Google spinout: Spacetime software and Tightbeam laser terminals for space and terrestrial communication networks.
Founders
Chris Taylor(United States · ♂)— A former Force Recon Marine turned national-security technology executive who led the 2021 spinout of Google's decade-long laser-communications and SDN research into Aalyria.
Brian Barritt(United States · ♂)— A Google engineer who helped develop the Spacetime networking and Tightbeam optical technologies inside Alphabet and co-founded Aalyria as CTO to commercialize them.
Funding history
Date
Round
Amount
Feb 2026
Series B
Aalyria closed a $100 million Series B led by Battery Ventures and J2 Ventures at a $1.3 billion valuation for its laser communications backbone.
$100M
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