Aalyria, an advanced aerospace communications company building infrastructure for next-generation space-based networks, announced it has raised $100 million in a Series B financing round at a $1.3 billion valuation. The round was led by Battery Ventures and J2 Ventures, with participation from DYNE and other investors.
The new capital will support the expansion of Aalyria’s Spacetime orchestration platform and its Tightbeam optical communications technology. The company said the funding will accelerate its mission to make resilient, high-throughput networks in motion practical at a global scale, particularly for satellite constellations and commercial and defense networks.
Spacetime is a managed platform that orchestrates and continually optimizes directional networks in real time as assets move and operating conditions shift. Tightbeam consists of ultra-high-speed laser communications terminals designed to deliver secure, high-capacity links through the atmosphere. Together, the technologies are designed to transform land, sea, air, and space systems from isolated point-to-point links into adaptive, coordinated networks.
Aalyria was founded in 2021 by CEO Chris Taylor, CTO Brian Barritt, and others through the acquisition of two breakthrough inventions developed over more than a decade of research at Google and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
The company serves both commercial and government customers operating complex, high-throughput networks in motion. As aerospace and defense networks increasingly rely on narrow, directional wireless beams to transmit data more securely and efficiently, Aalyria’s software and hardware aim to address challenges such as moving vehicles, weather disruptions, and terrain blockages that can interfere with connectivity.
Battery Ventures General Partner Michael Brown will join Aalyria’s board as part of the investment. Aalyria’s technology is already being deployed in support of commercial satellite programs, including next-generation Low Earth Orbit constellations, as well as U.S. Government and allied missions. The company said its platforms are designed to operate across multiple orbital regimes and mission types, enabling coordination among satellites, ground stations, airborne assets, and terrestrial networks.
Telesat is integrating Aalyria’s orchestration technology into its Telesat Lightspeed architecture to enhance end-to-end service delivery across its global LEO network. Aalyria has also announced collaborations and deployments with organizations including Google Public Sector, NASA, Airbus, ALL.SPACE, Keysight Technologies, Logos Space, the European Space Agency, and various U.S. military services and field activities.
Based in Livermore, California, Aalyria also maintains offices in Washington, D.C., Pittsburgh, and London. Berenson & Company acted as exclusive financial advisor to the company on the transaction.
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“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
