Airbus Ventures

ispace, inc. engages in developing networked micro robots for building detailed maps of available resources in the space. It develops micro-robots to create and support daily existence of humans in space. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

AirMap is helping make drones a part of everyday life by building the foundations for the low-altitude air navigation systems of the future. The emergence of small, powerful, and autonomous drones, is transforming society. Drones are being used for agriculture, public safety, aerial photography and cinematography, and soon, package delivery. The next century of aviation innovation is happening at the local level, not across oceans, and it's happening below 500 feet. AirMap is organizing this low altitude information so innovation can take flight. AirMap works collaboratively with industry partners to create the future for drones. It focuses exclusively on providing airspace information so that others in the nascent industry can build amazing vehicles and applications. AirMap is a member of the Small UAV Coalition and the NASA Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) program.

uAvionix develops the world’s smallest, lightest and most affordable ADS-B transceivers and transponders, Ping. uAvionix’s Ping network system combines hardware, software, and real-time airspace mapping to enable companies to safely and reliably operate drones in the NAS. Based in Palo Alto, uAvionix has gathered a cross-disciplinary team of experts in embedded RF engineering, sUAS operations and compliance, hardware, software, and cloud services.

Astrocast SA develops and operates an advanced nanosatellite network for the Internet of things (IoT) applications. The company offers Astronode S, a solder-down bi-directional low-power ASIC module that provides serial communication for IoT devices used in maritime, environmental, mining, and oil and gas applications. Its nanosatellites constellation consists of 64 CubeSat satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and provide low latency global coverage. The company was formerly known as ELSE SA and changed its name to Astrocast SA in August 2017. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Ecublens, Switzerland.

Tekion is a next-gen, cloud-native platform with the power of Big data, the Internet of Things (IoT), and ML/AI for the automotive retail industry. The company's personalized machine learning algorithms give dealers an edge to sell more and provide the best experiences while saving money and improving customer loyalty. Tekion’s flagship platform, Automotive Retail Cloud, is built using the most modern technology stack available. The company is constantly innovating and inventing new technology along the way to overcome barriers and solve big problems. Tekion was founded in 2016 and based in San Ramon, California.

Koniku is the world's first Neurocomputation company. We start with a premise that the human brain is the most powerful computer ever devised. We show that capturing that computational power is an engineering problem. Koniku proceeds to meet that challenge with clear solutions. We have built a neurochip with actual biological neurons. This chip is capable of sensing particles in parts per trillion using only 64 neurons. Such sensitivity is unprecedented. Its our intention to expand on the number neurons we have on our device just like traditional silicon processors. Eventually we will have millions of neurons per chip. Only with such a device is true cognitive computation possible - AI. We are shipping our fist devices at the end of the year. Koniku is also working on developing COVID-sniffing robots as a fast testing alternative.

C12 Quantum Electronics develop reliable quantum processors with carbon nanotubes. Its unique technology reduces drastically the error rate, making the platform a prime candidate for noisy intermediate-scale quantum applications. The Paris, Ile-de-France, France-based company was formed in 2019 by Pierre and Matthieu Desjardins.

e-peas is a disruptive semiconductor company that enables the seamless operation of all connected nodes. The company is developing ultra-low-power high performances circuits such as energy harvester interfaces and microcontrollers that help companies make their IoT devices smarter and more energy-efficient by either prolonging battery life or making the devices live forever. e-peas also develops energy harvesting solutions which extend rechargeable batteries' life of portable devices by harvesting energy from solar, thermal, vibration, radiofrequency, and other sources. These solutions help industries to build products that free users and industries from a burden of replacing non-rechargeable batteries The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Mont-saint-guibert, Brabant Wallon, Belgium.

Koniku is the world's first Neurocomputation company. We start with a premise that the human brain is the most powerful computer ever devised. We show that capturing that computational power is an engineering problem. Koniku proceeds to meet that challenge with clear solutions. We have built a neurochip with actual biological neurons. This chip is capable of sensing particles in parts per trillion using only 64 neurons. Such sensitivity is unprecedented. Its our intention to expand on the number neurons we have on our device just like traditional silicon processors. Eventually we will have millions of neurons per chip. Only with such a device is true cognitive computation possible - AI. We are shipping our fist devices at the end of the year. Koniku is also working on developing COVID-sniffing robots as a fast testing alternative.

Astra Space, Inc. designs and builds rockets. It engages in providing satellite delivery services and launch services. The company offers online reservations for payload deliveries to sun synchronous and low inclination orbits. Additionally, it owns and operates test facilities. Astra Space, Inc. was formerly known as Ventions LLC and changed its name to Astra Space, Inc. in 2016. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Alameda, California.

Humatics’ breakthrough microlocation system and analytics software comprise a Spatial Intelligence Platform™ that will revolutionize how people and machines locate, navigate and collaborate. A single Humatics system, using simple, inexpensive radio-frequency technology, can pinpoint multiple, moving transponder targets at ranges up to thirty meters with millimeter-scale precision, vastly outperforming existing systems at a fraction of the cost. These systems can network together to provide broader, ultra-precise positioning coverage – from factory work cells to entire distribution centers and beyond. With its extensible architecture and application programming interfaces (APIs), the Spatial Intelligence Platform™ will power an ecosystem of new position-based products and services. Humatics was founded in 2015 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor David Mindell and technology industry veteran Gary Cohen. Headquartered in Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Humatics has grown to include a world-class team of radar experts, programmers, roboticists, software engineers, and product development leaders.

CATALOG is a developer of a data conversion and storage platform used to offer the next generation of digital data archives and computation. Its platform facilitates the encoding of data and information into DNA format and makes it economically attractive to use DNA as the major medium for long-term archival of data that enables customers to store digital information in DNA molecules. It brings cutting-edge synthetic biology technologies to the world of information storage and computation. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Koniku is the world's first Neurocomputation company. We start with a premise that the human brain is the most powerful computer ever devised. We show that capturing that computational power is an engineering problem. Koniku proceeds to meet that challenge with clear solutions. We have built a neurochip with actual biological neurons. This chip is capable of sensing particles in parts per trillion using only 64 neurons. Such sensitivity is unprecedented. Its our intention to expand on the number neurons we have on our device just like traditional silicon processors. Eventually we will have millions of neurons per chip. Only with such a device is true cognitive computation possible - AI. We are shipping our fist devices at the end of the year. Koniku is also working on developing COVID-sniffing robots as a fast testing alternative.

BestMile Sàrl develops a smartphone application and a cloud intelligence platform for driverless vehicles. The company offers a fleet management software to manage a fleet of autonomous vehicles; consulting, supervision, and field services; and solutions for traveler information and solutions for the control of smart infrastructure. It offers solutions for vehicles used in campuses, airports, industrial sites, resorts, tourist sites, and city centers. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Bcomp Ltd. manufactures natural fiber composites. The company's products include, ampliTex, a natural flax fiber in non crimp, low twist, and ampliTex braids technologies; bCores, a lightweight wood core; and powerRibs, a natural fibre composite reinforcement material. The company serves the sports, automotive, acoustics, aerospace, electronics, design, and leisure industries. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Fribourg, Switzerland.

Universal Hydrogen is a fuel logistics company making hydrogen-powered commercial flight a near-term reality.

AEye is an artificial perception pioneer and creator of iDAR, a perception system that acts as the eyes and visual cortex of autonomous vehicles. Since the demonstration of its solid-state LiDAR scanner in 2013, AEye has pioneered breakthroughs in intelligent sensing. The company is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and backed by world-renowned investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, Taiwania Capital, Hella Ventures, LG Electronics, Subaru-SBI, Aisin, Intel Capital, Airbus Ventures, and others.

Apex.AI, Inc. develops software products for autonomous mobility systems. It offers Apex.OS, a software framework for autonomous mobility systems that abstracts complexity of underlying hardware, middleware, kernel, interfaces, and drivers into simple to use, safe, and secure APIs. The company also provides Apex.Autonomy that can be used in safety-critical applications. In addition, it offers MARV.Automotive, an extensible data management platform that enables to transfer data from vehicle to cloud, provide dynamic search based analytics, analyze partial logs, run algorithms on real data, introspect data with graphical tools, and collaborate with teams. Apex.AI, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

BioCarbon Engineering Limited provides integrated data and planting solutions for large-scale ecosystem restoration projects. The company uses seed-depositing drones and data analysis to do large-scale replanting. The company was formerly known as Dendra Systems Ltd and changed its name to BioCarbon Engineering Limited in June, 2020. BioCarbon Engineering Limited was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Oxford, United Kingdom.

From quantum computing to quantum sensing in defense, Q-CTRL deploys our world-leading expertise in quantum control engineering as intuitive software to help make quantum technology useful. Our unique software helps solve today’s biggest challenges for quantum technology in the NISQ era and beyond; noise and decoherence. Quickly build intuition for the impact of noise and errors in quantum computers with Q-CTRL, and deploy our expert solutions to stabilize real hardware. Learn more about our solutions at q-ctrl.com

Aerospacelab SA develops and manufactures satellites equipped with sensors. The company also develops tools to automate tasks using artificial intelligence and machine learning. Aerospacelab SA was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium.

Parsable empowers industrial workers with modern digital tools to improve productivity, quality and safety. The Parsable Connected Worker Platform transforms static, paper-based procedures into mobile and interactive work instructions, enabling workers to leverage multimedia formats and collaborate in real time. With Parsable, companies gain unprecedented insight into human work by capturing essential data to improve their operations at scale. A partner of the World Economic Forum, Parsable is trusted by top global companies in the manufacturing and energy industries including consumer packaged goods, resources and chemicals, packaging and building materials, and automotive and aerospace.

Infostellar Inc. develops and offers modular software systems that enable satellite operators to enable unlimited communication link establishment to adopt and transform their own ground station by leveraging a cloud service-like usability. It offers StellarStation, a cloud-based ground station platform offering ground station owners to monetise their surplus capacity, and enabling satellite operators to communicate with their satellites from a varied range of antennas around the world, all through one common interface; Ground Station Search; and Makesat. Infostellar Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Humatics’ breakthrough microlocation system and analytics software comprise a Spatial Intelligence Platform™ that will revolutionize how people and machines locate, navigate and collaborate. A single Humatics system, using simple, inexpensive radio-frequency technology, can pinpoint multiple, moving transponder targets at ranges up to thirty meters with millimeter-scale precision, vastly outperforming existing systems at a fraction of the cost. These systems can network together to provide broader, ultra-precise positioning coverage – from factory work cells to entire distribution centers and beyond. With its extensible architecture and application programming interfaces (APIs), the Spatial Intelligence Platform™ will power an ecosystem of new position-based products and services. Humatics was founded in 2015 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor David Mindell and technology industry veteran Gary Cohen. Headquartered in Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Humatics has grown to include a world-class team of radar experts, programmers, roboticists, software engineers, and product development leaders.

Our technology enables dramatic improvements to battery charge time and cycle life, enabling Electric Vehicles to charge as fast as it takes to fill up a tank of gas.

CesiumAstro delivers communication systems for Satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space or airborne platforms. Each of their products combines carefully selected COTS components with the traditional reliability necessary for aerospace systems. They believe that effective hardware solutions should not require added engineering from their customers, enabling them to focus on their core mission. Their team consists of talented engineers and scientists skilled in the design, development, manufacturing, and qualification of complex communication systems.

TELEXISTENCE inc. provides robotics and cloud data services. It develops a production prototype, MODEL H, that uses remote control technologies utilizing the Telexistence technology, virtual reality (VR), telecommunication, cloud and haptics. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Minato-ku, Japan.

Morpheus Space GmbH manufactures Spacecraft Electric Propulsion Systems. The solution package enables satellite service providers to operate constellations as one entity. Its products include nanoFEEP and multiFEEP. Morpheus Space GmbH was founded in 2018 and is based in Dresden, Germany.

CesiumAstro delivers communication systems for Satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space or airborne platforms. Each of their products combines carefully selected COTS components with the traditional reliability necessary for aerospace systems. They believe that effective hardware solutions should not require added engineering from their customers, enabling them to focus on their core mission. Their team consists of talented engineers and scientists skilled in the design, development, manufacturing, and qualification of complex communication systems.

Humatics’ breakthrough microlocation system and analytics software comprise a Spatial Intelligence Platform™ that will revolutionize how people and machines locate, navigate and collaborate. A single Humatics system, using simple, inexpensive radio-frequency technology, can pinpoint multiple, moving transponder targets at ranges up to thirty meters with millimeter-scale precision, vastly outperforming existing systems at a fraction of the cost. These systems can network together to provide broader, ultra-precise positioning coverage – from factory work cells to entire distribution centers and beyond. With its extensible architecture and application programming interfaces (APIs), the Spatial Intelligence Platform™ will power an ecosystem of new position-based products and services. Humatics was founded in 2015 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor David Mindell and technology industry veteran Gary Cohen. Headquartered in Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Humatics has grown to include a world-class team of radar experts, programmers, roboticists, software engineers, and product development leaders.

Rain Neuromorphics Inc. develops nanotechnology based chip for artificial intelligence (AI). The company offers Memristive Nanowire Neural Network (MN3), an AI chip that allows artificial intelligence to process data within the chip so learning can occur on the device. Its neural network chip replaces computational efficiency observed in the human brain enabling physicians to learn the valuable insights into how biological brains operate. It enables low-power, low-cost, and localized AI processing at the device scale by moving learning tasks from GPU and CPU stacks in data centers to a scale that can fit into a smartphone. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Gainesville, Florida.

Verity Studios AG develops and supplies indoor drone systems. The company’s products include synthetic swarm and stage flyers. It provides end-to-end drone show production services for bespoke events, theatrical productions, and entertainment shows of all types. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Zurich, Switzerland.

Apex.AI, Inc. develops software products for autonomous mobility systems. It offers Apex.OS, a software framework for autonomous mobility systems that abstracts complexity of underlying hardware, middleware, kernel, interfaces, and drivers into simple to use, safe, and secure APIs. The company also provides Apex.Autonomy that can be used in safety-critical applications. In addition, it offers MARV.Automotive, an extensible data management platform that enables to transfer data from vehicle to cloud, provide dynamic search based analytics, analyze partial logs, run algorithms on real data, introspect data with graphical tools, and collaborate with teams. Apex.AI, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

Morpheus Space GmbH manufactures Spacecraft Electric Propulsion Systems. The solution package enables satellite service providers to operate constellations as one entity. Its products include nanoFEEP and multiFEEP. Morpheus Space GmbH was founded in 2018 and is based in Dresden, Germany.

LeoLabs, Inc. builds and operates phased-array radars that provide high resolution data on objects in low earth orbit. The company LeoLabs Collision Avoidance, a ground-breaking platform for automating and modernizing satellite operations. It also provides foundational mapping data and services to mitigate the risks of collisions. The company’s services include rapid orbit determination, early operational support, and ongoing orbit awareness. It serves commercial satellite operators, government regulatory and space agencies, and satellite management services markets. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Menlo Park, California.

Cognata Ltd. develops automotive simulation platform using artificial intelligence (AI) to create a virtual environment for testing cars without drivers. The company’s product Deep Learning Simulation Engine enables autonomous car manufacturers to share geographic locations with other users on roads. It creates algorithms to automatically generate a whole city-simulator, including buildings, roads, lane marks, traffic signs, and trees and bushes. The company through autonomous analytics enables autonomous vehicle manufacturers to test drive their AI and sensors on the platform. Cognata Ltd. was founded in 2016 and is based in Rehovot, Israel.

Impossible Aerospace Corp manufactures long-range electric aircrafts and related solutions for first responders, including law enforcement and fire fighters. The company's products include US-1, which is a long duration performance aircraft and Air Support, which is an unmanned airborne policing and first response system. It offers aircraft, training, IT connectivity support, camera systems, routine maintenance, FAA certifications, training, and program support. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Santa Clara, California.

IonQ, Inc. develops general-purpose quantum information computers. The company combines physical performance, qubit replication, optical networkability, and optimized algorithms to create a quantum computer. Its product quantum computing represents a radical departure from classical computing and overcomes limitations, such as superposition and entanglement that emerge at atomic scale. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in College Park, Maryland.

Carbon Fiber Recycle Industry co.ltd. offers carbon fiber recycling services and further sells the fiber. It also sells carbon fiber recycling plant and equipment. The company as founded in 2006 and is based in Kani Gun, Japan.

ATLAS AI P.B.C develops artificial intelligence based API software and operates a web platform and for sustainable development. The product uses machine learning to help decision-makers get more impact at lower costs through better planning, management, and assessment. The product can be used to study and analyze data on economic wellbeing, agriculture, and infrastructure. ATLAS AI P.B.C was founded in 2018 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

SpinLaunch Inc., a spaceflight technology development company, focuses on the development of an alternative launch system that uses a large mass accelerator to hurl payloads to space. It builds a kinetic space launch system that allows for on-demand launches of small satellites in any weather. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Long Beach, California.

AEye is an artificial perception pioneer and creator of iDAR, a perception system that acts as the eyes and visual cortex of autonomous vehicles. Since the demonstration of its solid-state LiDAR scanner in 2013, AEye has pioneered breakthroughs in intelligent sensing. The company is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and backed by world-renowned investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, Taiwania Capital, Hella Ventures, LG Electronics, Subaru-SBI, Aisin, Intel Capital, Airbus Ventures, and others.

Isar Aerospace is a space technology company that aims to lower the entry barriers to space. It develops launch vehicles dedicated to deploying and resupplying satellite constellations and to ensure low-cost space access for small satellites. Based on rocket engineering research, environmentally friendly propellants, and advanced manufacturing, the company delivers small and medium payloads to orbit. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Munich, Germany.

Uavia SAS manufactures drones and provides a robotics platform which bridges the gap between Internet of things (IoT) and drones, providing industries with real-time aerial inspection and surveillance services. Its collaborative web application enables single-click operation of an entire fleet of drones. The company's product has applications in railway infrastructure, electrical grid, first responders, sensitive sites security, surveying, construction, solar plant monitoring, and crisis management. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Vitry-sur-Seine, France.

Infostellar Inc. develops and offers modular software systems that enable satellite operators to enable unlimited communication link establishment to adopt and transform their own ground station by leveraging a cloud service-like usability. It offers StellarStation, a cloud-based ground station platform offering ground station owners to monetise their surplus capacity, and enabling satellite operators to communicate with their satellites from a varied range of antennas around the world, all through one common interface; Ground Station Search; and Makesat. Infostellar Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

QC Ware, Corp. develops enterprise applications for quantum computers. The company offers graphical web application that provides web interface for enterprise, government, and academia; and SDKs and data connectors. It offers services for industries, such as finance, deep learning, network and cyber, and hybrid computing platform. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Palo Alto, California with an additional office in Paris, France.

Parsable empowers industrial workers with modern digital tools to improve productivity, quality and safety. The Parsable Connected Worker Platform transforms static, paper-based procedures into mobile and interactive work instructions, enabling workers to leverage multimedia formats and collaborate in real time. With Parsable, companies gain unprecedented insight into human work by capturing essential data to improve their operations at scale. A partner of the World Economic Forum, Parsable is trusted by top global companies in the manufacturing and energy industries including consumer packaged goods, resources and chemicals, packaging and building materials, and automotive and aerospace.

Isar Aerospace is a space technology company that aims to lower the entry barriers to space. It develops launch vehicles dedicated to deploying and resupplying satellite constellations and to ensure low-cost space access for small satellites. Based on rocket engineering research, environmentally friendly propellants, and advanced manufacturing, the company delivers small and medium payloads to orbit. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Munich, Germany.

TELEXISTENCE inc. provides robotics and cloud data services. It develops a production prototype, MODEL H, that uses remote control technologies utilizing the Telexistence technology, virtual reality (VR), telecommunication, cloud and haptics. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Minato-ku, Japan.

Humatics’ breakthrough microlocation system and analytics software comprise a Spatial Intelligence Platform™ that will revolutionize how people and machines locate, navigate and collaborate. A single Humatics system, using simple, inexpensive radio-frequency technology, can pinpoint multiple, moving transponder targets at ranges up to thirty meters with millimeter-scale precision, vastly outperforming existing systems at a fraction of the cost. These systems can network together to provide broader, ultra-precise positioning coverage – from factory work cells to entire distribution centers and beyond. With its extensible architecture and application programming interfaces (APIs), the Spatial Intelligence Platform™ will power an ecosystem of new position-based products and services. Humatics was founded in 2015 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor David Mindell and technology industry veteran Gary Cohen. Headquartered in Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Humatics has grown to include a world-class team of radar experts, programmers, roboticists, software engineers, and product development leaders.

LeoLabs, Inc. builds and operates phased-array radars that provide high resolution data on objects in low earth orbit. The company LeoLabs Collision Avoidance, a ground-breaking platform for automating and modernizing satellite operations. It also provides foundational mapping data and services to mitigate the risks of collisions. The company’s services include rapid orbit determination, early operational support, and ongoing orbit awareness. It serves commercial satellite operators, government regulatory and space agencies, and satellite management services markets. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Menlo Park, California.

SpinLaunch Inc., a spaceflight technology development company, focuses on the development of an alternative launch system that uses a large mass accelerator to hurl payloads to space. It builds a kinetic space launch system that allows for on-demand launches of small satellites in any weather. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Long Beach, California.

e-peas is a disruptive semiconductor company that enables the seamless operation of all connected nodes. The company is developing ultra-low-power high performances circuits such as energy harvester interfaces and microcontrollers that help companies make their IoT devices smarter and more energy-efficient by either prolonging battery life or making the devices live forever. e-peas also develops energy harvesting solutions which extend rechargeable batteries' life of portable devices by harvesting energy from solar, thermal, vibration, radiofrequency, and other sources. These solutions help industries to build products that free users and industries from a burden of replacing non-rechargeable batteries The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Mont-saint-guibert, Brabant Wallon, Belgium.

BestMile Sàrl develops a smartphone application and a cloud intelligence platform for driverless vehicles. The company offers a fleet management software to manage a fleet of autonomous vehicles; consulting, supervision, and field services; and solutions for traveler information and solutions for the control of smart infrastructure. It offers solutions for vehicles used in campuses, airports, industrial sites, resorts, tourist sites, and city centers. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

QC Ware, Corp. develops enterprise applications for quantum computers. The company offers graphical web application that provides web interface for enterprise, government, and academia; and SDKs and data connectors. It offers services for industries, such as finance, deep learning, network and cyber, and hybrid computing platform. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Palo Alto, California with an additional office in Paris, France.

Trillium provides in-vehicle cybersecurity protection for connected vehicles.

BestMile Sàrl develops a smartphone application and a cloud intelligence platform for driverless vehicles. The company offers a fleet management software to manage a fleet of autonomous vehicles; consulting, supervision, and field services; and solutions for traveler information and solutions for the control of smart infrastructure. It offers solutions for vehicles used in campuses, airports, industrial sites, resorts, tourist sites, and city centers. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Tekion is a next-gen, cloud-native platform with the power of Big data, the Internet of Things (IoT), and ML/AI for the automotive retail industry. The company's personalized machine learning algorithms give dealers an edge to sell more and provide the best experiences while saving money and improving customer loyalty. Tekion’s flagship platform, Automotive Retail Cloud, is built using the most modern technology stack available. The company is constantly innovating and inventing new technology along the way to overcome barriers and solve big problems. Tekion was founded in 2016 and based in San Ramon, California.

Transcelestial is developing the fastest, long-distance, point-to-point wireless communication network possible. It will be delivered as a space data network for terrestrial and satellite applications, which will use lasers to transfer data at up to 1000x faster than what is currently available. The network will be difficult to jam and will not need any spectrum pre-allocation or regulation.

Apex.AI, Inc. develops software products for autonomous mobility systems. It offers Apex.OS, a software framework for autonomous mobility systems that abstracts complexity of underlying hardware, middleware, kernel, interfaces, and drivers into simple to use, safe, and secure APIs. The company also provides Apex.Autonomy that can be used in safety-critical applications. In addition, it offers MARV.Automotive, an extensible data management platform that enables to transfer data from vehicle to cloud, provide dynamic search based analytics, analyze partial logs, run algorithms on real data, introspect data with graphical tools, and collaborate with teams. Apex.AI, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

BioCarbon Engineering Limited provides integrated data and planting solutions for large-scale ecosystem restoration projects. The company uses seed-depositing drones and data analysis to do large-scale replanting. The company was formerly known as Dendra Systems Ltd and changed its name to BioCarbon Engineering Limited in June, 2020. BioCarbon Engineering Limited was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Oxford, United Kingdom.

DUST Identity, Inc. develops an authentication system technology that utilizes nano-diamonds to create an unclonable identity layer on any object for any supply chain. It also provides an optical scanner and cloud-based infrastructure that provides an interface to the object identity. DUST Identity, Inc. was formerly known as Diamond Nanotechnalogies, Inc. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Framingham, Massachusetts with an additional office in Princeton, New Jersey.

Cognata Ltd. develops automotive simulation platform using artificial intelligence (AI) to create a virtual environment for testing cars without drivers. The company’s product Deep Learning Simulation Engine enables autonomous car manufacturers to share geographic locations with other users on roads. It creates algorithms to automatically generate a whole city-simulator, including buildings, roads, lane marks, traffic signs, and trees and bushes. The company through autonomous analytics enables autonomous vehicle manufacturers to test drive their AI and sensors on the platform. Cognata Ltd. was founded in 2016 and is based in Rehovot, Israel.

Local Motors, Inc. manufactures and sells motor vehicle. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Goodyear, Arizona.

OtoSense, Inc., an infrastructure software company, develops deep-learning based sound recognition software platform that enables enterprise customers to build value through sound intelligence. This software platform turns any machine sounds and vibrations into actionable meaning at the edge. Otosense provides an intuitive interface which enables the system to learn from humans, edge sound detection that runs on standard edge devices which are connected to scalable back-end cloud software. The company also develops a mobile application that translates sounds into visual and tactile alerts. Its application recognizes doorbell, alarm, telephone, and other audio alerts. In addition, the company sells acoustic monitoring evaluation kits online. Its products are used in military and civil applications ranging from elderly monitoring to battlefield real time threat identification. OtoSense, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in Palo Alto, California. As of April 30, 2018, OtoSense, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Analog Devices, Inc.

Tekion is a next-gen, cloud-native platform with the power of Big data, the Internet of Things (IoT), and ML/AI for the automotive retail industry. The company's personalized machine learning algorithms give dealers an edge to sell more and provide the best experiences while saving money and improving customer loyalty. Tekion’s flagship platform, Automotive Retail Cloud, is built using the most modern technology stack available. The company is constantly innovating and inventing new technology along the way to overcome barriers and solve big problems. Tekion was founded in 2016 and based in San Ramon, California.