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Thermopylae Aerospace
Thermopylae Aerospace was founded by a self-taught Ukrainian engineer who left Ukraine at 17; its SPART tube-launched interceptor was demonstrated for the US Air Force at Edwards fourteen months later.
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Thermopylae Aerospace
Thermopylae Aerospace was founded by a self-taught Ukrainian engineer who left Ukraine at 17; its SPART tube-launched interceptor was demonstrated for the US Air Force at Edwards fourteen months later.
Founded
June 2025
HQ
California, United States
Headcount
~5
Total raised
$1.6M pre-seed reportedCEO has separately cited $2.5M
Valuation
not disclosed
Stage
Pre-seed
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- ▸Background — founding, ownership and how the company got to here
- ▸Financial footing — rounds, valuation, backers and who is exposed
- ▸Customers & contracts — live join against our Procurement Tracker
- ▸Leadership — who runs it, and the contact surface
- ▸Competitive position — who it beats, who beats it, and on what
- ▸Battlefield relevance — confirmed combat use versus company claim
- ▸Sources — every citation this file is built on
- ▸Analyst verdict — where the evidence is thin and what would change our call