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Airbase funding, valuation and investors

Software for automated radio-frequency spectrum licensing, coordination, and intelligence.

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Funding, valuation & investors

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Latest funding

Seed

$5M · March 2026

Latest known valuation

Not publicly disclosed

Total disclosed equity funding

$5M

Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.

Current status

private

seed · New York, NY

Investors in latest funding

Lead: Andreessen Horowitz

Sources: latest funding Last verified: 2026-07-25

Overview

Airbase builds software to automate radio-frequency (RF) spectrum licensing, coordination, and intelligence for government, military, and commercial operators. The company replaces manual interference deconfliction, legacy database management, and static PDF workflows with automated coordination tools that help regulators and operators allocate finite spectrum more efficiently. Co-founders Ari Rosner and Millen Anand previously worked at True Anomaly, NASA JPL, Planet Labs, and Boeing. Airbase emerged from stealth in March 2026 with a $5M seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz and an active federal contract to modernize spectrum management workflows.

Why Airbase is interesting

Airbase launched with an active U.S. government spectrum contract — rare for a seed-stage startup — betting spectrum becomes a software-defined resource for defense and commercial wireless.

Product & use cases

Airbase provides automated RF spectrum coordination and intelligence — turning spectrum allocation from manual, months-long processes into software-driven negotiation and deconfliction for federal and dual-use customers.

  • Automating federal spectrum licensing and interference deconfliction
  • Modernizing legacy spectrum databases for defense and aerospace operators
  • Enabling dynamic spectrum access for satellite, 5G, and autonomous systems

Key facts

  • Seed (Mar 2026): $5M led by a16z; Squadra Ventures and Founders You Should Know participated (company press)
  • Launched with active U.S. government agency contract for spectrum automation
  • Co-founders: Ari Rosner (CEO) and Millen Anand (CTO), ex-True Anomaly, JPL, Planet, Boeing
  • Co-investors not in VCT directory: Squadra Ventures, Founders You Should Know

Funding history (newest first)

Seed

2026-03 $5M

Source: https://www.airbase.us/newsroom/airbase-emerges-from-stealth

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Andreessen Horowitz

Competitive landscape

Edge: Founding team combines space/defense engineering (True Anomaly, JPL, Planet, Boeing) with an active federal prototype contract at launch — unusual traction for a seed RF software startup.

Spectrum management sits at the intersection of telecom policy, defense logistics, and aerospace growth — demand is rising as LEO constellations, 5G, and autonomous systems compete for finite bands. Incumbent processes remain manual and slow. Airbase enters with federal contract traction and a16z American Dynamism backing, but the category includes established spectrum-database vendors and shared-access players like Federated Wireless. Long-term moat depends on integration into daily federal workflows and expanding to commercial operators.

  • Federated Wireless adjacent

    CBRS and shared-spectrum automation vendor; Airbase focuses broader federal coordination vs. private LTE/shared-access niche.

  • Manual FCC/NTIA processes incumbent

    Legacy manual licensing and static databases remain default; Airbase targets automation layer on top.

  • Keysight / Rohde & Schwarz adjacent

    RF test and measurement incumbents; less focused on workflow automation for spectrum allocation.

Notable stories

  • CEO Ari Rosner was a 2024 Payload Pioneer while at True Anomaly before founding Airbase to solve spectrum paperwork bottlenecks he saw blocking satellite and defense deployments.
  • Airbase declined to name its first federal customer or contract value at launch but confirmed regulators are using its software for spectrum analysis and coordination (Payload, Axios).
  • The founders wrote on a16z News that they watched innovations grounded 'not by physics but by paperwork' at Planet and Boeing — motivating software-defined spectrum negotiation.

Industries

Defense Tech Infrastructure & Cloud

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FAQs about Airbase

Practical answers founders, operators, and investors typically search for.

Airbase builds software to automate radio-frequency spectrum licensing, coordination, and intelligence for government, military, and commercial wireless operators.
Andreessen Horowitz led Airbase's $5M seed round in March 2026. See /fund/andreessen-horowitz for the directory profile.
Airbase emerged from stealth on March 25, 2026, announcing $5M in seed funding and an active U.S. government contract.
Spectrum is finite and shared by GPS, satellite comms, 5G, defense systems, and aerospace. Poor coordination causes interference and delays deployments — Airbase automates deconfliction and database workflows.
Ari Rosner (CEO) and Millen Anand (CTO), previously at True Anomaly, NASA JPL, Planet Labs, and Boeing.
Yes. Airbase launched with an active U.S. government agency contract for spectrum management automation and was negotiating its first Defense Department deal per Axios reporting.
New York City. The company had roughly seven employees at launch per Axios.
No. This Airbase (airbase.us) is an RF spectrum coordination startup. It is unrelated to the spend-management company also named Airbase.
a16z's American Dynamism thesis backs companies strengthening U.S. industrial and defense capacity. Airbase modernizes spectrum infrastructure critical to aerospace, telecom, and defense.
$5M in disclosed seed funding as of March 2026. No later rounds have been publicly announced.
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