OPEN SOURCE INSTRUMENTS INC

Waltham, MA · Aerospace · Still private

Computer vision system using stereoscopic infrared silhouette imaging to measure superconducting component positions for particle accelerator and fusion reactor assembly

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · opensourceinstruments.com

Sector: Aerospace
Headquarters: Waltham, MA
Total capital: $1M

Federal grants: $1M; 4 awards · 2019–2022; Rank in peer group#26 of 39
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

Jun 2022Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Contactless Position Measurement for Highly Reflective Components$191K
Jan 2022Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: A Novel Dense Fiber Array for Astronomical Spectroscopy$241K
Sep 2019Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · An optogenetic brain implant with EEG monitoring and response for mice$303K
Sep 2019Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · An optogenetic brain implant with EEG monitoring and response for mice$303K

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Standing among 39 peers

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Aerospace · System

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Founders and team

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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

OPEN SOURCE INSTRUMENTS INC.Shares a founder: Kevan S Hashemi
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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.