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Startup · United States

Icarus

HQ El Segundo, CAFounded 20231-10 employees

Autonomous solar aircraft for persistent intelligence and communications.

StartupISR and targetingUncrewed aircraft+1
Website
Total raised
$500K
1 round
Last round
$500K
Seed · Sep 29, 2025
Systems
1
Capabilities
3

Funding1 round · $500K

Equity raised
$500K
Latest
$500KSeed · Sep 29, 2025

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.

Systems1

APOLLO

Solar-powered autonomous aircraft designed for stratospheric observation.

Maturity not rated

Newest unveiled first. Open a system for its milestone timeline, components and sources.

Capabilities3

  • ISR and targeting
    Developer
    classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Autonomous solar aircraft for persistent intelligence and communications, a clear defense-type use; customer type is not explicitly stated.
    —Reported
  • Uncrewed aircraft
    Developer
    —Reported
  • Uncrewed systems
    Developer
    classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Autonomous solar aircraft for persistent intelligence and communications, a clear defense-type use; customer type is not explicitly stated.
    —Reported

Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.

People2

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Hiring Observations10 observed listings

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A sample of observed listings, not a total vacancy count. Availability may have changed since collection. Categories are inferred from job titles.

Sources9

Profile4

  1. 1
    CompanyIcarus | Stratospheric Birds

    Icarus · Supports Organization · name

    “Icarus | Stratospheric Birds”
  2. 2
    CompanyContact | Icarus

    Ikaros Industries, Inc. · Supports Organization · hq city

    “El Segundo”
  3. 3
    DatabaseIcarus company profile

    Octen Business Search · Supports Organization · employee range

    “employee_range: 1-10 (profile: 1-10 employees)”
  4. 4
    CompanyDefense Startups funded by Y Combinator (YC) 2026 | Y Combinator

    Y Combinator · Supports Organization

    “Icarus”

Systems1

  1. 5
    CompanyIcarus | Stratospheric Birds

    Icarus · Supports System

    “# apollo. ### Extreme endurance. ### Fraction of the cost. ### Tactical Precision. APOLLO is engineered for stratospheric dominance. Solar-powered, autonomous, and capable of weeks-long flight without landing, it operates above 60,000 feet, immune to weather, unreachable by most threats. With proximity unmatched by satellites, APOLLO provides continuous coverage and ultra-low-latency data delivery, maximizing the quantity, quality, and timeliness of information. Deployed in hours. Stationed for weeks. Precision without compromise.”

Technologies1

  1. 6
    Companyicarus — documented capability

    Y Combinator · Supports Organization, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · website, Organization technology

    “Icarus”

Funding1

  1. 7
    DatabaseIcarus - 2026 Funding Rounds & List of Investors - Tracxn

    Tracxn · Oct 6, 2026 · Supports Funding round · amount, Organization · ownership

    “Icarus has raised a total of $500K from 1 Seed round on Sep 29, 2025 from Y Combinator.”

People1

  1. 8
    DatabaseIcarus - Crunchbase company profile

    Crunchbase · Supports Organization · x url, Role

    “x_url: https://x.com/icarusjourney”

Other1

  1. 9
    CompanyIcarus public job board

    Supports Job posting

    “Strategic Growth Manager”

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