Astrabeam

What Astrabeam does

Astrabeam is a private, bootstrapped deep-tech company founded in 2021 by Dr. Kevin Gu (formerly of IBM Research, where he worked on millimeter-wave frontends for 5G) and headquartered in Tarrytown, New York. The company sells the Astrabeam Perception Platform, a full-stack solution that pairs sub-terahertz (sub-THz) radar hardware with AI-driven sensor fusion software and an "Open Loop Autonomy" layer that enables autonomous systems to operate without GPS, pre-built maps, or continuous communications. The platform is designed to run on edge devices (e.g., NVIDIA Jetson) and targets use cases where conventional cameras and LiDAR fail: smoke, fog, dust, low light, GPS-denied, and contested environments.

The product surface comprises four named offerings: the overarching Astrabeam Perception Platform, the Sub-Terahertz Radar Hardware (the sensing layer), Open Loop Autonomy Software (the navigation/autonomy layer, deployable as an upgrade to existing systems), and Sensor Fusion and Perception Software (the AI layer combining radar and vision for SLAM, object detection, and tracking). Revenue is generated through two streams — hardware sales of the sub-THz radar units and software licensing of the perception/autonomy stack — sold via a quote-based, direct enterprise sales motion focused on robotics manufacturers, industrial operators, and defense integrators. No public pricing exists; engagement is custom and project-based.

The company's resources include a network of named testimonial customers (Procter & Gamble, Jaten, Kudan USA, Bellwether) and partners across robotics, industrial operations, and defense (NASA via SBIR, NSF via STTR and FuSe, NEMC, Westchester Innovation Network, NVIDIA Inception, Element 46, Plug and Play, and academic collaborators at Penn State, UCSB, Rutgers, UIUC, and CUNY ASRC). Astrabeam has not disclosed equity funding rounds and is financed through founder capital and non-dilutive government grants (NSF, NASA, NEMC, NYSTAR). Revenue, headcount, and ARR are not publicly disclosed.

Name

Astrabeam

Legal name

Astrabeam

Website

https://astrabeam.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Astrabeam is a bootstrapped, New York-based deep-tech company building a sub-terahertz radar and AI sensor-fusion perception platform for autonomous robots, industrial systems, and defense applications operating in smoke, fog, dust, low light, and GPS-denied environments.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Robotics perception sensors

NAICS

Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511)

SIC

Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Radar Systems & Subsystems (Airborne, Ground, Naval) (IMABAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Machine Vision & Optical Sensing (Cameras, 3D vision, LiDAR, illumination) (IMAGAFAB), Military ISR, EW & SIGINT Payloads (Airborne) (IMABAMAF)

Keywords

• Sub-terahertz radar
• Robotics perception systems
• Autonomous sensor fusion
• Edge AI perception
• GPS-denied autonomy software

Headquarters

HQ city

Scarsdale

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Hardware Sales: Sale of sub-terahertz radar sensing hardware designed for industrial, robotics, and defense environments. Hardware is described as plug-and-play and easily customizable.
2. Software Platform Licensing: Software platform enabling Open Loop Autonomy and AI-driven perception, deployable as software upgrade across existing systems. Software-defined capability upgrades via Open Loop Autonomy.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Astrabeam builds and sells a full-stack perception platform for autonomous systems, combining proprietary sub-terahertz radar hardware with AI-driven sensor fusion software and an Open Loop Autonomy software layer. The platform delivers high-resolution sensing in smoke, fog, dust, and low-light environments where cameras and LiDAR fail, and enables SLAM, object detection, tracking, and GPS-, map-, and communications-independent navigation on edge devices for robotics, industrial automation, and defense customers.

Product overview

Astrabeam offers the Astrabeam Perception Platform, a full-stack solution comprising sub-terahertz radar hardware and AI-driven software layers. The core platform integrates advanced radio sensing with machine learning for all-environment perception. Key components include the sub-terahertz radar hardware (providing sensing in smoke, fog, dust, and darkness), Open Loop Autonomy software (enabling GPS-denied, map-free navigation), and sensor fusion software (combining radar with computer vision for robust object detection, tracking, and SLAM). The platform is designed for deployment on edge devices and integrates with existing robotics and autonomy stacks across industries including warehousing, agriculture, mining, search and rescue, and defense.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Astrabeam Perception Platform Full-stack perception platform that combines sub-terahertz radar hardware with AI-driven software to enable reliable, all-environment perception and autonomy for autonomous systems in robotics, industrial operations, and defense. Integrates sensor fusion, SLAM, object detection, and situational awareness.
• Sub-Terahertz Radar Hardware High-resolution sub-terahertz radar sensing hardware designed to operate in smoke, fog, dust, and darkness where cameras and LiDAR fail. Provides high range and spatial resolution in a compact, low SWaP-C form factor for integration into industrial, robotics, and defense platforms.

Quantifiable outcome

• Radar-based perception for autonomous mobile robots overcoming LiDAR sensor limitations
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• CUNY ASRCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch collaboration with CUNY Advanced Science Research Center on millimeter-wave and sub-terahertz sensing applications. Founder Dr. Kevin Gu's work has been linked to this collaboration. Dr. Arno Thielens from CUNY ASRC serves as a collaborator on the team.
• Westchester Innovation NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to test safety sensors on heavy machinery. The Westchester County Business Collaborative (The BCW) news indicates this partnership focuses on testing Astrabeam's radar-based safety sensors on heavy equipment for industrial applications.
• NASAflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerNASA SBIR Phase 1 Award for Ultra-low-loss Millimeter-Wave Holographic Antennas for CubeSat Remote Sensing. Represents significant government validation of technology capabilities.
• National Science Foundation (NSF)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultiple NSF awards including STTR Phase 1 Award for D-band radar front-end module and FuSe Grant for heterogeneous module and array antenna co-design. Represents significant federal R&D funding and validation.
• Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNEMC Propel Operations Grant Award recipient for radar prototyping development. Part of the Northeast microelectronics ecosystem supporting semiconductor and radar technology development.
• NVIDIAminorGTM or Marketing PartnerStartup member of Nvidia Inception Program, providing access to NVIDIA's AI/deep learning ecosystem, developer tools, and technical support for edge AI deployment.
• Element 46 AcceleratorminorGTM or Marketing PartnerFall 2024 cohort startup member of semiconductor-focused accelerator program providing mentorship and ecosystem connections.
• Plug and Play Semiconductor AcceleratorminorGTM or Marketing PartnerFall 2024 batch startup member providing access to semiconductor industry network and potential customers/partners.
• Penn State UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Wooram Lee, Partner and Associate Professor at Penn State, contributes expertise in electromagnetic and RF design. Represents academic collaboration for technology development.
• UCSBcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Mark Rodwell, Professor at UC Santa Barbara, serves as collaborator bringing expertise in advanced signal processing and system integration.
• Rutgers University / National Taiwan UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Michael Chung-Tse Wu, Associate Professor at Rutgers and National Taiwan University, serves as collaborator contributing expertise in RF and mmWave technologies.
• UIUCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Zhen Peng, Associate Professor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, serves as collaborator with expertise in electromagnetic design.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Exyn Technologies: Provider of GPS-denied autonomous flight and mapping for defense, mining, and inspection. Highly comparable on the Open Loop Autonomy side — both companies operate without GPS, pre-built maps, or continuous comms. Astrabeam advisor Ben Williams is Exyn's former COO/CPO, further evidencing overlap.
• Arbe Robotics: Imaging radar company developing high-resolution radar perception for automotive and autonomous applications. Directly comparable to Astrabeam as a radar-first perception vendor pursuing autonomy, although Arbe focuses on the automotive market while Astrabeam targets robotics, industrial, and defense.
• Uhnder: Digital mmWave radar-on-chip supplier for ADAS, autonomous vehicles, and industrial perception. Comparable to Astrabeam's sub-THz radar hardware approach for all-environment sensing, though Uhnder serves primarily automotive Tier 1s rather than robotics/defense integrators.

Emerging players

• Aeva: FMCW / next-generation perception sensor company pursuing automotive and industrial autonomy. Comparable as a public, well-capitalized competitor pushing novel sensing modalities against incumbent LiDAR — useful valuation/traction comp for Astrabeam's radar-first thesis.
• Boston Dynamics: Specialist in autonomous and legged/flying robotics with proprietary perception stacks. Comparable as a high-end autonomy platform consumer of advanced sensors; Astrabeam could serve Boston Dynamics as a sub-THz perception supplier in adverse environments.
• Locus Robotics: Warehouse AMR vendor operating in mixed lighting, dust, and structured environments where camera-LiDAR performance can degrade. Comparable use-case vertical (warehouse logistics) and potential buyer of Astrabeam's adverse-environment perception layer for next-gen AMRs.
• Skydio: U.S. drone autonomy company with strong perception and GPS-denied capabilities, particularly in defense/security. Comparable as an autonomy platform operating in contested environments and as a potential design partner for Astrabeam's radar perception layer.
• Ghost Robotics: Unmanned ground robot vendor for defense and security, often deployed in GPS-denied and austere conditions. Comparable buyer/end-user profile for Astrabeam's ruggedized, weather-resilient radar perception.

Broad incumbents

• Mobileye: Broad incumbent in vision-based perception and ADAS/AV stacks. Comparable to Astrabeam on the AI sensor-fusion autonomy layer, though Mobileye's scale, capital base, and automotive OEM relationships dwarf a sub-10 person startup.
• Velodyne (now part of Valeo/parts of former entity): Historic LiDAR incumbent whose core weakness (smoke, fog, dust) Astrabeam's sub-THz radar directly attacks. Comparable as an established perception sensor supplier where Astrabeam is positioning as a complementary or replacement modality.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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