Vertical AI for highly-regulated manufacturing
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
GroundControl is a 2024-founded, YC-backed vertical SaaS company selling AI-powered quality and inspection software for aerospace and other highly regulated manufacturing workflows, centered on AS9102 first-article inspections, supplier quality, and contract review.
Primary product
AI-powered AS9102 First Article Inspection and quality reporting software
Founded
2024
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Work style
Hybrid
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
AS9102 / aerospace and advanced manufacturing quality inspection software
Offices
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Business model
Leadership
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder & CTO
Co-Founder & COO
Founding Engineer, AI Researcher
Investors
Small team culture with strong customer obsession, extreme ownership, low ego/high impact collaboration, in-person offsites, customer site visits, and hackathon-driven product iteration.
Work style
Hybrid
Visa sponsorship
Yes
Compensation
A public senior software developer posting showed a $100K-$190K base salary range; no broader company-wide compensation policy, bonus plan, or equity structure was publicly disclosed.
Benefits
Pricing
Facility-based flat subscription with unlimited users, rather than per-seat licensing.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
Approximately $0.5M-$1.0M ARR (estimated ARR about $660K as of 2025-09-14).
Estimated monthly visits
4.4K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
The U.S. Department of Defense suspended CMMC Phase 2 for review; this is a market/regulatory risk for vendors serving regulated-defense compliance workflows, though GroundControl itself was not described as having a layoff, shutdown, or acquisition event.
SourceAeroXplorer · Jul 2026
Recent coverage of GroundControl's aerospace quality workflow pitch, traction, FedRAMP/CMMC posture, and product expansion at Farnborough.
LinkedIn · Jul 2026
Spartan Aerospace Group said it selected GroundControl for AS9102 FAIR generation and PO review across many facilities.
LinkedIn · Jul 2026
Company post about an in-person team offsite with customer site visits, cross-functional co-working, and a hackathon.
LinkedIn · Jun 2026
Founder update announcing GroundControl's FedRAMP marketplace readiness milestone.
LinkedIn · Feb 2026
GroundControl said Fictiv is using its software to automate AS9102 documentation across a global manufacturing network.