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.
Unified flight software and hardware for the mission of tomorrow
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
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
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Business model
Stage
pre-seed
Total raised
$2M
Latest round
Pre-Seed · Feb 2024
Latest amount
$2M
Feb 2024 · Y Combinator
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
Co-founder & CCO
Software Engineer, Co-founder
Co-founder
Client App Lead & Co-Founder
Investors
Builder-oriented and aerospace-focused, with an open-source and community-driven posture centered on Discord, GitHub, docs, and frequent technical blog posts.
Pricing
Subscription software for the cloud platform and client software; hardware products are sold separately through the shop.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
around $1.2M annually (estimated ARR)
Estimated monthly visits
2K
Traffic estimate as of Apr 2026
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.
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.