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Orig: CesiumAstro in Development of Phased Array Manufacturing Facility with $470M Funding
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Orig: CesiumAstro Closes $470M in Series C Capital for Rapid U.S. Growth in 2026
Official press release announcing CesiumAstro's $470M raise. Confirms EXIM is a first-of-its-kind public-private partnership under Make More in America. CEO Shey Sabripour: "Our technology is moving from breakthrough to American industrial backbone." Company building 270,000 sq ft HQ and scaling AI-enabled, software-defined comms platforms.