Airbase

Building the software platform for spectrum licensing, coordination, and intelligence.

[Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC]

The FCC’s Space Bureau has been doing really phenomenal work.

They have cleared through backlogs and are getting work done at a record pace.

Great to spend time with the team today.

Boosting America’s space economy. 🚀

[Airbase @teamairbase]

@eriktorenberg New Media helped us share an unusual story with the world, and reach the exact people we wanted during our launch. Simply not possible without @tdoggyholhol and crew.

Wireless signal🤝creative signal

[Ari Rosner @rosner_ari]

The @FCC is reviewing decades-old rules to improve spectrum sharing between LEO satellites (like @Starlink) and traditional GSO (geostationary) ones. The big focus? EPFD limits. What are they, where did they come from, and what happens if we update them? A quick 🧵

[Ari Rosner @rosner_ari]

https://t.co/jPQR1UcrCN

[Airbase @teamairbase]

@rosner_ari @katiekirsch @a16z Check out all of the open roles here! https://t.co/78Pe20QEva

[Ari Rosner @rosner_ari]

Really appreciate @katiekirsch and the @a16z team sharing some of our open roles at Airbase! We're looking for exceptional builders across the board, especially for Software Engineering, RF Engineering, Business Operations, and more

[Ari Rosner @rosner_ari]

It has been a huge week for @teamairbase.

The broad support from both familiar and new faces is invigorating. Our mission remains focused on ensuring government, military, and commercial innovators maintain American leadership through rapid and resilient spectrum access.

As we continue to tell the story of America’s invisible national security crisis, we also want to tell the stories of the team behind Airbase. Learn more about our team at https://t.co/2RmiMQtRWf

We’re hiring across engineering, business development, and more to join our mission. If you’re a natural fixer, check out https://t.co/si55IT1uzj

[Ari Rosner @rosner_ari]

The @FCC is leading the way in modernizing space spectrum policy. This is how America stays ahead in the new space race.

@BrendanCarrFCC nailed it: “The American companies, even the weird ones and cool ones, need plentiful access to spectrum…With today's action, we continue our spectrum abundance agenda to support our builders in space."

And yeah, the @FCC is one of the coolest agencies in Washington by just calling it what it is. It’s “weird space stuff”. 🛰️

[Airbase @teamairbase]

We’re moving hard tech forward. Thank you for the mention! @AtomsNotBits

[Atoms Not Bits @AtomsNotBits]

American RF Dominance

Daily Hard Tech Headlines:

- @teamairbase secured $5M in funding. The startup develops AI-driven data ingestion and analysis to modernize radio frequency and critical communications infrastructure. Investors include @foundersysk, @squadra_vc, and @a16z.

- Applied Atomics has raised $8.3M. The company is focused on building nuclear power plants using established light-water reactor designs, with an emphasis on execution, deployment, and system integration.

- VectorWave has emerged from stealth. The Boston startup raised $2.5M and developed AI capable of running directly on RF signals.

- VICTUS Technologies, Inc. has raised a seed round. The startup develops contested autonomy software, including GPS-independent navigation and multi-domain autonomy. Bow Capital led the round.

- @Lucid_Bots has raised a Series B. The Charlotte, North Carolina startup develops autonomous exterior building cleaning via drones and deploys a subscription model. Cubit Capital and Idea Fund Partners led the round.

- @ZeroEyesAI launched ZeroLink, which enables threat detection and awareness on-prem in remote, mobile, and limited-telecom environments.

- SMARTSHOOTER and AV have secured $6.1M in C-UAS contracts from the Joint Interagency Task Force 401.

- Chimney Rock Equity Partners acquired UEC United Electronics Company, which develops electrical components for hard tech.

- A @Figure_robot humanoid was demonstrated at the White House.

- @AnySignal_Space has been selected by the U.S. Space Force to support resilient, interference-resistant military communications.

- Terra Drone Corporation, the Japanese industrial drone firm, is looking to expand in the U.S. market and launch Terra Defense.

- @DominionDynamic has partnered with Denvr to develop a secure, Canadian-controlled simulation environment designed to train and validate Autonomous Collaborative Platforms (ACPs) for the Canadian Armed Forces and allied partners.

- @neurable, the neurotech startup completed a test with defense and law enforcement to monitors neural responses during blast exposure and identifies possible indicators of trauma (device pictured below).

[Airbase @teamairbase]

@AlleyWatch @AdonisRcm @spadedata @BuildTrayd @trymoda NYC is the place to be. Thanks for highlighting us!

[a16z @a16z]

We’re very excited to back Airbase.

@teamairbase is building the software platform for radio frequency spectrum — the unseen highway that carries the data on which our economy and national security depend.

The number of devices and systems that rely on spectrum is exploding. Airbase is bringing modern software to how airwaves are licensed, coordinated, and understood.

"We are at an inflection point. The commercial space economy is taking off. The nature of warfare is shifting to the RF domain. The devices in our pockets are becoming hungrier for data."

"The invisible infrastructure of our world is in crisis. And we exist to fix it.

Welcome to Airbase."

Read more from Airbase's founders, @rosner_ari and @MillenAnand: https://t.co/tt2hVTu8zp

@espricewright

[Ryan McEntush @rmcentush]

Spectrum is a finite resource with exponential demand.

Chronically underutilized, spectrum is now among the most expensive assets out there. we can’t keep managing it in the same bureaucratic way!

Excited to support @rosner_ari and @MillenAnand in solving this 📡

[Airbase @teamairbase]

The RF spectrum is the invisible engine of the digital age, underpinning trillions in global GDP and our most critical national security infrastructure.

But treating it like a static, tapped-out utility is a choice, not a law of physics.

We're sharing our story—why our cofounders @rosner_ari and @MillenAnand set out to solve the spectrum bottleneck, how critical this is for American re-industrialization, and a peak into what our vision of the future looks like.

Give it a read here: https://t.co/KTo9BwXnOe

[Ari Rosner @rosner_ari]

To the spectrum managers, RF end-users, and government regulators: we know how much you have on your plates right now.

Between the explosion of commercial space and the demands of modern defense systems, the RF spectrum has never been more congested. Yet, the tools used to coordinate it haven't kept up.

We built @teamairbase to take the manual friction off your desk.

Thank you to @SpaceNews_Inc for capturing a key part of our mission: “The software is designed to reduce the burden of manual interference analysis and legacy database management, enabling engineers and policymakers to focus on more complex spectrum planning and policy challenges.”

Airbase is here to help augment the coordination so you can focus on the breakthroughs.

Check out the full article by @JasonRainbow

[Ari Rosner @rosner_ari]

Excited to have @payloadspace covering our launch from stealth, detailing how @teamairbase is helping give both Commercial and Government satellite & ground station innovators the automated infrastructure they need to get their systems cleared, deconflicted, and online faster.

We’re grateful to be working alongside incredible engineers and experts across government, defense, and commercial sectors to deliver a modern, resilient solution.

Thank you @jacqfeldscher!

Check it out: https://t.co/6oxXYYc5E1

[Ari Rosner @rosner_ari]

Government, military, and commercial operators must have rapid and resilient spectrum access to deploy the systems of tomorrow.

We lack the modern toolkit for complete control of the radio frequency spectrum domain.

Thrilled to share our exclusive with @axios on how @teamairbase is fixing the “invisible” crisis grounding U.S. commercial and defense tech. We’re already working alongside federal regulators and the DoW to bring this vision to reality.

Read the full story from @demarest_colin on how we’re working with regulators and end users to build modern infrastructure for RF spectrum here:

[Airbase @teamairbase]

Not quite, we're actually in radio frequency spectrum coordination. The very wireless spectrum that lets you scroll @X (maybe using @Starlink), send that reply, and stream everything else? It needs careful coordination so signals don't collide and turn into noise. That's what we do.

[Ari Rosner @rosner_ari]

Today, @teamairbase is emerging from stealth.

With a $5M round led by @a16z alongside @squadra_vc and @foundersysk, we’re solving a critical, invisible bottleneck in American national security: radio frequency (RF) spectrum coordination.

Nearly all modern technology– from 5G on our smartphones to weather satellites and next-generation autonomous defense systems– depends on spectrum access.

Yet, as demand for connectivity soars, the government systems used to allocate spectrum licenses and coordinate usage are stuck in a bygone era. Slow, manual workflows stall innovation and allow our adversaries to outpace us.

Airbase is building the modern infrastructure for RF spectrum licensing, coordination, and intelligence.

This isn’t merely a vision. We’ve secured an active contract with the U.S. Government to build and deploy the modern, software-defined data and coordination layer. We’re grateful to be partnering with brilliant minds across civil federal, commercial, and defense.

America’s next era isn't waiting to be built. It’s waiting to be unleashed.

The future of wireless is resilient, connected, and abundant.

@espricewright @rmcentush Alex Oliver, Guy Filippelli, Dom Ventimiglia, Dan Madden, Margaret Roth, Jen Yip, and many more

[Millen Anand @MillenAnand]

Today, @teamairbase is emerging from stealth.

With a $5M round led by @a16z alongside @squadra_vc and @foundersysk, we’re solving a critical, invisible bottleneck in American national security: radio frequency (RF) spectrum coordination.

Nearly all modern technology–from 5G on our smartphones to weather satellites and next-generation autonomous defense systems–depends on spectrum access.

Yet, as demand for connectivity soars, the government systems used to allocate spectrum licenses and coordinate usage are stuck in a bygone era. Slow, manual workflows stall innovation and allow our adversaries to outpace us.

Airbase is building the modern infrastructure for RF spectrum licensing, coordination, and intelligence.

This isn’t merely a vision. We’ve secured an active contract with the U.S. Government to build and deploy the modern, software-defined data and coordination layer. We’re grateful to be partnering with brilliant minds across civil federal, commercial, and defense.

America’s next era isn't waiting to be built. It’s waiting to be unleashed.

The future of wireless is resilient, connected, and abundant.

@espricewright, @rmcentush, Alex Oliver, Guy Filippelli, Dom Ventimiglia, Dan Madden, Jen Yip, and many more