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SpaceGrade
AI-native system of record for hardware
- Founded
- 2025
- Team
- 1-10
Timeline 3 moments
Latest · SpaceGrade self-describes as preseed 2mo agoAbout
Builds SpaceGrade OS, an AI-assisted digital-thread platform that links parts, suppliers, BOMs, NCRs, work orders and test evidence for aerospace and defense hardware teams.
SpaceGrade OS is a connected graph for complex hardware programs: parts and revisions, suppliers and purchase orders, nonconformances and corrective actions, work orders, requirements, qualification evidence and export-control checks sit in one record. An AI layer (Anthropic Claude, with optional local models) proposes impact analysis, corrective actions and audit packages; every write requires human approval. Free tools include Part Finder (fluid-component search against real catalogs) and LabMatch (draft environmental test matrices with lab quotes). Self-hosted and air-gapped deployments are offered for ITAR/CUI environments.
The product is purpose-built for aerospace and defense rather than adapted from generic PLM; it encodes knowledge of NASA-STD-5001, ASME Y14.5, USML categories and DFARS specialty-metals rules. Integrations listed include Onshape, PTC Creo, SOLIDWORKS, Teamcenter, Arena, Jama, Jira, Slack and others. No public customers, contract awards or flight-heritage claims have been published.
Founded by propulsion engineer George Bondarev (ex-Virgin Galactic / The Spaceship Company, Virgin Orbit, ispace). He has stated he built the product solo in recent months and describes the company as preseed / customer-ready. Location references point to the Denver / Lone Tree, Colorado area and earlier Rockville, MD; team size is 1–10.
Timeline
- Announced 2 FOMO
SpaceGrade self-describes as preseed
On X, founder George Bondarev tags SpaceGrade as preseed AI infrastructure based in Denver. No raise amount, investors or close date is stated. The post is consistent with earlier “customer ready / built solo” messaging.
- Success 4 FOMO
SpaceGrade ships free Part Finder tool
Founder announces same-day release of an AI-powered hardware / part finder on the SpaceGrade site. The tool is offered free and without account, aimed at hardware teams searching catalogs for components that match interface and sizing constraints.
- Announced 2 FOMO
Founder declares SpaceGrade customer-ready after solo build
George Bondarev posts that he built SpaceGrade.ai solo over recent months and that it is customer-ready. Concurrent posts describe a multi-module AI-native OS for hardware that flies, with claims of dozens of modules and AI capabilities.
Signals
- 3 SpaceGrade.ai is the Git for hardware George Bondarev / X
- 3 Propulsion engineer turned founder outreach on SpaceGrade George Bondarev / X
- 8 SpaceGrade listed as preseed AI infra in Denver George Bondarev / X
- 13 AI-powered hardware finder shipped same day George Bondarev / X
- 5 SpaceGrade framed as governed hardware lifecycle graph George Bondarev / X
- 8 Built SpaceGrade solo; customer ready George Bondarev / X
- 5 SpaceGrade as AI-native OS for hardware that flies George Bondarev / X
- 5 Heads-down build update: 26 modules, 31 AI capabilities George Bondarev / X
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Live simulation
Interactive browser-native 3D flight telemetry for SpaceGrade's hardware.