Titan
Planned spacecraft platform for orbital computing using clustered edge compute modules.
Maturity not rated
- Unveiled
- Apr 16, 2026
Startup · United States
Aethero
HQ San Francisco, CAFounded 202111-50 employees
Discover the next generation of space data Infrastructure. Aethero is the way to go when it comes to fast operational insights.
Aug 24, 2026CompanyAethero purchases power from Star Catcher to actualize advanced computing in orbitAetheroApr 16, 2026CompanyAethero and EnduroSat form a strategic partnership for high-performance, space-rated modular compute and platforms-as-a-serviceAetheroMar 30, 2026CompanyPhobos satellite launches aboard SpaceX Transporter-16Aethero
- Aug 24, 2026CompanyAetheroAethero purchases power from Star Catcher to actualize advanced computing in orbit
- Apr 16, 2026CompanyAetheroAethero and EnduroSat form a strategic partnership for high-performance, space-rated modular compute and platforms-as-a-service
- Mar 30, 2026CompanyAetheroPhobos satellite launches aboard SpaceX Transporter-16
Funding2 rounds · $10.9M
- Equity raised
- $10.9M
- Latest
- $8.4MSeed · Jun 10, 2025
Mar 15, 2024Jun 10, 2025
| Announced | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors | Other investors | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2025 | Seed | $8.4M | — | Kindred Ventures | Alumni Ventures, Giant Step Capital | Confirmed |
| Mar 15, 2024 | Pre-Seed | $2.5M | — | — | — | Confirmed |
- $8.4MJun 10, 2025
- Pre-SeedConfirmed$2.5MMar 15, 2024
Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.
Systems22
Aether
Software framework for managing spacecraft compute modules and deploying updates.
Maturity not rated
AMATDT
Model annotation, training and deployment software within Aethero’s software stack.
Maturity not rated
AxV-ECM
Spacecraft edge computing module under development using AMD adaptive processors.
Maturity not rated
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Supply Chain1 facility
Facilities1
| Facility | Kind | Location | Status | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aethero San Francisco headquarters and clean room | Headquarters | San Francisco, CA, United States | Operating | Confirmed |
- Aethero San Francisco headquarters and clean roomHeadquarters · San Francisco, CA, United StatesOperatingConfirmed
People3
- Amit Pinnamaneni · LinkedIn ↗
Chief Technology Officer, Co-Founder
- Edward Ge
Founder
- Edward Ge
CEO
Company Metrics
Employee-profile counts reflect LinkedIn profiles associated with the company, not verified headcount. One observation establishes a baseline; it does not establish growth.
Sources17
Show all 17 sources and supporting evidence
Profile3
- 1
PitchBook · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · x url
“employee_range: 11-50 (profile: 15)”
- 2
Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind
“{"country": "USA", "hq_iso2": "US", "id": "3c4fe10e-4c16-4888-abef-b64d28fbaada"}”
- 3
Aethero · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website
“Discover the next generation of space data Infrastructure. Aethero is the way to go when it comes to fast operational insights.”
Systems9
- 4
Aethero · Apr 16, 2026 · Supports System
“the mission will deploy Aethero's next-generation NxA-ECM compute module aboard EnduroSat's FRAME-15 ESPA-class satellite”
- 5
Aethero · Mar 30, 2026 · Supports System
“Aethero's Phobos mission launched onboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-16 flight.”
- 6CompanyCompany | Aethero
Aethero · Supports Facility, Funding round · amount, Organization · legal name, Organization · status, System
“Design, bring-up and flight integration happen under one roof in SoMa: an in-house clean room for flight-unit assembly”
- 7
Aethero · Supports System
“[In development \ **AxV-ECMAMD × Versal™ AI Edge Series Gen 2** \ Adaptive-SoC module built on AMD Versal AI Edge Gen 2: up to 8× Arm Cortex-A78AE and 10× Cortex-R52 cores, AIE-ML v2 AI Engines and programmable logic on one device. Deterministic real-time control, sensor-front-end processing in fabric, and radiation-tolerant XQR options for the harshest orbits. \ 184TOPSINT8 dense (up to) \ 8+10A78AE + R52 cores \ 500K+LUTProgrammable logic \ AxV-ECM](./axv.html)”
- 8
Aethero · Supports System
“# NxA-ECM NVIDIA AGX / IGX Thor or Orin edge computing module. Data-center-class processing for spacecraft from SmallSats to space stations, and the building block of the Titan orbital data center. 4,000+TFLOPSPer module, Blackwell-based Thor”
- 9
Aethero · Supports System
“NxN-ECM NVIDIA Orin NX / Nano edge computing module. Advanced payload processing, command and control for spacecraft from SmallSats to space stations, in half a CubeSat unit. On orbit since August 2024”
- 10
Aethero · Supports System
“## Titan An orbital data center on an ESPA-class bus. Titan clusters NxA-ECM and NxN-ECM modules into a distributed Kubernetes node delivering up to 16,000 TFLOPS in low Earth orbit, powered by the platform's 3.4 kW peak capacity.”
- 11
Aethero · Supports System
“[NxA-SDCTitan-class · 2027**NVIDIA Thor / Orin AGX node** \ The reference compute box. Up to 16 NxA cards, 64,000 TFLOPS, data-center-class GPU for training, multi-tenant inference and SAR/HSI pipelines. \ Type \ Compute \ Width \ Standard \ Element \ NxA card](#node)”
- 12
Aethero · Supports System
“Aether ## Fleet management and OTA for every module you fly. Aethero's multi-platform software framework for deploying and managing fleets of edge computing modules. Push firmware, board support packages and containerized applications over the air; monitor diagnostics and performance metrics; schedule and task workloads across one spacecraft or a constellation.”
Funding3
- 13
Business Wire · Jun 10, 2025 · Supports Funding round, Funding round · amount, Organization · ownership, Role
“The company’s seed round is led by Kindred Ventures”
- 14
Payload · Mar 15, 2024 · Supports Funding round
“revealed its business model after raising $1.7M in seed funding last year”
- 15
Aethero · Supports Funding round · announced on
“In the press | TechCrunch · Mar 15, 2024”
People1
- 16
Crunchbase · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · hq city, Organization · x url, Role
“employee_range: 11-50 (profile: 11-50)”
Other1
- 17
LinkedIn · Supports Organization · linkedin url, Organization metric · employees in linkedin, Organization metric · followers
“url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aethero-space”
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