# AstroForge: space robotics company

Canonical ID: `2275e925-ada2-4006-bee0-ebb142c85ac2`

## Key facts

- **Founded:** 2022
- **HQ:** Huntington Beach, CA, USA
- **Notable:** First private mission to land on another body (attempted)
- **Goal:** Mine platinum-group metals from M-type asteroids

- **Slug:** astroforge
- **Status:** active
- **Founded:** 2022
- **HQ:** Huntington Beach, California, USA
- **Category:** [Space](/space)

## Models

- [Brood](/models/astroforge-brood.md) (space) (id: `6e8389f3-1285-4618-a56c-ce94868b9bfc`)

## Current leadership (2)

- [Matt Gialich](/people/matt-gialich.md) Co-founder & CEO (secondary-verified)
- [Jose Acain](/people/jose-acain.md) Co-founder & CTO (secondary-verified)

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is AstroForge?

Huntington Beach, California-based asteroid mining company developing spacecraft to extract and refine platinum-group metals from near-Earth M-type asteroids. Founded January 2022 by Matt Gialich and Jose Acain. Brokkr-1 cubesat launched April 2023 on SpaceX Transporter-7 but failed; Odin spacecraft launched February 2025 on IM-2 but lost communication. DeepSpace-2 spacecraft completed assembly June 2026.

### What does AstroForge make?

AstroForge has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Brood (AstroForge builds physical robots).

### Is AstroForge publicly traded?

No. AstroForge is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.

### How can I invest in AstroForge?

AstroForge is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today.

### Where is AstroForge headquartered?

AstroForge is headquartered in Huntington Beach, California, USA.

### Who owns AstroForge?

AstroForge is privately held; ownership sits with its founders and private investors.

### Where does AstroForge operate robots?

AstroForge is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

### Is AstroForge a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, AstroForge ranks in roughly the top 90% of companies tracked by the registry.

### When was AstroForge founded?

AstroForge was founded in 2022.


## Sources (2)

1. https://www.astroforge.com/
2. https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/astroforge-preps-for-second-attempt-at-reaching-an-asteroid/

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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