Cohorts of 2026
Companies whose accelerator cohort started in 2026. 1,104 companies.
| Company | Cluster | Program | Status | Last signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earendil Robotics Drone swarm defence at a small-unit level | Defense and spacecounter-drone swarm systems | Y CombinatorS26 | Active | checked 2026-08-23 |
| Exosat Building a sovereign Starlink | Defense and spacesovereign satellite constellation | Y CombinatorS26 | Active | checked 2026-08-23 |
| Greypoint IndustriesAI Building drone swarms that hunt drone operators | Defense and spaceautonomous drone swarm warfare | Y CombinatorS26 | Active | checked 2026-08-23 |
| GUILDAI Making aerospace parts faster and cheaper for defense | Defense and spaceAI-automated aerospace manufacturing for defense | Y CombinatorS26 | Active | checked 2026-08-23 |
| Hop Aero Rocket cargo delivery to contested environments | Defense and spacehypersonic rocket cargo delivery | Y CombinatorS26 | Active | checked 2026-08-23 |
| IMPACT DronesAI Air Defense as a Service for Civilian Infrastructure. | Defense and spaceautonomous air defense drones | Y CombinatorS26 | Active | checked 2026-08-23 |
| Isengard Industries IncAI Mass-produced AI strike systems and Counter-UAS | Defense and spaceautonomous strike and counter-UAS systems | Y CombinatorS26 | Active | checked 2026-08-23 |
| Mass Magnetics USA-made magnetics for aerospace, robotics, and defense. | Defense and spaceDomestic rare-earth magnets for defense | Y CombinatorS26 | Active | checked 2026-08-23 |
| Vernius Systems, Inc. Autonomous radar guidance for interceptors | Defense and spaceautonomous radar guidance systems | Y CombinatorS26 | Active | checked 2026-08-23 |
| 9 Mothers Counter Drone Systems. $1.6m sales. We delivered for the DoW. | Defense and spaceautonomous counter-drone systems | Y CombinatorX26 | Active | checked 2026-08-23 |
| AICE Submarine drones for defense | Defense and spaceAutonomous underwater defense drones | Y CombinatorX26 | Active | checked 2026-08-23 |
| Arlo Industries Track drones and missiles without radars - Accurate, Passive, Scalable | Defense and spacepassive drone and missile tracking network | Y CombinatorX26 | Active | checked 2026-08-23 |
| Dispatch Satellites for Manufacturing in Space | Defense and spacereusable space logistics for manufacturing | Y CombinatorX26 | Active | checked 2026-08-23 |
| General Aviation Fix ATC by connecting aircraft to the internet | Defense and spaceaviation communication infrastructure | Y CombinatorX26 | Active | checked 2026-08-23 |
| Maquoketa ResearchAI The intelligence layer for drones | Defense and spacedrone intelligence software | Y CombinatorX26 | Active | checked 2026-08-23 |
| Nine Fives RF test equipment for next-gen spacecraft, drones, and cellphones | Defense and spaceRF test equipment for aerospace and telecom | Y CombinatorX26 | Active | checked 2026-08-23 |
| Ornadyne We're building robot birds for surveillance. | Defense and spacebiomimetic surveillance drones | Y CombinatorX26 | Active | checked 2026-08-23 |
| Surtr Defense Systems The hardware-agnostic operating system for drone defense | Defense and spaceCounter-UAS OS and threat fusion | Y CombinatorX26 | Active | checked 2026-08-23 |
| Tenet Industries Low-cost, mass-producible defense systems | Defense and spacemass-producible attack drones | Y CombinatorX26 | Active | checked 2026-08-23 |
| Beyond Reach Labs Space solar arrays that grow to the size of a football field in orbit | Defense and spaceSpace solar power generation | Y CombinatorW26 | Active | checked 2026-08-23 |
| Constellation SpaceAI AI operating system for mega-scale satellite networks. | Defense and spacesatellite network orchestration | Y CombinatorW26 | Active | checked 2026-08-23 |
| Galactic Resource Utilization Space, Inc. (GRU Space) Moon Hotel -> The Intergalactic Construction Company of Earth | Defense and spacelunar infrastructure and construction | Y CombinatorW26 | Active | checked 2026-08-23 |
| Milliray Technology to detect and track small drones | Defense and spacedrone detection radar systems | Y CombinatorW26 | Active | checked 2026-08-23 |
| Seeing SystemsAI Modular AI-Commanded Drones for Defence | Defense and spaceAI-commanded autonomous strike drones | Y CombinatorW26 | Active | checked 2026-08-23 |