by government and enterprise customers for surveillance, alerting, and evidence workflows.
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Summary

From lumpy awards to repeatable evidence software
The core upside is a mix-shift and distribution shift: productized deployments sold through partners, with high-margin evidence and trust software layered on top. The core risk is procurement timing and dilution preventing a sustained re-rate.

Analysis

Thesis
If Airship converts lumpy federal surveillance awards into standardized, repeatable deployments and increases software attach (evidence copilot, authenticity, fleet subscription), it can re-rate from project integrator to trusted evidence platform as verification/security become mandatory.
Last Economy Alignment
Security/verification demand rises as AI attacks scale; edge-first processing + governed evidence workflows are valuable, but distribution and ecosystem moats are still forming.
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Opportunity Outlook

Average Implied 5-Year Multiple
6.0x (from 5 most recent analyses)
Reasoning
The upside is a business-model change: move from one-off appliance/program revenue to recurring, compliance-driven evidence software sold through integrators and primes. If Airship productizes deployments (less bespoke services), adds “trust” features that procurement teams score highly, and grows commercial usage with the same stack, investors can pay a higher software-like multiple versus today’s micro-cap uncertainty.
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Risk Assessment

Overall Risk Summary
Airship’s main risk is commercial, not technical: converting pipeline into repeatable, high-software-mix programs amid procurement delays, while managing dilution and competing with better-distributed incumbents.
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Third Party Analyst Consensus

12-Month Price Target
$8.00
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