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Menlo Park, CA
Joined August 2015
Today, @AirbusVentures announces its oversubscribed $155M fourth fund - ‘Fund Y’ - created for deeptech entrepreneurs who are driven and inspired to design, create, and deliver complex engineering products and services. Learn more about the latest fund: bit.ly/3TmKZdi
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Ready to find your Max Q? Explore open roles and join our network today: jobs.airbusventures.vc/jobs
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Today's @SpaceX IPO is a historic milestone. This achievement is absolute proof of what is possible when relentless ambition meets execution discipline. 🚀
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At AV, we are backing the next wave of deep-tech pioneers. Join us in building the future: 🎓 Fellowship (apply by 6/29): bit.ly/4fEfxDf 💼 Partner: bit.ly/3SnXZl3
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What separates a visionary thesis from a category-defining company is engineering pedigree. Led by Tom Mueller, @GoToImpulse isn't just iterating on legacy designs—they’re building the standard for in-space logistics. Read why we (re)invested: bit.ly/4ufmE8C
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We've raised a $500 million Series D to continue solving the next big challenge in space: movement beyond launch. With over $1 billion in total capital raised, our team and our production are scaling aggressively to accelerate humanity’s future beyond Earth. Read more: impulsespace.com/updates/imp…
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.@GoToImpulse raises a $500M Series D! The funding will support hiring + manufacturing growth as the company scales to build in-space mobility infrastructure: the vehicles, propulsion systems, and operational architecture that determine where + how spacecraft move after launch.
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With three missions flown + hundreds of millions of dollars in customer contracts, Impulse is growing to meet surging demand for in-space mobility across commercial, civil, + government sectors.
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We are proud to have been early supporters of Impulse, and we are excited to continue supporting the company as the strategic importance of orbital mobility becomes more visible. Read the full update here: bit.ly/4dLLckR
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Congratulations @CesiumAstro @GoToImpulse & @LeoLabs_Space on being named to the #NatSec100! This list highlights the top startups advancing national security and space tech. A massive testament to our founders' relentless dedication. natsec100.org/
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We're launching a fellowship program at Airbus Ventures. The fellowship is an intensive, self-driven, "get-what-you-put-in" crash course in frontier tech commercialization.
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You will drive high-stakes diligence on live deals, bypass marketing to stress-test a startup’s true physics-based bottlenecks, and receive 1-1 mentorship from AV leadership.
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Application Deadline: Monday, June 29, 2026 Fellowship Launch: August 25, 2026 Read more and apply: wandering-letter-01f.notion.…
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“The next wave of AI adoption will not be carried by a handful of general-purpose models, but by the millions of specialized, fine-tuned models already being built in the open." -Abigail Hitchcock, Principal @AirbusVentures
Today we're announcing our $20 M Series A, co-led by @AMDVentures and @AirbusVentures, with @BMWiVentures, @Kickstartph, @PanacheVC, and @Wavemaker_VC. We're building the neutral layer for open models — so the future doesn't run on a few labs, a few chips, or a few clouds. THE FUTURE CAN’T BE BLOCKED. Any Model. Anywhere. Anyone. Yours.
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"The challenge has never been whether those models exist; it's whether they can be served reliably and at a cost that makes production deployment viable."
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"Featherless.ai has solved the underlying architectural problem-loading models in seconds while keeping GPUs productively utilized-which is what finally makes the long tail commercially feasible. Our conviction in the team has only deepened since we first backed them."
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Our latest ‘Thresholds of Resilience’ examines the shift toward material agency and rugged supply chains capable of surviving persistent geopolitical stresses. Read more: bit.ly/4cIzwgZ
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We are proud to introduce Thresholds of Resilience, a new writing series reflecting on the systems required to define our future under extreme pressure. Read more here: bit.ly/4kRHpo4
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The Moon is a 4-billion-year-old galactic archive. 🌙 @AirbusVentures Chief Science Advisor Lewis Pinault explains how AI and ML are critical to cataloguing lunar artifacts and safeguarding our celestial heritage. Explore his research in @Nature: bit.ly/4tA8cZK
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Big week in Singapore! 🇸🇬 Thrilled to see our portfolio companies leading the charge at the #SingaporeAirShow and the inaugural Space Summit 2026. From Sands Expo to Changi, the innovation on display is world-class. 🛰️✈️
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Proud to participate in @CesiumAstro’s $470M Series C! AV backs the builders defining the safety, mobility, and security of the next century. From breakthrough to American Industrial backbone, CesiumAstro is fueling a new generation of resilience.🛰️
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