Sophia Space, Inc.
TILE: a modular edge compute system providing power, compute, and thermal management for orbital data centers in low Earth orbit
- Sector
- Aerospace
- Headquarters
- PASADENA, CA
- Founded
- 2023
- Latest Form D
- $10.4M, Feb 2026
- Total capital
- $10.8M
- Federal grants
- $300K
- 2 awards · 2025–2026
- Rank in peer group#3 of 23
- Private capital raised
- $10.4M
- 1 Form D · last Feb 2026
- 9 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- $75K
- 1 award · Defense
- Rank in Aerospace#693 of 1335
- Granted patents
- 1
- 2 pending · first 2026
- Rank in peer group#8 of 23
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantNASA · Phase I · FY26 SBIR Phase I - Sophia Tile For Gpu-accelerated Computing With Integrated Thermal Management$225K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$10.4M
- Federal contractDefense · Large Scale Data Centers In Space$75K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Large Scale Data Centers In Space$75K
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Federal first
13months
from Sophia Space, Inc.’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Jan 2025
- Defense · $75K
- First Form D · Feb 2026
- $10.4M · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 2 awards
An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.
Standing among 23 peers
Line = medianAerospace · Space_compute · System
- Federal grants#3 · top 13%
- Granted patents#8 · top 35%
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- James RussellDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Leon AlkalaiDirector, Executive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Robert DeMilloDirector, Executive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Sanjay ReedyDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 1 granted of 3- GrantedSpace-Based Data CentersUSPTOUS 12,679,564
- PendingSpace-Based Data CentersUSPTOApplication 19456993
- PendingSpace Server FarmsUSPTOApplication 63542183
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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.
How to read this page
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Data freshness
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