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AUXON CORP

PORTLAND, OR · Founded 2018 · Defense · Acquired by Ford Motor Company (2025)

Modality: an end-to-end system-level validation and verification platform for cyber-physical systems using chaos engineering and fault injection

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Sector
Defense
Headquarters
PORTLAND, OR
Founded
2018
Latest Form D
$150K, Mar 2024
Total capital
$5.7M
Federal grants
$750K
1 award · 2022
Rank in peer group#45 of 85
Private capital raised
$4M
5 Form D · last Mar 2024
31 months since last filing
Federal contracts
$946K
5 awards · Defense
Rank in Defense#775 of 1442
Granted patents
None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

201920202021202220232024FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $5.7M$50K$50K$750K$250K$75K$522K1st Form D$2.6M2nd Form D$250K3rd Form D$1M4th Form D$3K5th Form D$150K
201920202021202220232024FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $5.7M$750K$250K$522K

Latest events

  • Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 5th filing$150K
  • Federal contractDefense · Advanced Runtime Fault Prediction Technology For Space Based Infrared Systems (sbirs)$522K
  • Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$3K
  • Federal contractDefense · Predictive Analysis Of Software Changes In Cyber-physical Systems$75K
  • Federal contractDefense · Automated Root-cause Analysis In Active Debris Remediation Systems$250K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Continuous Verification & Validation in Chaos Engineering$750K
  • Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$1M
  • Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$250K
  • Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$2.6M
Show 2 earlier federal awards
  • Federal contractDefense · Cryptologic And Cyber Systems Division$50K
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I Traditional Contract FX211-CSO1-0674 Auxon: On The Fly Tasking Configuration And Control Of Internet Of Things (iot) Networks$50K

Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.

Standing among 85 peers

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Defense · Platform

  • Federal grantsBelow median

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Founders and team

Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants
  • NATHAN ASCHBACHERResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by $750K in grants as PI
  • DAVID SOSNOWExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings

What it has protected

No granted patents are on record.

USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.

Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026

Related companies, and why

Regulatory activity · Defense

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Sources

Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.

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Data freshness

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