KAI, LLC

Austin, TX · Aerospace · Public

Carbon fiber/polysiloxane prepreg tape for automatic tape placement manufacturing of thermal protection systems

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Updated Oct 23, 2026

Sector: Aerospace
Headquarters: Austin, TX
Total capital: $1.5M

Federal grants: $1.5M; 12 awards · 2016–2022; Rank in peer group#16 of 25
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Sep 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Carbon Fiber/Polysiloxane Prepreg Tape for Automatic Tape Placement Additive Manufacturing of Hypersonic Thermal Protection Systems$100K
Jul 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Coupled Aerothermal, Ablation, Shape Change, and Thermo-structural (CAAST) Modeling and Simulation tool for TPS design$140K
Dec 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Low-density Flexible TPS Materials for Hypersonic Vehicles$150K
Nov 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · AircraftÃÂÃÂ Self-powering using Deviceless Carbon FiberÃÂÃÂ Structures$150K
Aug 2020Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Additive Manufacturing of Continuous Carbon Fiber Reinforced Phthalonitriles for Thermal Protection$125K
May 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · AM Functionally Graded Graded Randomes for Hypersonic Vehicles$110K
Feb 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Foxtail Wedged Composite Joint Design$111K

Show 5 earlier federal awards

Jul 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Affordable Polymer Nanocomposite Ablative for MK 41 VLS$125K
Jun 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase I · A Hybrid Multifunctional Composite Skin Material by Standard Prepreg Lay-up Process$125K
Jun 2017Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Free Piston Linear Motor Whole Air Compressor for Treaty Monitoring$150K
Nov 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase I · An affordable elastomeric insulation material for solid rocket motors with improved ablation resistance$100K
Jun 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Scale-up Study and Deminstration of Highly Aligned and High Concentration CNT Reinforced Composites for Aerospace Applications$150K

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Standing among 25 peers

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Aerospace · Material

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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026

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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

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Regulatory activity · Aerospace

Sector-level, not company-level

06 Jul 2026Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of NASA-Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964National Aeronautics and Space Administration
01 Jul 2026Special Conditions: AMAC Aerospace, The Boeing Company Model 747- 8 Airplane; Side-Facing SeatsFederal Aviation Administration
26 Jun 2026Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous AmendmentsFederal Aviation Administration
23 Jun 2026Operating Limitations at John F. Kennedy International AirportFederal Aviation Administration
23 Jun 2026Operating Limitations at New York LaGuardia AirportFederal Aviation Administration
18 Jun 2026Special Conditions: Honeywell Aerospace US LLC, Dassault Aviation Model Falcon 900EX Airplane; Electronic System Security Protection From Unauthorized External AccessFederal Aviation Administration

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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

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.