RATIONAL CYPHY INC
CHAMPAIGN, United States · Founded 2016 · $1.6M raised
- Headquarters
- CHAMPAIGN, Illinois
- Employees
- 1–10
- Founded
- 2016
- Business Model
- B2G
- Total Funding
- $1.6M
About
Rational CyPhy Inc is a research-driven autonomous systems startup based in Champaign, Illinois, co-founded by University of Illinois professors Sayan Mitra (ECE) and Mahesh Viswanathan (CS). The company develops next-generation safety-critical autonomous systems for applications including wildfire suppression, disaster response, and defense. Their core technologies include runtime assurance (RTA) frameworks, physics-aware verification and validation, deep learning-based perception systems (AerDETR), swarm drone coordination, and spacecraft guidance, navigation, and control. The company has received over $2.4M across 6 SBIR/STTR awards from NASA, the Department of Defense (Air Force), and NSF. Their SkyAID project, funded by a $849K NASA Phase II award in 2025, is developing an autonomous drone platform for wildfire reconnaissance integrating LIDAR, infrared, and optical cameras for real-time environmental mapping.
Summary
RATIONAL CYPHY INC is an Aerospace company based in CHAMPAIGN, United States, founded in 2016. It has raised $1.6M in total.
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