about the company
Invested In
2022
Founded In
2021
Team Size
11-50
Locations
Huntington Beach, CA
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AstroForge is an asteroid mining company. Instead of bringing back the entire asteroid, we break it up, refine, and return only what’s valuable.
the team
Jose Acain
CTO and Co-Founder
Has over 8 years of aerospace experience working on numerous missions from initial design to on-orbit operations. Was the Deputy Chief Engineer on the first Falcon 9 vehicle and lead Avionics Integration Engineer and Mission Operator on the first 4 Dragon Spacecraft vehicles to fly in space at SpaceX. He designed, integrated, tested, and operated micro-lab satellites, participated in initial mechanical design trades for TESS and landing control for future lunar lander missions at NASA.
Matt Gialich
CEO and Co-Founder
Experienced engineering leader with over a decade of leading high-performing engineering teams. Was responsible for building and hiring all aspects of Avionics and led the flight software and GNC teams during tenure at Virgin Orbit. Joined Bird scooters as their Director of Vehicle Software and led that team through the development of the Bird 2 and 3 vehicles.
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