Elodin blog · May 2026
Open-sourcing a practice rig for Anduril's AI Grand Prix drone-race competition, demonstrating Elodin's flight-simulation stack and Betaflight integration.
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Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
Elodin is a YC W24-backed aerospace software company building a cloud-based simulation and flight-software development platform for drones, satellites, and other autonomous systems; it combines a GPU-accelerated Rust/Python/JAX simulation stack with Aleph flight hardware.
Primary product
Cloud-based simulation and flight-software development platform for autonomous systems
Founded
2023
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Industry
Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
Sub-industry
Aerospace simulation and flight software
Offices
2711 Dana Street, Berkeley, California 94705, United States
2325 3rd Street, San Francisco, California 94107-3199, United States
Business model
subscription software
hardware sales
B2B SaaS
Funding
Stage
pre-seed
Total raised
$2M
Latest round
Pre-Seed · Feb 2024
Latest amount
$2M
Feb 2024 · Y Combinator
People & investors
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
Co-founder & CCO
Software Engineer, Co-founder
Co-founder
Client App Lead & Co-Founder
Work & culture
Builder-oriented and aerospace-focused, with an open-source and community-driven posture centered on Discord, GitHub, docs, and frequent technical blog posts.
Product & market
Pricing
Subscription software for the cloud platform and client software; hardware products are sold separately through the shop.
Differentiators
- —GPU-accelerated Rust/Python/JAX simulation toolkit
- —cloud Monte Carlo runner for massive parallel simulation
- —integrated 3D viewer and data-analysis workflow
- —simulation, test, deployment, and flight-software tooling in one platform
- —open-source monorepo and developer-friendly Nix-based setup
Technology
Rust
Python
JAX
XLA
Nix
ECS
Cranelift
Polars
Bevy
MLIR
Kubernetes
Terraform
Phoenix
Elixir
Betaflight
Customers
aerospace companies
research institutions
robotics developers
educational institutions
drone teams
satellite teams
defense customers
Competitors
MATLAB/Simulink
Gazebo
Auterion
Siemens PLM Software
Green Hills Software
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
around $1.2M annually (estimated ARR)
Estimated monthly visits
2K
Traffic estimate as of Apr 2026
Latest news
Elodin blog · Feb 2024
Official announcement of Elodin's $2M pre-seed financing, naming Y Combinator, Soma Capital, Karman Ventures, Kulveer Taggar, and Leonis Investissement among the backers.
Y Combinator · Jan 2024
YC launch introducing Elodin as CI/CD for aerospace, highlighting GPU-accelerated physics simulation, Monte Carlo cloud runs, and a live 3D viewer for drone and satellite control systems.
Elodin blog
Company update announcing Van as Elodin's first full-time hire and a Flight Software Engineer, signaling early team growth.
Elodin blog
Technical post about an ultra-high-speed implementation of the EGM2008 Earth gravity model used in the Elodin platform.
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