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Kevin Durant is facing the heat from fans over his investment in surveillance drones.
Back in 2020, it was reported that Durant had invested in a surveillance drone company called Skydio.
Via Forbes
Skydio, a drone startup backed with a passive investment by basketball player Kevin Durant, is perhaps the most surprising recent addition to the government’s aerial surveillance arsenal. Founded by two ex-Google software engineers and former MIT students – CEO Adam Bry and CTO Abraham Bachrach – it made its name as a fun, artificial intelligence-powered, consumer-focused unmanned aerial system.
Skydio recently faced scrutiny after selling its technology to the Israeli military during its military occupation in Gaza.
Via Politico
Within hours of the Hamas attack on Israel last month, a Silicon Valley drone company called Skydio began receiving emails from the Israeli military. The requests were for the company’s short-range reconnaissance drones — small flying vehicles used by the U.S. Army to navigate obstacles autonomously and produce 3D scans of complex structures like buildings.
The company said yes. In the three weeks since the attack, Skydio has sent more than 100 drones to the Israeli Defense Forces, with more to come, according to Mark Valentine, the Skydio executive in charge of government contracts.
Ahead of the All-Star game on Sunday, NBA fans on social media began grilling Durant about his investment in Skydio.
KD is a mega loser, man wants to talk about everything but his genocide profiteering. pic.twitter.com/2UzmNGMXM2
— justin serb-ert 🇷🇸🍉 (@markocantdunk) February 15, 2026
Kevin Durant is on his phone for 23 hours a day to ratio people with 15 followers on Twitter, but bring up his ties with israel and now he’s nowhere to be found
— Wolves In 6 (@WolvesInVI) February 15, 2026