Rarefied Atmosphere, Inc.
Long-duration upper atmosphere aircraft for near-space operations
- Sector
- Aerospace
- Headquarters
- AUSTIN, TX
- Founded
- 2018
- Latest Form D
- $65M, Feb 2023
- Total capital
- $162M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $162M
- 3 Form D · last Feb 2023
- 44 months since last filing
- 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
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$65M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$90M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$7M
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.
Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Blake SabatinelliExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Charlie PlaucheDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Dean NelsonDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- John ResigExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Jon ShulkinDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Leo ResigDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
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- Mike GriskoExecutive OfficerNamed 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
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Regulatory activity · Aerospace
- Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of NASA-Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Special Conditions: AMAC Aerospace, The Boeing Company Model 747- 8 Airplane; Side-Facing SeatsFederal Aviation Administration
- Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous AmendmentsFederal Aviation Administration
- Operating Limitations at John F. Kennedy International AirportFederal Aviation Administration
- Operating Limitations at New York LaGuardia AirportFederal Aviation Administration
- Special 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
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