The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Interlune: 1 model, $15.0M raised. 7 sources back the record.
CategorySpace
Overview
Interlune is a Seattle-based space resources company founded in 2020 by former Blue Origin president Rob Meyerson, former Blue Origin chief architect Gary Lai, and Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt. The company is developing autonomous robotic machinery to harvest helium-3 and other resources from lunar regolith, with the Interlune Harvester designed to excavate, sort, heat, and separate volatile gases from moon dirt.
Interlune has secured over USD 500M in helium-3 purchase commitments from customers including Bluefors (quantum computing cooling), Maybell Quantum, and the U.S. Department of Energy, and holds NASA, NSF, and U.S. Air Force contracts totaling over USD 7M.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
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Key facts
Founded
HQ
CEO
Fundingsee investors →
Customers
Government contracts
Target resource
Timeline
Data & sources
News coverage
2
Web sources
5
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Models (1)
View all models →Interlune on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (3)
- Harrison Schmitt Co-foundersecondary-verified
- Rob Meyerson CEO and Co-foundersince 2020-01-01secondary-verified
- Gary Lai CTO and Co-foundersince 2020-01-01secondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Harrison Schmittcofounderno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for Interlune.
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 →
Recent coverage
Interlune in third-party press
Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory3 models
- SpaceX3 models
Financial state
- Total funding
- $15.0M
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
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)
- Seed2024-03-13
$15M(reported) · $60M post
Investors: Seven Seven Six (lead), Aurelia Foundry Fund (follow), Gaingels (follow), Liquid 2 Ventures (follow), Shasta Ventures (follow)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Interlune’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeed funding round
2024-03-13Seed raising $15000000
Key hireRob Meyerson joins as CEO and Co-founder
2020-01-01Rob Meyerson appointed CEO and Co-founder (current)
Key hireGary Lai joins as CTO and Co-founder
2020-01-01Gary Lai appointed CTO and Co-founder (current)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 7, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (7)
- https://www.geekwire.com/2026/interlune-excavator-helium-3-moon-construction/
- https://spacenews.com/interlune-wins-nasa-contract-for-helium-3-extraction-payload/
- https://www.interlune.space/press-release/space-resources-startup-interlune-raises-18-million-in-seed-capital
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/09/16/moon-mining-helium-quantum-computing/
- https://spectrum.ieee.org/moon-mining
- https://www.nasa.gov/technology/nasa-fosters-development-of-lunar-resource-seeking-technologies/
- https://spacenews.com/interlune-reveals-details-of-quest-to-bring-home-lunar-resources/
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Methodology: Verified · 7 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Medium confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 5
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- secondary-established-publication
- Established publication
- 1
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Interlune.Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory3 models
- SpaceX3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Interlune from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Interlune raises $5M for mining the moon … and more
Seattle-based Interlune has raised $5 million in fresh funding to support a business plan that involves building space infrastructure as well as mining the moon for helium-3 and…
Four hours instead of 15,000 years: Interlune makes gas-rich moon dirt on Earth
It takes roughly 15,000 years of harsh, unshielded exposure to the sun for raw lunar...
Vermeer and Interlune to Industrialise the Lunar Construction Supply Chain
Vermeer and Interlune to Industrialise the Lunar Construction Supply Chain The most revealing thing about the expanded partnership between Interlune and Vermeer is not that a…
Partners plan to make machines for moon construction
Seattle-based Interlune is expanding its partnership with Vermeer, an Iowa-based industrial equipment manufacturer, to develop construction tools for use on the moon. The two…
Interlune comes up with a cool way to produce helium-3
Seattle-based Interlune says it has managed to produce 99% pure helium-3 from a standard supply of industrial-grade helium, marking a milestone for a technology that the company…
Moon helium deal is biggest purchase of natural resources from space
Interlune reveals details of quest to bring home lunar resources
Space Resources Startup Interlune Raises 18 Million in Seed Capital
Machine-readable surfaces
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- RSS feed: /companies/interlune/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/437fdf76-e27e-4ae8-97b1-21e32a20c533
- Revision history: /companies/interlune/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory3 models
- SpaceX3 models
Video
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
Interlune draws attention at the 71st percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among space robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Funding runway warrants monitoring: last known round 31 months ago.
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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: Sep 22, 2026