DJI

DJI was founded in a Hong Kong dormitory in 2006 and now makes roughly seven in ten of the world's civilian drones. It effectively created the category: a flying camera an ordinary person can fly safely on a first attempt.

Its engineering reaches well past drones — handheld gimbals, pocket cameras, action cameras, microphones, and the stabilisation and obstacle-sensing that underpin all of them. Its equipment is used for film and television, surveying, agriculture, construction and search and rescue.