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Juxta

Building a GPS alternative 100x more powerful with no hardware needed.

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Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Jul 29, 2026

Overview

Juxta is a San Francisco-based, YC S25 startup building the Universal Positioning System (UPS), a GPS alternative that uses existing IMU sensors, synthetic fingerprinting, and machine learning to track people and assets indoors, outdoors, underground, and offline without beacons, anchors, satellites, or cameras.

Primary product

Universal Positioning System (UPS) for real-time asset and personnel tracking

Founded

2024

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States

Team size

1-10

Work style

Onsite

Industry

Software Development

Sub-industry

Location intelligence / GPS alternative / RTLS

Offices

San Francisco, California, United States

Business model

B2B enterprise software
SaaS / software subscription
hardware + software platform
sales-led contracts
per-tag recurring pricing

Funding

Stage

Seed

Total raised

$5.7M

Latest round

Seed · Sep 2025

Latest amount

$5M

Seed

Sep 2025 · CRV

$5M

Pre-seed

May 2024

$652K

People & investors

Leadership

John Ferrara

Founder and CEO

Hasan Aybars Ari

Co-Founder and CTO

Investors

Authentic Ventures
CRV
Duke Capital Partners
Pioneer Fund
Y Combinator

Work & culture

Public materials emphasize speed, competition, and a highly technical, research-driven team focused on moving localization research into real markets. The company also highlights 24/7 partner support and rapid deployment.

Work style

Onsite

Visa sponsorship

Limited

Compensation

A public Growth Engineer posting offered $90K-$150K base salary plus 0.10%-1.00% equity.

Benefits

Health coverage
Technology allowance
Free lunches

Product & market

Pricing

Sales-led/quote-based for UPS; public asset-tag FAQ material shows $10 upfront per tag plus $6/month per tag.

Differentiators

  • —No external hardware required
  • —Works indoors, outdoors, underground, and in GPS-denied environments
  • —Offline-capable / minimal internet needed
  • —Remote deployment in under an hour
  • —Uses existing IMU-enabled devices
  • —Synthetic fingerprinting to train on simulated movement data
  • —Sub-meter positioning claims
  • —End-to-end encrypted and anti-jamming positioning

Technology

IMU sensors
synthetic fingerprinting
machine learning
TensorFlow
SDK
iOS
Android
embedded systems
on-device positioning
asset tags
floorplan/CAD upload workflows
end-to-end encryption
HIPAA-compliant workflows

Customers

Defense and military teams
Logistics and warehousing operators
Healthcare and hospital systems
Robotics / unmanned systems teams
RC Mowers

Competitors

GPS
RTLS / beacon-based tracking systems
BLE tracking systems
UWB tracking systems
RFID asset tracking systems

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

≈$440K ARR (public estimate; early six-figure contracts also reported)

info@juxta.com(858) 753-8444

Latest news

TPIsoftware Partners with Juxta to Bring Advanced, Satellite-Free Positioning Tech into Security Sectors

PR Newswire · Jul 2026

Juxta announced a global reseller agreement with TPIsoftware to distribute its UPS technology across APAC, expanding into healthcare, logistics, and security-related use cases.

Improving Military Equipment Accountability with Real-Time Asset Tracking

Juxta blog · Jul 2026

Official blog post describing NODE1 asset tags for continuous visibility of mission-critical military equipment.

Juxta at Manufacturing IT/OT Summit USA 2026

Juxta blog · Mar 2026

Juxta highlighted infrastructure-free location intelligence for smart manufacturing and industrial environments.

Juxta's John Ferrara on synthetic fingerprinting: GPS alternative that works indoors, underground, and in combat zones

TBPN Digest · Feb 2026

Interview/reporting on Juxta's synthetic fingerprinting approach, customer traction, and seed funding led by CRV.

Juxta raises $5M for GPS-alternative indoor/outdoor positioning system — $150K revenue in 6 weeks

TBPN Digest · Sep 2025

Reported Juxta seed financing, early revenue, and initial customer focus across warehousing, logistics, and defense.

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