Aalyria Technologies is a global networking and laser communications company focused on revolutionizing connectivity on Earth and in space. They offer Tightbeam, a free space optics solution, and Spacetime, a software-defined network orchestration platform that operates across various domains. Aalyria partners with organizations like Intelsat, Telesat, ESA and the U.S. Government to enhance connectivity and enable hybrid space architectures, offering secure and high-speed networking solutions for both commercial and government customers.
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Aalyria’s Livermore headquarters is focused on scaling production of Tightbeam terminals.
Chris Taylor is the CEO of Aalyria.
Aalyria’s Series B funding round propelled the company to a $1.3 billion valuation.
Aalyria will use the Series B capital to accelerate commercialization of its software-defined networking and laser hardware.
By the end of 2026, Aalyria aims to integrate its Spacetime platform into multiple Hybrid Space Architecture prototypes for the U.S. Department of War.
Aalyria secured $100 million in Series B funding on February 23, 2026.
Aalyria’s London-based European hub is expected to play a central role in the company’s 5G non-terrestrial network (NTN) business.
Telesat considers Aalyria’s orchestration and network-optimization technologies a key performance and resiliency enabler for the Telesat Lightspeed architecture.
Aalyria holds a contract with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory under the Space Data Network Experimentation (SDNX) program announced on January 22, 2026.
Aalyria’s core technologies were originally developed over more than a decade at Google.
Aalyria raised $100 million in a Series B financing round that valued the company at $1.3 billion.
Aalyria has collaborated with Google, NASA, Airbus, and the European Space Agency.
Aalyria will use the Series B capital to expand its workforce by one-third.
In 2023 Aalyria signed a long-term agreement with Telesat to deploy Spacetime across Telesat’s Lightspeed low-Earth orbit constellation.
Battery Ventures and J2 Ventures led Aalyria’s Series B funding round.
Aalyria was founded out of Alphabet in 2022.
Chris Taylor is the CEO of Aalyria.
Aalyria spun out of Google (Alphabet) in September 2022.
Under the SDNX program, Aalyria is demonstrating how its Spacetime platform can integrate government, commercial, and allied satellites into a single mission-tailorable fabric.
Aalyria will use the Series B capital to accelerate development of Spacetime, its network orchestration platform, and Tightbeam, its optical communications terminal.