Kayhan Space offers Pathfinder, a cloud-based platform that uses machine learning to analyze observation and telemetry data and provide satellite relative positioning, communication, and end-of-life management. The platform recognizes patterns of satellites and debris to deliver automatic, actionable avoidance recommendations and integrated spaceflight operations tools. Kayhan’s service is scalable and delivers collision-avoidance and close-approach insights to more than 700 satellites across 22 operators, including commercial and governmental customers. The company’s technical founding team includes CEO Siamak Hesar, an astrodynamics expert with NASA mission experience, and CTO Araz Feyzi, who brings automation and software startup experience. Kayhan will use its recent capital to expand staff, establish an office in Washington, D.C., and develop new products and services. The company is presented as an Alumni Ventures portfolio company and addresses a growing market need as LEO congestion and debris risks increase. Kayhan Space builds algorithms and systems that predict potential satellite collisions and provide operators recommended avoidance maneuvers. The founders — Siamak Hesar (astronautical engineering PhD) and Araz Feyzi (serial entrepreneur) — combined doctoral research and cloud expertise to produce the core technology. Their system can ingest ground- or space-based sensor data and is designed to support both human-in-the-loop decision making and future autonomous sensor-enabled operations. The company argues that geopolitical complexity and debris mean human intervention and clear policy will remain important, even as sensors and autonomy evolve. The space situational awareness market is projected to reach $3.9 billion over the next eight years, per the founders. Kayhan has raised $600,000 in pre-seed funding and was accepted into the Techstars Allied Space Accelerator to accelerate growth.

Total raised

$8M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Oct 2023