Antaris™ Raises $28 Million Series A to Accelerate AI-Driven Space Missions
Antaris™ disclosed the first close of a $28 million Series A financing round in Los Altos, California, announcing the raise on the day of the statement. The round was led by WestWave Capital and included participation from Lockheed Martin Ventures, existing insiders and several new investors. The capital injection follows a year of heightened demand for Antaris’s AI‑driven satellite solutions from U.S. Department of War programs and emerging partnerships with sovereign customers.
The funding will be directed toward accelerating development of the Antaris Intelligence™ platform, which underpins the company’s Full Mission Virtualization™ service. Central to the platform is the TrueTwin™ simulation environment that allows customers to execute end‑to‑end mission flights virtually before hardware selection, supporting predictive design modeling, anomaly detection, constellation orchestration and autonomous on‑orbit operations. Antaris recently signed a memorandum of agreement with SARsatX to build a 16‑satellite constellation for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and has begun market exploration in Japan. The round also expands Antaris’s investor base to include Streamlined, Acequia, HCVC, E2MC and Possible Ventures, while adding WestWave Capital General Partner Gaurav Manglik to the company’s board. Additional capital will fund growth of engineering, product and go‑to‑market teams and broaden regional manufacturing collaborations in allied jurisdictions.
The Series A close arrives as Antaris positions its software‑defined mission architecture to address contested and commercial space environments. By virtualizing every system element, the company aims to reduce time‑to‑orbit and lifecycle operating costs for ISR and communications satellites, offering governments and commercial operators a faster, more resilient path to mission execution. The infusion of venture capital signals confidence in AI‑native mission design and may influence broader industry adoption of AI‑enabled satellite development and autonomous operations.
