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Overview
Leading provider of in-space chemical propulsion systems, specializing in design, manufacture, and testing of advanced rocket engines. Founded by Daudi Barnes in 2009 as Advanced Mobile Propulsion Test. Based in Durango, Colorado with vertically integrated manufacturing and industry-leading test facilities. Oversubscribed USD 17M Series A in February 2025; previously raised USD 18M+ seed from Lockheed martin Ventures.
Reality check
Business (company-claimed)
Designs, manufactures and tests chemical propulsion systems for in-space missions; products include the DS110 thruster.
A110 thruster (company-claimed)
Agile Space announced qualification of its A110 lunar reaction-control thruster.
Series A investors (company-claimed)
Led by Caruso Ventures and Howdy Partners, with Lockheed Martin Ventures, Veteran Ventures, Denver Ventures and Cortado Ventures participating.
Series A demand (company-claimed)
Oversubscribed past a $15 million target, with more than 70% committed by existing investors.
Series A plans (company-claimed)
CEO Chris Pearson said the $17 million would scale engine developments from 2-3 to 6+ a year.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Data & sources
Web sources
5
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Models (1)
View all models →Agile Space Industries on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified May 2025. Explore where Agile Space Industries's robots are operating, by place and type.
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Relationships
Current leadership (3)
- Daudi Barnes Foundersecondary-verified
- Chris Pearson CEOsecondary-verified
- Jake Mills CTOreported, not verified
Founders (1)
- Daudi Barnescofounderfounded 2009-01-01
Safety record
No incidents on record for Agile Space Industries.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Agile Space Industries2 deployments
Recent coverage
Agile Space Industries in third-party press
Peers
56 peers across 1 segment. Every Agile Space Industries competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
space(56)
36 companies in this segment · low_concentration (HHI 1188.742650389188) · leader K2 Space at 2172%
- Aetherfluxdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Airbusdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Albedo Spacedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Astrobotic Technologydirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Astroscaledirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Boeingdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Mentioned on (4)
Registry pages whose text names Agile Space Industries.
Deployments (1)
People (3)
Financial state
- Total funding
- $17.0M
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Funding rounds (1)
- Series A2025-02-19
Investors: Lockheed Martin Ventures (strategic), Veteran Ventures (follow), Denver Ventures (follow), Caruso Ventures (co_lead), Howdy Partners (co_lead), Cortado Ventures (follow)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Agile Space Industries’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2025-02-19Series A
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedMay 1, 2025
DS110 In-Space Propulsion System at Vandenberg SFB, California, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedApr 26, 2024
DS110 In-Space Propulsion System at Denver
Sources (5)
- https://spacenews.com/agile-space-industries-oversubscribed-17m-series-a-accelerates-growth-of-in-space-propulsion-capabilities/
- https://agilespaceindustries.com/press/17m-series-a-accelerates-growth
- https://www.the-journal.com/articles/agile-space-industries-raises-17-million-in-oversubscribed-funding-round/
- https://agilespaceindustries.com/
- https://agilespaceindustries.com/press/u3ags920s8c3puzf65lpr0vkvu7pie
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Methodology: Verified · 5 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-13
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-13
Sources by quality tier
- 5
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Agile Space Industries.Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- Blackswan Space3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Agile Space Industries from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Space propulsion startup Agile Space opens Seattle-area engineering office to tap regional talent
Situated in the Sunset North office complex along Interstate 90 in Bellevue, the nearly 5,740-square-foot space will initially house a half-dozen existing employees while scaling…
Agile Space Industries Expands to Seattle Area with New Bellevue Office
BELLEVUE, Wash., Oct. 15, 2026 — Agile Space Industries, a leading provider of in-space chemical propulsion solutions, has expanded into the Seattle metropolitan area with the…
Agile Space Industries Strengthens Board and Corporate Development to Support Continued Growth
DURANGO, Colo., Oct. 5, 2026 — Agile Space Industries today announced that Jonathan Baliff has joined its Board of Directors, bringing extensive experience in aerospace, finance,…
Agile Space Industries Expands Leadership Structure to Support Next Phase of Growth
DURANGO, Colo., Sept. 28, 2026 – Agile Space Industries today announced that Jason Wright will join the company as President in early October, strengthening Agile’s operational…
Agile Space Industries Celebrates Durango Headquarters Expansion with Ribbon Cutting
DURANGO, Colo. — Sept. 2, 2026 — Agile Space Industries celebrated the completion of a 20,500-square-foot expansion of its Durango headquarters with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on…
Agile Space Industries Oversubscribed $17M Series A Accelerates Growth
Agile Space Industries closed an oversubscribed USD 17M Series A to scale in-space chemical propulsion capabilities. Over 70% of capital from existing investors. CEO Chris Pearson…
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- RSS feed: /companies/agile-space/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/fbabab94-765f-4cfa-991c-f146180ab4b7
- Revision history: /companies/agile-space/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- Blackswan Space3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory3 models
Video
Agile Space Industries is the leading innovator in in-space chemical propulsion. We enable our customers to reach their destinations faster, more efficiently, a
Demonstration of the capability of the Wilder Systems Agile Manufacturing Robot in a defastening use case for aircraft sustainment
AGILE Space Industries is an advanced in-space propulsion provider. Powering lunar landers, satellites, and spacecraft with our rocket engines. Going to orbit,
Agile Flex 12D loading a DMG MORI NLX 250 | 700 turning center. Rapidly deployed on any CNC machine, an Agile Flex robotic loading system offers maximum produc
Q1 has been an extremely busy time for AGILE Space Industries as we construct a new test stand, develop new engines, expand our manufacturing facilities, and co
AGILE TESTING - UNPARALLELED TEST FACILITIES MISSION FOCUSED: Rapid and iterative hot fire testing throughout development programs is our key to reducing ri
Munich-based Agile Robots has unveiled its first-ever humanoid robot dubbed Agile ONE. Announced on November 19, it is built to handle the complexity of the f
In this episode of The Bear Roars, Dan sits down with Chris Pearson—CEO of Agile Space Industries, for a wide-ranging conversation on propulsion, defense tech,
From $150K to $17M in just three years: Chris Pearson, CEO, describes how Agile Space Industries is revolutionizing spacecraft maneuverability with chemical pro
Heat Index
Category contender75/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Agile Space Industries draws attention at the 79th percentile but verifies reality at the 70th percentile among space robots. Hype Gap +9, 20th widest among space robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Nov 7, 2026