Farcast

Farcast is a San Francisco-based deep-tech company founded in 2019 by CEO Siamak Ebadi that develops next-generation user terminals for satellite communications. The company's core innovation is a proprietary flat-panel antenna that can simultaneously transmit and receive data on the same aperture — a full-duplex capability that dramatically reduces the size, weight, power consumption, and cost of traditional satellite terminals. Farcast's Active Electronically Scanned Antenna (AESA) technology uses electronic beamscanning to continuously track satellites and user movement without mechanical parts, making terminals viable for both stationary and mobile deployments. The company's terminals are modem-agnostic, enabling compatibility with multiple satellite networks, and are built using commercial off-the-shelf components for cost efficiency. Farcast serves commercial satellite operators, defense customers, and aviation markets, with strategic partnerships including Telesat for its Lightspeed LEO network terminals, Lockheed Martin for defense applications, and Gogo for aviation. The company has raised approximately $22.6 million in funding across multiple rounds from strategic investors.