Aalyria announced it has closed a $100 million Series B financing round, valuing the company at $1.3 billion, as it looks to expand its next-generation communications infrastructure for space-based and high-mobility networks. The round was led by Battery Ventures and J2 Ventures, with participation from DYNE and other investors.
The new capital will accelerate deployment of Aalyria’s Spacetime orchestration platform and its Tightbeam optical communications technology. Together, the technologies are designed to enable adaptive, high-throughput connectivity across next-generation satellite constellations and commercial and defense networks operating on land, sea, air, and in space.
Founded in 2021 by CEO Chris Taylor, CTO Brian Barritt, and other team members through the acquisition of two breakthrough inventions developed over more than a decade of research at Google and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Aalyria focuses on solving the complexity of resilient, directional communications in motion.
Spacetime functions as a managed platform that orchestrates and continually optimizes directional networks in real time as assets move and environmental conditions shift. Tightbeam, meanwhile, provides ultra-high-speed laser communications terminals capable of delivering secure, high-capacity links through the atmosphere. The combined system transforms traditional point-to-point connections into coordinated, adaptive networks capable of routing around disruptions and optimizing performance dynamically.
Aalyria’s technology is already being deployed in support of flagship commercial satellite programs, including next-generation Low Earth Orbit constellations, and in missions for the U.S. Government and allied partners. Its platforms are designed to operate across multiple orbital regimes and mission types, enabling coordination among satellites, ground stations, airborne assets, and terrestrial networks.
Customers and partners include Telesat, Google Public Sector, NASA, Airbus, ALL.SPACE, Keysight Technologies, Logos Space, and European Space Agency, as well as U.S. military services and field activities. The company said these collaborations support next-generation connectivity initiatives, space domain awareness programs, and mission-critical communications systems.
Support: Berenson & Company served as exclusive financial advisor to Aalyria in the transaction.
KEY QUOTES
“We started Aalyria to build what space has been missing: a true communications and networking layer that scales with human and market demand. Every major infrastructure shift – from railroads to telecommunications to the internet – required a control plane that could coordinate complexity at scale. Space is no different – nor are the varied businesses and missions that space serves. This funding accelerates our path to becoming that ubiquitous control plane: the digital cartilage that connects thousands of independent satellites, aircraft, ships, fiber, and ground stations into a single, intelligent network that can route around failures, optimize for mission priorities, and adapt in real-time. We’re not just connecting space systems – we’re making space infrastructure as reliable and programmable as the Internet itself.”
Chris Taylor, CEO of Aalyria
“Aalyria has built an extremely important platform at the intersection of advanced networking, AI-driven orchestration, and national security. The team’s ability to deliver resilient, software-defined connectivity across complex environments positions the company to play a foundational role in next-generation communications architectures.”
Michael Brown, General Partner at Battery Ventures and Incoming Board Member at Aalyria
“Aalyria’s orchestration and network-optimization technologies are a key performance and resiliency enabler for our Telesat Lightspeed architecture. Spacetime’s dynamic routing, spectrum-aware resource management, and advanced link prediction capabilities will be integrated with our system design, strengthening end-to-end service delivery across our global LEO network.”
Dan Goldberg, President and CEO of Telesat
“We’re at an inflection point where the world is increasingly connected in space: tens of thousands of satellites are launching, data volumes are exploding, and traditional point-to-point links can’t keep up. Aalyria has cracked the code on network orchestration at scale, treating space systems as intelligent, coordinated networks rather than isolated assets. The combination of Spacetime’s software intelligence and Tightbeam’s throughput positions Aalyria as essential infrastructure for the next generation of space communications.”
Alex Harstrick, Managing Partner at J2 Ventures
