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Elodin

Unified flight software and hardware for the mission of tomorrow

Y CombinatorWinter 2024ActiveIndustrialsAviation and SpaceHard TechDronesSatellitesRocketry

What they do

Problem

Aerospace and defense teams need reliable, integrated flight systems for drones and satellites without stitching together separate software, simulation, and hardware components.

Solution

Elodin provides unified flight software, simulation tooling, and hardware platforms for drones, satellites, and defense applications.

Who it's for

Aerospace, drone, satellite, and defense organizations building and operating autonomous flight systems.

Founders

Daniel Driscoll
Founder

A technology adventurer experienced in tanks (and armored warfare in general), video games (playing and making them), sales/marketing & CRM/LMS/digital content platforms, real estate investment platforms, SaaS API platforms generally, blockchain technology (both core technology and services), and aerospace technology (specifically rocketry, guidance and control systems)

Tom Gurka
Founder

One-man design and marketing team. Designer and product leader with 10+ years of experience spanning software UI/UX, brand development, and marketing communications. Includes working across early-stage startups and high-growth companies, with deep experience in design systems, motion and interaction design, prototyping, creative direction, and cross-functional product development.

Akhil Velagapudi
Founder

Grew up in New Jersey, and studied electrical + computer engineering at Rutgers. I entered the startup world with M10, where I worked on distributed systems and developed a passion for systems engineering. After M10, I went to Google to work on kubernetes networking, focusing of programmable data planes. I tend to spend my free time either reading fantasy/sci-fi or working on my homelab (which keeps growing).

Sascha Wise
Founder

Co-founder of Elodin Systems, developers of simulation tools for aerospace. I'm a software engineer by practice and a physicist by training. I've worked on a wide variety of projects throughout my career from a database for central banks to the flight software for a deep space mission. I'm passionate about building simple, elegant solutions to complex problems. In my spare time, I try and get outdoors as much as possible, which usually means climbing or skiing.

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