Kyten Technologies

Custom Aerospace-Grade Battery Packs

Y CombinatorWinter 2026ActiveIndustrialsManufacturing and Robotics

What they do

Problem

A rapidly growing number of US-built drones, submarines, and satellites cannot source aerospace-grade battery packs fast enough from the legacy supply chain.

Solution

Kyten Technologies manufactures custom aerospace-grade battery packs with rapid development and volume production capabilities.

Who it's for

Aerospace and defense manufacturers building drones, submarines, satellites, and other mission-critical vehicles.

Founders

Cooper McBride

Co-Founder

In the span of six years, Cooper went from an intern at Tesla to building and leading 30+ person engineering teams at SpaceX and Shield AI. His teams played a critical role in each company's industry-leading development pace, production rates, and reliability.

Lucas Maddox

Co-Founder

For nearly three years at Starlink, Lucas owned some of the program's most difficult and urgent test and manufacturing challenges. Before SpaceX, Lucas cofounded the University of Wisconsin's solar car team, building its electrical system and organization from scratch.

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