What imPatient Software does

imPatient Software is a Lake Worth Beach, Florida-based deep-tech startup founded in 2021 by Naga Varun Kanaparthy, building rugged hardware for communication and location tracking when GPS is jammed, denied, or unavailable. The company's flagship product, Acorn, is a TAK-native satellite-connected asset tracker that combines Iridium Messaging Transport (Iridium IMT) over the 66-satellite Iridium LEO constellation, MANET/OpenMANET mesh radio, high-precision GNSS, and end-to-end encrypted command-and-control in an IP-rated, ruggedized enclosure designed for maritime, mining, and aerospace environments. In 2026 the company also launched AiR, a networked long-wave infrared (LWIR) thermal weapon sight with a 640-resolution thermal sensor, 1080p Sony micro OLED display, OpenMANET mesh networking, and native TAK integration for real-time sensor-to-C2 pipelines on the connected battlefield. The Corsair Tracking Platform serves as the cloud backend, providing real-time fleet dashboards, historical track replay, geofencing, and automated alerting across both products.

The company's go-to-market is sales-led and dual-use. Pricing for Acorn is structured as a $3,000 one-time device lease that includes a two-year platform subscription, with standalone subscriptions at $750/year (1-Year Plan) or $1,000 for two years (2-Year Plan, $500/year effective), plus volume pricing for fleet deployments and trade-in credits. The company also generates revenue through custom software development and engineering services (NAICS 541511 and 541330), reflecting a heritage of bootstrapping roughly $100,000 via contracting work before product commercialization. Customer segments are organized by vertical: Government & Defense is primary, with DoD, intelligence, and federal agencies served through a dedicated Gov Solutions page, CAGE Code 17QT4, UEI UCQ6FS9771A4, SAM.gov registration, and CMMC Level 1 compliance; secondary verticals include commercial and government maritime, mining, and aerospace operators requiring pole-to-pole tracking, beyond-line-of-sight C2 relay, and Blue Force tracking in contested environments.

The company is privately held, operates with 1–10 employees, and is currently raising a $3 million pre-seed round at a $10M–$20M valuation to fund product development, market expansion, and scaling. No revenue, named customers, patents, awards, or institutional investors are disclosed in the available source material, and the absence of these data points is itself a material signal for diligence.

Name

imPatient Software

Legal name

Impatient Software

Website

https://impatient.software

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

imPatient Software builds rugged satellite-connected asset trackers (Acorn) and networked thermal weapon sights (AiR) for U.S. government, maritime, mining, and aerospace operators, combining Iridium IMT satellite connectivity, MANET mesh radio, and native TAK integration for GPS-denied environments.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Satellite-Connected Asset Tracking Hardware

NAICS

Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing (334220), Satellite Telecommunications (51741)

SIC

Computer Communications Equipment (3576), Communications Equipment, Nec (3669), Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812)

akta.pro primary industry

Satellite IoT & Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Connectivity (LPWAN over Satellite) (HDAIAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

NTN-Enabled Emergency, Government & Defense Communications (Public Safety, Tactical, Resilience) (HDAIAJAJ), Satellite Broadband Terminals & Gateways (VSAT/LEO CPE) (HDAFAIAM), Satellite/Off-Grid Tracking & Connectivity (Cellular/Sat) (TLABAJAN), IFF/Identification, Beaconing & Cooperative Surveillance Systems (IMABAGAF), Fleet, Asset Tracking & Telematics Location Platforms (BPAMANAF)

Keywords

• Satellite asset tracking
• GPS-denied communications
• Blue force tracking
• Rugged tracking hardware
• Mesh network radios

Headquarters

HQ city

Pompano Beach

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, Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Acorn Hardware Device Lease: One-time device lease fee for Acorn hardware unit (rugged satellite-connected tracker). Device lease includes a 2-year platform subscription. Trade-in credits are available depending on model and plan. This represents a hybrid hardware + software recurring revenue model where the hardware lease is a recurring touchpoint with upgrade/renewal opportunities.
2. Platform Subscription (Connectivity & Software): Annual or multi-year platform subscription providing Iridium IMT satellite connectivity, TAK integration, cloud backend fleet management, and support. Offered as 1-Year Plan ($750/year) or 2-Year Plan ($1,000 for 2 years, effectively $500/year). Volume pricing available for fleet deployments.
3. Professional Services / Contracting: The company previously supported itself through contracting work prior to product development, suggesting a services arm for engineering or integration services.
4. Custom Software Development Services: NAICS 541511 - Custom computer programming services for embedded firmware, cloud backend platforms, TAK plugin development, and C2 software integration. Also NAICS 541330 - Engineering services for RF design, antenna engineering, and ruggedized enclosure design.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

imPatient Software designs, manufactures, and sells rugged satellite-connected asset tracking hardware (Acorn) that fuses Iridium IMT satellite communications with Mobile Ad-hoc Network (MANET) radio mesh networking and native Team Awareness Kit (TAK) integration to deliver pole-to-pole, GPS-denied-resilient location and command-and-control for defense, maritime, mining, and aerospace operators. Its offering also includes the AiR networked LWIR thermal weapon sight and the Corsair Tracking Platform cloud backend, sold together as a hardware-plus-subscription situational awareness ecosystem.

Product overview

imPatient Software offers a unified hardware-software portfolio for mission-critical asset tracking. The core product is Acorn, a rugged satellite-connected asset tracker leveraging Iridium satellite constellation for pole-to-pole global coverage with native Team Awareness Kit (TAK) integration. The company recently launched AiR, a networked LWIR thermal weapon sight with OpenMANET mesh networking for connected battlefield operations. The Corsair Tracking Platform serves as the cloud backend, providing real-time fleet dashboards, historical track replay, geofencing, and automated alerting. Together, these products form a comprehensive situational awareness ecosystem spanning hardware devices and cloud platform services for government and commercial operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Acorn: TAK-native Iridium IMT tracker for satellite-connected asset tracking in mission-critical environments including maritime, aerospace, and mining operations.
• AiR

Products and services

• Acorn Rugged, satellite-connected asset tracker that combines Iridium IMT satellite communications, MANET/OpenMANET radio mesh networking, native Team Awareness Kit (TAK) integration, and high-precision GNSS positioning in an IP-rated, shock-resistant enclosure with weeks of battery life, designed for maritime, mining, aerospace, and government operators in GPS-denied and contested environments.
• AiR Networked long-wave infrared (LWIR) thermal weapon sight with a 640-resolution thermal sensor, a 1080p Sony micro OLED display, and integrated OpenMANET mesh networking that streams real-time thermal imagery over TAK for distributed team awareness and commander-level ISR on the connected battlefield.
• Corsair Tracking Platform Cloud backend platform bundled with Acorn subscriptions that provides real-time fleet dashboards, historical track replay, geofencing, and automated alerting for operations centers managing Acorn-tracked assets in maritime, mining, aerospace, and government environments.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% global coverage (pole-to-pole) via 66-satellite Iridium LEO constellation
• +3 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature10 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Geotab: Geotab is one of the largest commercial fleet telematics platforms globally, with broad enterprise and government fleet deployments. Geotab represents a broader incumbent alternative in the fleet/asset tracking category that imPatient targets in commercial and government fleet use cases.
• Samsara: Samsara is the leading commercial fleet telematics and asset tracking platform for logistics, construction, and industrial fleets. While primarily cellular-based and far broader in scope, Samsara is an incumbent reference point for any commercial customer evaluating imPatient's fleet tracking capabilities.

Direct peers

• SPOT (Globalstar): SPOT sells satellite GPS messengers and asset trackers leveraging Globalstar's constellation for off-grid tracking. SPOT is a direct competitor in the satellite asset tracking category, particularly for maritime and remote-worker use cases that overlap with imPatient's maritime and mining segments.
• AeroVironment: AeroVironment is a leading tactical UAS and defense electronics provider with deep DoD relationships across soldier-borne sensor and loitering munition programs. AiR's networked thermal sight competes in the same connected-soldier sensor category AeroVironment pioneered with its Switchblade and tactical electronics lines.
• Silvus Technologies: Silvus' StreamCaster radios are widely deployed tactical MANET mesh nodes for defense, public safety, and UAV applications, with TAK interoperability. Silvus competes head-to-head with imPatient's OpenMANET integration on DoD programs requiring mesh networking.
• Garmin: Garmin's inReach product line is the dominant consumer/professional satellite tracker using the Iridium network for two-way messaging and SOS. imPatient's Acorn targets the more ruggedized, defense-grade segment of the same satellite tracker category that Garmin pioneered for outdoor/commercial use.
• goTenna: goTenna builds low-power mesh radio devices for off-grid situational awareness and tactical use, with TAK integration. goTenna competes with imPatient's MANET mesh networking capability for DoD, public safety, and prosummer segments requiring infrastructure-independent communications.
• Teledyne FLIR: Teledyne FLIR is the dominant supplier of thermal weapon sights and thermal imaging modules to defense and law enforcement markets. AiR's LWIR thermal weapon sight directly competes with FLIR's ThermoSight and SCION product lines in the same electro-optics category.
• Persistent Systems: Persistent Systems' MPU5 is the leading tactical MANET mesh radio used across DoD and allied forces, with native TAK integration. Persistent is the closest direct competitor to imPatient's MANET radio capability and a primary alternative for any DoD program seeking resilient mesh networking.

Others

• Iridium Communications: Iridium operates the 66-satellite LEO constellation that imPatient's Acorn device depends on for global connectivity. Iridium is both the company's critical infrastructure provider and a potential partner, and represents the upstream network enabler for imPatient's entire satellite IoT service.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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