After graduating, Sweeny co-founded Flirtey with Ahmed Haider and Tom Bass in 2013, as the first drone delivery service in the world. He moved to the United States in 2014 and based his company in Reno, Nevada, because the city was chosen by the Federal Aviation Administration as one of six test sites for commercial drones. He partnered with the University of Nevada, Reno, established a Flirtey office on campus, and hired graduates from the university’s Unmanned Autonomous Systems program.
