Cornell Aerospace & Space Startups

A directory of 19 startups founded by Cornell University alumni in aerospace and space, each listed with its founders, stage, and links. Compiled and updated by Big Red AI.

19 listed

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  Varda Series D

  Will Bruey ’11, MEng ’12 · El Segundo, CA

  Manufacturing in outer space

  AerospaceManufacturingProduct Design

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Anduril Industries Series H

  Brian Schimpf ’07, Matt Grimm ’06, MEng ’07 · Costa Mesa, CA

  US military defense R&D

  AerospaceGovernmentMilitary

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Hermeus Series C

  Michael Smayda ’08 · Atlanta, GA

  High-speed aircraft

  AerospaceAir TransportationInfrastructure

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  LeoLabs Series B

  Edward Lu ’84 · Menlo Park, CA

  Low earth orbit mapping

  AerospaceDatabaseMapping Services

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Stoke Space Series D

  Andy Lapsa ’04 · Kent, WA

  Reusable space rockets

  AerospaceProduct DesignSpace Travel

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Jet.AI

  Micheal Winston ’99 · Las Vegas, NV

  Private aviation and AI

  AerospacePaymentsTransportation

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Odys Aviation Series A

  James Dorris ’01 · Long Beach, CA

  Hybrid vertical takeoff and landing aircraft

  AerospaceAir TransportationCommercial

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Akash Systems

  Felix Ejeckam, PhD ’97 · San Francisco, CA

  Gallium nitride on diamond wafers

  AerospaceInformation TechnologyManufacturing

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Bone Seed

  DK Lee ’16 · South Korea

  Robot intelligence

  Artificial IntelligenceDronesManufacturing

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  GelSight

  Bill Yost ’95 · Waltham, MA

  Industrial tactile sensing

  AerospaceManufacturingNanotechnology

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Wardstone Pre-Seed

  Tobias Fischer ’22 · —

  Missile defense in space

  AerospaceMilitaryNational Security

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Airhart Aeronautics Seed

  Nikita Ermoshkin ’18, Brendan Quinn ’17 · San Francisco, CA

  Airplanes that anyone can fly

  AerospaceAutonomous VehiclesManufacturing

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  MAVRIK Pre-Seed

  Max Owens ’26 · Long Beach, CA

  Drones for cargo logistics

  AerospaceDronesManufacturing

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Canadian Space Mining Corporation

  Daniel Sax, MPS ’12 · Canada

  Exploration and extraction of space resources

  AerospaceGreenTechMining

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  TechnoCarbon Seed

  Stephan Savarese, MEng ’91 · France

  High performance low carbon materials

  AerospaceClean EnergyCleanTech

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Nuclear Software Pre-Seed

  Javier Vega ’24, Emanuel Gordis ’23 · San Francisco, CA

  CAD simulation software

  AerospaceEnergySoftware

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  SpaceRake

  Kerri Cahoy ’00 · Cambridge, MA

  Outer space communications

  Space Travel

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  IONA Seed

  Saif-Deen Akanni ’90 · United Kingdom

  Autonomous delivery network for rural areas

  AerospaceCleanTechDrones

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Kquika, Inc

  Victor Oribamise, MS ’21 · New York, NY

  Prediction analysis for airports and aircrafts

  AerospaceArtificial IntelligenceBig Data

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗