GeekWire · Oct 2025
Reports the first flight of Radical's full-size Evenstar prototype, a 120-foot-wingspan solar-powered drone, and notes plans for higher-altitude testing in 2026.
Building persistent, high-performance infrastructure in the sky
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Radical is a Seattle-based aerospace startup building StratoSats—autonomous solar-powered aircraft that deliver persistent infrastructure, connectivity, and observation services from the stratosphere.
Primary product
Evenstar / StratoSats autonomous solar-powered stratospheric aircraft
Founded
2022
Headquarters
Seattle, Washington, United States
Team size
1-10 employees
Industry
Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
Sub-industry
High-altitude platform stations (HAPS) / stratospheric autonomous aircraft
Offices
0 jobs at Radical
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Business model
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$5.1M
Latest round
Seed · Apr 2024
Latest amount
$4.5M
First-principles, design-build-fly, rapid-iteration culture with a lean team focused on physics, real-world constraints, and execution.
Compensation
No public salary bands or compensation ranges were found in the public materials reviewed.
Pricing
Not publicly disclosed; appears to be B2B mission/service and aerospace-platform driven.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
$1M-$10M
Estimated monthly visits
2K
GeekWire · Oct 2025
Reports the first flight of Radical's full-size Evenstar prototype, a 120-foot-wingspan solar-powered drone, and notes plans for higher-altitude testing in 2026.
Radical blog · Oct 2025
Company post announcing Evenstar's maiden flight and describing its 120-foot wingspan, 15-kilogram payload capacity, and 2026 high-altitude testing plans.
Popular Science · Oct 2025
Profiles the prototype flight and explains possible use cases such as remote connectivity, imagery, and surveillance.
Defense Daily · Oct 2025
Covers the first flight test of Evenstar and the company’s plan to begin stratospheric testing in 2026.
GeekWire · Apr 2024
Reports Radical's $4.5 million seed round led by Scout Ventures with additional backing from Inflection and Y Combinator.