Astris AI

What Astris AI does

Astris AI is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, founded in December 2024 and headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, that commercializes the AI Factory — a full-stack AI platform originally developed inside Lockheed Martin's AI Center of Excellence (LAIC). The platform is built around three integrated modules: Navigator, a GenAI chat application with no-code retrieval-augmented generation used by 40,000+ Lockheed Martin employees and processing 4+ billion tokens weekly; Genesis, a no-code GenAI builder for creating custom AI assistants with AD-group access controls and privacy-by-default data handling; and Panel, an MLOps platform covering DataOps, MLOps, and infrastructure with model governance, versioning, audit trails, rollback, and drift detection. The platform is engineered to operate across cloud, on-premises, air-gapped, and tactical edge environments, with integration points to NVIDIA NIM microservices, Meta's Llama open-source models, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and HPE ProLiant and Edgeline hardware. Deployment of model updates at the edge is reported in under 20 minutes without network connectivity.

The company targets defense, federal government, aerospace, healthcare, financial services, energy, and manufacturing — primarily regulated and high-assurance environments requiring FedRAMP, HIPAA, FIPS 140-3, and DOD ethical AI compliance. Named external customers are limited but strategically positioned: X-Bow Systems (first AI Factory customer, applying AI to solid rocket motor manufacturing) and Albany Engineered Composites (first supplier in a multi-supplier modernization initiative targeting the defense industrial base). Go-to-market combines direct enterprise sales led by a CRO with distribution through Oracle Cloud Marketplace, NASA SEWP, GSA MAS, and HPE authorized resellers. Revenue is generated via platform licensing, professional services (strategy, engineering, and governance), and hardware procurement services, with all pricing quote-based and non-publicly disclosed.

Name

Astris AI

Legal name

Astris AI LLC

Website

https://astrisai.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Astris AI is a Lockheed Martin subsidiary that commercializes the AI Factory, a defense-grade full-stack AI platform — combining GenAI applications, no-code agent building, and MLOps — for regulated defense, federal, aerospace, healthcare, and manufacturing customers requiring air-gapped and classified-environment deployments.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Defense AI Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

End-to-End Enterprise AI Platforms (MLOps & Model Lifecycle Management) (HDAEANAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

AI Integration & Orchestration Platforms (Connectors, Workflow, iPaaS for AI) (HDAEANAI), Model Serving, Inference & Deployment Platforms (APIs, Edge/On-Prem) (HDAEANAC), Enterprise Foundation Model Integration & APIs (Connectors, Governance, Deployment) (HDAAACAO)

Keywords

• Defense AI platform
• MLOps software
• Generative AI deployment
• Secure enterprise AI
• AI lifecycle management

Headquarters

HQ city

Bethesda

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. AI Factory Platform Licensing: Astris AI commercializes the AI Factory platform through direct commercial licensing to defense, aerospace, finance, healthcare, energy, and manufacturing sectors. Solutions are distributed through commercial federal procurement vehicles including Oracle Cloud Marketplace, NASA SEWP, and GSA MAS. The platform combines AI agents and MLOps into a modular ecosystem for data ingestion, model training, validation, and deployment.
2. Professional Services & AI Engineering: Astris provides hands-on AI engineering support and consulting services including strategy & planning, development & deployment, and talent & operation services. This includes collaborative workshops to align AI initiatives with business needs, AI engineering from architecture to production deployment, and governance and enablement services for long-term capability building.
3. Hardware Integration & Procurement Services: Astris AI has developed partnerships with best-in-class hardware vendors and can facilitate introductions and procurement of hardware (e.g., HPE infrastructure, NVIDIA GPUs) as part of building out customer AI Factory environments, adding a hardware services component to the revenue mix.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Astris AI builds and commercializes the AI Factory — a defense-grade, full-stack AI platform that combines generative AI applications, MLOps tooling, and data governance for high-assurance and classified environments. The platform comprises three integrated modules: Navigator (GenAI chat/no-code RAG interface used by 40,000+ Lockheed Martin employees), Genesis (no-code AI assistant builder with AD-controlled access), and Panel (MLOps platform for AI lifecycle management). It is delivered across cloud, on-premises, air-gapped, and edge environments with integrations to NVIDIA NIM, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Meta Llama, and HPE infrastructure.

Product overview

Astris AI offers a platform-plus-modules architecture centered on the AI Factory, a defense-grade secure AI platform that provides tools and infrastructure for deploying AI across regulated, high-stakes environments. The core platform comprises three integrated modules: Navigator (AI Applications/GenAI chat interface), Genesis (GenAI Builder Platform for no-code AI assistant creation), and Panel (MLOps platform for AI lifecycle management). These are complemented by vertical solution offerings including Supply Chain AI, Government AI, Healthcare AI, Defense AI, Edge Intelligence, On-Prem Generative AI, and Adaptive Driver Assistance solutions. The company also offers AI Strategy & Services for professional implementation support. A specialized government variant, Astris AI for Government, provides additional capabilities on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure with future PEARL simulation environment planned.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AI Factory: Full-stack AI platform providing defense-grade secure AI tools for data ingestion, model training, validation, and deployment.
• Navigator
• Genesis
• Panel

Products and services

• AI Factory Platform Full-stack AI platform providing defense-grade secure AI tools across defense, aerospace, finance, healthcare, energy, and manufacturing sectors; combines AI agents and machine learning operations into a modular ecosystem for data ingestion, model training, validation, and deployment across cloud, on-premises, air-gapped, and edge environments.
• Navigator GenAI chat platform that uses no-code Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) technology to enable users to securely upload context data within the chat interface and access customized AI Assistants built by their organization. Processes 4+ billion tokens weekly and is used by 40,000+ Lockheed Martin employees.
• Genesis No-code GenAI builder platform used to build custom AI assistants in minutes while securing proprietary organizational data. Enables comparing, customizing, and fine-tuning AI models with control over access and data management through AD user groups; prioritizes data privacy with no logging or data sharing by default.
• Panel Full-code MLOps platform accelerating AI model development, deployment, and refinement across DataOps, MLOps, and Infrastructure domains. Seamlessly integrates with existing tools, offers flexibility with infrastructure options spanning private cloud and on-premises deployments, and provides end-to-end lifecycle management with secure pipelines for classified environments, model governance, versioning, audit trails, rollback, and drift detection.
• Astris AI for Government Secure AI and simulation ecosystem for U.S. government and commercial missions. Provides turnkey AI platform on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure with GenAI and MLOps bundles for federal agencies, integrating NVIDIA NIM microservices and Meta Llama open-source models.
• AI Strategy & Engineering Services Professional services including Strategy & Planning, AI Engineering & Deployment, and Governance & Enablement. Partners with enterprises to align AI initiatives with business priorities, operational realities, and regulatory requirements through collaborative workshops, architecture-to-production AI engineering, and long-term capability building.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40,000+ employees use Navigator daily; 4+ billion tokens processed weekly
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability10 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• NVIDIAcoreTechnology or Integration · 2 February 2026Astris AI integrates NVIDIA AI Enterprise software including NIM microservices into the AI Factory, enhancing deployment across classified and mission-critical programs. The integration aligns with STIG baselines, FIPS 140-3 validated cryptography, and CISA KEV monitoring, simplifying and accelerating accreditation for federal and high-assurance customers. NVIDIA designated these microservices as government-ready for the public sector. Astris AI participates in the NVIDIA AI Factory for Government initiative alongside other defense contractors.
• Albany Engineered Composites (AEC)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 January 2026AEC and Astris AI formed a strategic collaboration to deploy defense-grade AI across AEC's advanced aerospace manufacturing operations, making AEC the first supplier to undertake a structured AI modernization journey with Astris AI. The arrangement deploys the AI Factory to deliver an AI roadmap across supply chain, production planning, and finance, and includes building surrogate models for composite material properties. The collaboration launches the first phase of Astris AI's supplier modernization initiative, with plans to expand to additional key suppliers in 2026.
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)coreTechnology or Integration · 12 January 2026HPE and Astris AI collaborated to deliver a defense-grade AI platform running on HPE ProLiant Compute DL380a Gen11 and HPE Edgeline EL8000 Converged Edge System, enabling secure AI deployments across enterprise and disconnected edge environments. HPE VP of Public Sector Susan Shapero stated HPE is proud to collaborate with Lockheed Martin to advance edge-based inferencing capabilities for Astris AI. The platform is available through HPE authorized resellers.
• OraclecoreTechnology or Integration · 11 December 2025Astris AI for Government solutions are built on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), providing secure U.S. network access for unclassified and classified regions with sovereign cloud solutions advancing national security interests. The platform is available through Oracle Cloud Marketplace. The collaboration combines Lockheed Martin's engineering and domain expertise with Oracle's accredited cloud infrastructure.
• MetacoreTechnology or Integration · 11 December 2025Meta provides open-source AI models (Llama) to the Astris AI ecosystem. The collaboration enables scalable use of open-source LLMs including Llama for national security and commercial applications, with David Wehner, Meta's Chief Strategy Officer, explicitly endorsing Astris AI as an ideal partner to drive adoption of open-source models.
• X-Bow SystemsflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 October 2025X-Bow Systems became the first customer to adopt Lockheed Martin's defense-grade AI platform (Astris AI Factory) for its advanced solid rocket motor manufacturing operations. X-Bow is also the first launch customer for the newly enabled NVIDIA NIM microservices within the AI Factory, using the platform to develop a secure AI Proposal Generation Agent drawing on multiple LLMs and proprietary technical data. The platform establishes a secure digital backbone for real-time production execution, improved process control, and higher throughput for tactical and large-scale rocket motors.
• Lockheed Martin (Parent Company)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 December 2024Astris AI is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, created to commercialize the AI Factory MLOps platform originally developed by Lockheed Martin's AI Center of Excellence (LAIC). Lockheed Martin provides domain expertise in classified and mission-critical environments, engineering talent, and its established customer relationships in defense and federal markets. Steve Walker, former CTO of Lockheed Martin, serves as an advisor and public champion of the platform.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Anduril Industries: Anduril builds AI-powered defense systems (Lattice OS, autonomous platforms) and sells into the same DoD and defense industrial base customer set as Astris. It competes for federal AI and edge AI budgets and represents Astris's closest well-funded competitor in defense AI commercialization.
• Scale AI: Scale AI's government business (Scale Donovan, Scale GenAI Platform) provides AI/ML infrastructure for DoD and intelligence community missions including classified workflows. It overlaps with Astris in defense AI applications and government-focused AI deployment.
• Primer.ai: Primer builds AI platforms specifically for national security and intelligence analysts, with deployments across the U.S. government. Its focus on classified AI workflows and mission-critical analytics makes it a tightly overlapping competitor in the federal/national-security AI segment Astris targets.
• Databricks: Databricks provides the Mosaic AI and Data Intelligence Platform used by federal agencies and regulated enterprises, with FedRAMP and GovCloud offerings. Its MLOps, model serving, and data governance capabilities overlap directly with Astris's Panel and AI Factory platform.
• C3.ai: C3.ai offers an enterprise AI application platform with a dedicated federal/defense practice serving DoD, intelligence, and federal civilian agencies. It competes with Astris's AI Factory on enterprise AI lifecycle management, MLOps, and regulated industry deployments.
• Palantir Technologies: Palantir's Gotham and AIP platforms serve as defense, intelligence, and federal civilian AI infrastructure, with deep DoD and intelligence community penetration. It is the most direct analog to Astris's AI Factory in terms of customer base (DoD/IC), deployment model (on-prem, classified, air-gapped), and product positioning (full-stack AI + data ops).

Broad incumbents

• SAIC: SAIC provides federal IT and engineering services including AI/ML platforms for DoD, intelligence, and federal civilian customers. Its government AI services portfolio overlaps with Astris's professional services and platform offerings in defense and federal markets.
• Leidos: Leidos is a major defense and federal IT contractor that builds and integrates AI/ML solutions across DoD, intelligence, and federal civilian missions. It competes with Astris in defense AI services and increasingly in AI platform delivery for federal customers.
• Booz Allen Hamilton: Booz Allen is a top-tier federal AI services and systems integrator serving DoD, intelligence community, and federal civilian agencies with bespoke AI/ML deployments. While it does not sell a packaged AI platform, it competes for the same federal AI dollars Astris targets and increasingly offers platform-style offerings.

Emerging players

• Snowflake: Snowflake's government cloud and AI/ML capabilities (Cortex AI) increasingly serve federal and regulated enterprise customers, with FedRAMP High availability. It represents an adjacent data/AI platform competitor that could encroach on Astris's federal data and MLOps territory as Snowflake builds out AI applications.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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