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YC Aviation and Space Companies

80 Y Combinator aviation and space startups with verified founder contacts, batch info, and company data.

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Company	Batch	Description	Status	Location	Team	Founders	Reveal
REGENT	W21	All-electric seagliders for fast, affordable regional transportation	Active	North Kingstown, RI, USA	40	Billy Thalheimer, Michael Klinker	Reveal
Stoke Space	W21	Seamless mobility to, through, and from space. It starts with 100%…	Active	Seattle, WA, USA	305	Andy Lapsa, Tom Feldman	Reveal
Stoke Space	W21	Seamless mobility to, through, and from space. It starts with 100%…	Active	Seattle, WA, USA	305	Andy Lapsa, Tom Feldman	Reveal
Stoke Space	W21	Seamless mobility to, through, and from space. It starts with 100%…	Active	Seattle, WA, USA	305	Andy Lapsa, Tom Feldman	Reveal
Exosonic, Inc.	W20	Developing supersonic UAVs as a pathway to quiet supersonic flight	Inactive	Los Angeles, CA, USA	14	Tim MacDonald, Norris Tie	Reveal
Farcast	W20	We build advanced satcom user terminals	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	12	Siamak Ebadi	Reveal
Farcast	W20	We build advanced satcom user terminals	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	12	Siamak Ebadi	Reveal
Talyn Air	W20	Long range, battery electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft.	Acquired	Los Angeles, CA, USA	18	Jamie Gull, Evan Mucasey	Reveal
Talyn Air	W20	Long range, battery electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft.	Acquired	Los Angeles, CA, USA	18	Jamie Gull, Evan Mucasey	Reveal
Heart Aerospace	W19	Heart makes electric airplanes with an all-electric range of 250 miles	Active	Los Angeles, CA, USA	50	Anders Forslund	Reveal
Heart Aerospace	W19	Heart makes electric airplanes with an all-electric range of 250 miles	Active	Los Angeles, CA, USA	50	Anders Forslund	Reveal
JetPack Aviation	W19	Flying motorcycles	Active	Los Angeles, CA, USA	9	Boris Jarry, David Mayman	Reveal
SpaceRyde	W19	The Rocket Network: Sustainable & On-Demand Delivery Anywhere in Space	Inactive	Toronto, ON, Canada	33	Sohrab Haghighat	Reveal
Wright Electric	W17	Boeing for electric planes	Active	Albany, NY, USA	4	Jeff Engler, Doug Griswold	Reveal
Astranis	W16	Advanced satellites for high orbits.	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	500	John Gedmark, Ryan McLinko	Reveal
Astranis	W16	Advanced satellites for high orbits.	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	500	John Gedmark, Ryan McLinko	Reveal
Boom	W16	Economically and environmentally sustainable supersonic travel	Active	Centennial, CO, USA; Englewood, CO, USA	227	Blake Scholl	Reveal
Relativity Space	W16	Building humanity’s multiplanetary future.	Active	Los Angeles, CA, USA	2500	Tim Ellis	Reveal
HEO Robotics	S21	We visually monitor space objects for governments and defense	Active	Sydney, NSW, Australia	3	Will Crowe, Hiranya Jayakody	Reveal
HEO Robotics	S21	We visually monitor space objects for governments and defense	Active	Sydney NSW, Australia	3	Will Crowe, Hiranya Jayakody	Reveal
Inversion Space	S21	Turning space into a transportation layer for Earth	Active	Los Angeles, CA, USA	28	Justin Fiaschetti, Austin Briggs	Reveal
Inversion Space	S21	Turning space into a transportation layer for Earth	Active	Los Angeles, CA, USA	28	Justin Fiaschetti, Austin Briggs	Reveal
Odys Aviation	S21	Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for major airlines	Active	Los Angeles, CA, USA	11	James Dorris, Axel Radermacher	Reveal
Odys Aviation	S21	Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for major airlines	Active	Los Angeles, CA, USA	11	James Dorris, Axel Radermacher	Reveal
TransAstra Corporation	S21	Orbital logistics: Unleashing space industry, from Earth to asteroids	Active	Los Angeles, CA, USA	8	Joel Sercel	Reveal
TransAstra Corporation	S21	Orbital logistics: Unleashing space industry, from Earth to asteroids	Active	Los Angeles, CA, USA	8	Joel Sercel	Reveal
Turion Space	S21	Moving Things Around in Space, Imaging Space Objects When We're Not	Active	Los Angeles, CA, USA; Irvine, CA, USA	15	Ryan Westerdahl, Tyler James Pierce, Patryk Wiatr	Reveal
EPIC AEROSPACE	S19	Last-mile delivery for satellites.	Active	Buenos Aires, Argentina	14	Ignacio Belieres Montero	Reveal
Pyka	S17	Autonomous electric airplanes	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	75	Michael Norcia, Nathan White, Kyle Moore, Chuma Ogunwole	Reveal
Prime Lightworks	S16	Prime Lightworks Inc. manufactures electric propulsion systems for…	Active	Culver City, CA, USA	1	Kyle Flanagan	Reveal

Batch Distribution

XX262 XX252 WW264 WW257 WW244 WW233

Status Breakdown

Active76 Inactive2 Acquired2

Top Locations

San Francisco20 Los Angeles20 Seattle6 Atlanta2 Edmonton2 Sydney2

About YC Aviation and Space Companies

Y Combinator has funded 80 aviation and space companies since its founding in 2005. These startups span from early-stage pre-launch to publicly traded companies, making YC one of the most prolific backers of aviation and space innovation globally.

76 of these companies are currently active. 2 have been acquired. VCBacked tracks verified founder contact information, team sizes, and company status for every YC aviation and space startup.

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