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Vast

Vast

Live in space.

About

Founded

2021

Headquarters

Long Beach, California

Industry

Space, Hardware

Company Description

Vast is developing artificial gravity space stations to expand humanity across the solar system.

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Funding

Total Raised

Undisclosed

Valuation

Undisclosed

Significant Investors

N/A

Company Traction

Vast’s first live-in space for 30 days in a private space station mission is set to launch in August 2025 on SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Leadership Team

Jed McCaleb: Founder of Vast. Former Founder of Ripple.

Daniel Buchmueller: SVP of Engineering at Vast. Former SVP of Engineering at Vay Technology.

Max Haot: President at Vast. Former Founder & CEO of Launcher.

Karin Kuo: VP of People at Vast. Former VP of People at Relativity Space.

David Caponio: SVP of Product and Business Development at Vast. Former Head of Product and Business Development at Launcher.

Press

Gizmodo (June 16, 2023): On-Orbit Satellite Servicing, New Crew Capsules and Artificial Gravity: NASA's Latest Tech Initiative

Long Beach Business Journal (February 23, 2023): Vast Space triples workforce through acquisition to help develop artificial gravity space station

TechCrunch (February 21, 2023): Vast acquires Launcher in quest to build artificial gravity space stations

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