The Catalyst Accelerator has revealed the six companies that will be participating in its 14th cohort, which is focused on Space-Based Joint Spectrum.
The program said Wednesday the six startups were chosen after undergoing a selection process conducted by the Catalyst Accelerator team with guidance from government, industry and academia experts.
The selected companies and their specialties are:
- Authentrics.ai: Offers a patent-pending service for existing AI/ML pipelines for measuring, controlling and explaining AI through direct neural network and transformer analysis
- Geist Robotics: Focuses on using electronic warfare for low-cost, portable air defense against drones and airborne threats
- Origami Space Development: Utilizes generative design and machine learning to develop deployable radio frequency and light detection and ranging architectures for satellite communications and intelligence
- Orion Edge Group: Advancing navigation warfare capabilities for electromagnetic spectrum dominance
- Pulsar Space Systems: Measures the ionosphere’s response to solar inputs using in-situ plasma and neutral density instruments
- Spin Drift Technologies: Develops data transfer outside of traditional radio, microwave or infrared spectrums for modern electronic warfare environments
Space-Based Joint Spectrum Cohort
The Space-Based Joint Spectrum cohort, the first in partnership with the Army Research Laboratory, will gather twice a month from Jan. 28 to April 5, 2025. The six startups will work with subject matter experts and engage with government and commercial partners and undergo a customer discovery process. The companies will present their projects on Demo Day, which will be held on April 24.
The 13th Space Domain Awareness Cohort focused on space launch custody, classifying uncorrelated tracks, classification of object types, operator decision aids, predictive analytics and other areas.
