AxionOrbital Space YC Application

Winter 2026Active

AxionOrbital Space went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2026 batch as a Industrials company. Below: what the company does, who founded it, and its application to YC, reconstructed question by question in the real YC form.

YC batch: Winter 2026
Industry: IndustrialsAviation and Space
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2025

Founders

Dhenenjay YadavFounder
Atharva PeshkarFounder

What AxionOrbital Space does

AxionOrbital Space builds foundation models that enable continuous visibility through clouds and darkness. Legacy optical satellites are rendered useless 70% of the time by weather and night cycles, while Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) produces data that is unintelligible to humans and breaks standard vision pipelines. We solve this by translating raw radar backscatter into analysis-ready optical imagery in real-time. Our proprietary architecture uses deterministic one-step diffusion to transform complex radar signals into clear, photorealistic images. This enables persistent, 24/7 situational awareness for defense, commodities trading, and disaster response, guaranteeing visibility even when the sky is blocked.

AxionOrbital Space's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

AxionOrbital Space, Winter 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

AxionOrbital Space

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Foundation models for 24/7 Earth Observation

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We build foundation models that convert raw radar backscatter from Synthetic Aperture Radar satellites into photorealistic optical imagery in real time. This gives continuous, day-and-night visibility through clouds and darkness, overcoming the 70% downtime caused by weather and night for legacy optical satellites. Our product enables reliable, actionable Earth observation for defense, commodities, and disaster response.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We live and work in San Francisco, CA, and the company would remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the technical talent and investor community needed for spaceAI startups like ours. Staying here keeps us close to partners, investors, and engineering resources.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real AxionOrbital Space YC application?

No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from AxionOrbital Space's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like AxionOrbital Space would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.