Top Palo Alto, CA Aerospace Startups (27)
Xona is developing the most accurate and secure real-time PNT service on the planet.
On a quest to make access to goods as frictionless and universal as access to information, starting with rapid, autonomous, on-demand medical deliveries that save lives and transform healthcare
Basetwo is an AI Co Pilot for process engineers. Our platform provides engineers with recommendations on the next best action they can take to optimize production yield, cycle time and costs. To date, Basetwo has helped Fortune 500 manufacturers worldwide reduce scale-up time and operational costs by over 20%.
We use cutting edge cross-disciplinary approaches to solve pressing problems. Guardian is our AI SaaS platform that addresses Big Data and Sensing Problems in Security, Energy & Health Care.
Lighter Than Air (LTA) Research is an aerospace research and development company building experimental and certified manned and remotely piloted airships. We are developing advanced technologies to dramatically increase the capabilities and lower the cost of 21st century airships. With these next-generation airships, we strive to improve humanitarian aid delivery and reduce carbon emissions, while providing economic opportunity and new jobs...
For over 25 years, Avidyne has been inventing new ways to make flying easier for pilots who fly small planes, business jets, helicopters and advanced air mobility aircraft. With all phases of design and manufacturing done in the USA we are headquartered in Melbourne, FL and have additional facilities in Westerville, OH, and Concord, MA. Experienced entrepreneur and pilot Dan...
AeroVect deploys autonomous driving systems for GSE, trusted by the world's most innovative airlines and ground handlers
Advanced automation will make aircraft safer, more available, more affordable and fundamentally transformative to the way goods and people move around the planet. Starting with a certification-forward approach, Reliable Robotics first demonstrated gate-to-gate fully automated operation of a Part 23 aircraft and is now working towards commercialization of technologies for Part 23 cargo and Part 25 passenger vehicles.
Founded in 2024, Scout AI is a venture-backed defense technology company building the AI brain for defense robotics. Fury, Scout's Vision-Language-Action foundation model, is engineered to transform uncrewed platforms into intelligent, mission-adaptive agents. Designed for use across ground, air, sea, and space domains, Fury enables warfighter-level reasoning and one-to-many robotic coordination. Headquartered in Silicon Valley with a center of excellence...
Creating weather certainty. WindBorne fuses unparalleled data from our constellation of smart, long-duration sensing balloons with state-of-the-art AI forecasts.
Cape unlocks the full potential of commercial drones, giving companies all of the benefits with none of the traditional hassle. Every day, Cape users log in to the Cape Aerial Telepresence™ platform, connect to physical drones around the world, and safely conduct remote flights with ultra-low latency to capture live, high-resolution video. As the only cloud-based system for drone telepresence...
Founded in 2021, Muon Space is an end-to-end Space Systems Provider that designs, builds, and operates LEO satellite constellations delivering mission-critical data. Our revolutionary, integrated technology stack enables customers to optimize every dimension of their missions for faster time-to-orbit and superior constellation remote sensing performance. From climate monitoring to national security, Muon Space is dedicated to delivering Earth intelligence for a...
JetInsight's best-in-class quoting and fleet management software helps aircraft charter operators run and grow safer, more efficient, and more profitable businesses. We work with hundreds of operators across the US and are building the world's largest network of on-demand aircraft
Stellar is building the most innovative operations management solution for business aviation. We’re bringing together advanced technologies to reimagine and revolutionize business aviation for operators, corporate flight departments, brokers, and their customers. With a new technology platform, built from the ground up for this purpose, Stellar will drive transformative operational improvements in the business aviation sector, radically improving efficiency, profitability,...
Pixxel is a space technology company working towards creating the world's highest resolution hyperspectral imaging satellite-imaging constellation. The images gathered by Pixxel's satellites will provide up-to-date information relevant to climate monitoring, crop yield prediction, urban planning, and disaster response.
Vantage makes UAVs and UAV components for customers, including the U.S. Army, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, FBI, NASA, DEA, and CNN. Our first product, Snap, achieved a landmark FAA waiver for commercial flight over people. Our second product, Vesper, was one of five products selected by the Pentagon for use by the federal government. We’re currently making the next generation...
Skyfront builds hybrid-electric drones that fly for 5 hours, a 10X improvement over battery powered drones, for use in long range infrastructure inspection, surveillance, and SAR missions.
Alef is a California-based sustainable electric transportation company designing and developing a vehicle for the XXI century. Alef’s goal is to enable faster, easier commutes and alleviate the burden of urban congestion thanks to proprietary technology that enables their vehicle to bypass everyday traffic.
Through LeoLabs Vertex™, our vertically integrated space operations stack, we’re transforming the way satellite operators, commercial enterprises, and federal agencies launch and track missions in low Earth orbit. With unmatched coverage, real-time tracking, and powerful insights, companies and governments around the world rely on us to safely execute operations in space.
We spend too much time confined to a two-dimensional network of concrete and asphalt. The dream of futurists has always been a flying vehicle capable of efficiently moving passengers from A to B. Opener is realizing this dream in an affordable, safe, easy-to-operate, vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) vehicle: BlackFly. Opener's BlackFly heralds a new era of aviation. Time and money spent...
