Exolaunch and Capella Sign Launch Services Contract

Launch integration provider and MaintainPR client Exolaunch was written up in Payload for their contract with satellite pioneer Capella Space

Destinus Covered in WSJ Video

MaintainPR client Destinus was featured in lengthy video by the Wall Street Journal on hypersonic technology as it stands today.

How Hypersonic Flight Could Transform Transatlantic Flights — WSJ

CNN Features Destinus in "Race fo Hypersonic Flight"

Mikhail Kokorich, Destinus’ CEO, recently joined Julia Chatterley on CNN broadcast as the race for hypersonic passenger flight heats up.

Destinus enters race for high-speed flight — CNN Video

Sifted Founder Focus on Desintus CEO Mikhail Kokorich

The Financial Times recently announced a VC-centric news site for Europe called Sifted. The reporters wasted no time getting to know Destinus CEO Mikhail Kokorich. Chatting about his anti-Putin years in Russia, and getting the latest download on Destinus — his Swiss hypersonic plane startup.

The anti-Putin activist building supersonic planes — Sifted

Forbes Eric Tegler Examines Destinus Runway and Proposition

One of the hardest working aerospace reporters in the industry, Eric Tegler, took a no-nonsense approach to featuring MaintainPR client Destinus.

Swiss Hypersonic Startup Destinus Appears Destined For Same Path As U.S. Counterparts — Forbes

Pyka Covered in Forbes

MaintainPR client Pyka was written up by Forbe’s leading aerospace reporter after unveiling a cargo version of Pelican, with a maximum range of 150 miles when carrying a full load of 400 pounds.

Read more in this post, also selected as an “Editor’s Pick”

This Robot Electric Cargo Plane Could Be The Start Of A Wave That Transforms Shipping

Pyka's new fixed-wing cargo plane featured in Forbes

Cionic Featured in San Francisco Chronicle

MaintainPR client CIONIC was featured in the SF Chronicle for their bionic sleeve that assists MS patients with gait and other challenges.

CIONIC Featured in Forbes

MaintainPR client CIONIC was featured in Forbes for their bionic sleeve that assists MS patients with gait and other challenges.

CIONIC Feature in CBS News

MaintainPR client CIONIC was featured on CBS News for their bionic sleeve that assists MS patients with gait and other challenges.

Pyka Announces New Plane - Path toward Human Autonomous Passenger

MaintainPR client Pyka is the only company in the world with commercial approval to fly large autonomous electric aircraft. They recently took the wraps off a newer, larger plane that will be crop spraying specific fields in the U.S.A. and Latin America called Pelican. Forbes and Aviation Week have coverage.

“Pyka Bets The Path To The Future Of Passenger Planes Runs Through Banana Plantations In Latin America” — Forbes

“Pyka Tests Unmanned Crop Sprayer on U.S. Farms” — Aviation Week

Brian Kabot talks Momentus on Halftime Report

Scott Wapner ​of Halftime Report ​talk​ed​ with Brian Kabot, chief investment officer of Stable Road Capital. The company is taking Momentus public through a $1.2 billion SPAC deal.

CNBC Deep Dive's Momentus SPAC

MaintainPR client Momentus and Stable Road Acquisition Corp. today announced that they have entered into a business combination agreement, which puts Momentus on the path towards becoming a publicly traded company.

CNBC’s Michael Sheetz did a deep dive on the most exciting space investment since Virgin Galactic hit the market.

“Momentus to become the latest space stock” — CNBC

GoSkills Featured in SF Chronicle Feature on Reskilling

Reskilling company, and MaintainPR client GoSkills was recently written up in the Bay Area’s most respected daily about their efforts.

Read more about the surge that GoSkills has seen for Excel, Python, design training and more — as well as the social good initiative they started to discount their modules when the pandemic started.

“Coronavirus is a business opportunity for reskilling companies” — SF Chronicle

CNBC Feature on Momentus Spotlights In-orbit Economy to Come

MaintainPR client Momentus is the first in-space transportation company, and their servicing offering has had newspace verticals excited for years.

This CNBC piece by Michael Sheetz talks through the ramifications of Momentus’ proprietary technology and explains the coming in-orbit economy that Momentus will power, and it helped spread the word to a much wider business and consumer audience!

“Space startup Momentus provides ‘last mile delivery’ for satellites launched on any rocket” — CNBC

Arago's Chris Boos Leads Europe’s PEPP-PT COVID-19 Contacts Tracing Standard

In public health, contact tracing is the process of identification of persons who may have come into contact with an infected person ("contacts") and subsequent collection of further information about these contacts.

MaintainPR contact Hans Christian Boos (CEO of influential AI startup Arago) recently spoke on a united EU government approach he is helping to spearhead. TechCrunch has the story.

“Europe’s PEPP-PT COVID-19 contacts tracing standard push could be squaring up for a fight with Apple and Google” — TechCrunch

Pyka Announces $11M Seed Round for Autonomous Flight

MaintainPR client Pyka are designing and manufacturing large electric aircraft for a variety of real world autonomous applications — right out of Oakland! They currently fly the world's only commercially approved autonomous electric aircraft in use for agricultural sprayers in rural environments.

TechCrunch recently covered this innovative young startup’s seed led by Prime Movers Lab and with participation from Y Combinator.

“Pyka and its autonomous, electric crop-spraying drone land $11M seed round” — TechCrunch

Lily AI Announces $12.5M Series A

MaintainPR client Lily AI is a female led (and coded) platform focused on using deep learning to help brands better convert customers through emotionally tailored recommendations.

The experienced team, including SXSW Award winner Purva Gupta and former Box/Yahoo tech lead Sowmiya Chocka Narayanan, have recently announced a $12.5 million Series A led by Canaan Partners. Prior investors NEA, Unshackled and Fernbrook Capital also took part in the funding event.

Read more on TechCrunch for how a personal shopping pain point from Purva led to leading AI and Machine Learning solving multiple issues for big brands and retailers.

“Lily AI raises a $12.5M Series A led by Canaan to accelerate its e-commerce recommendation tech” — TechCrunch

Momentus Announces $25.5 Million Series A

MaintainPR client Momentus are transforming the business implications of getting around in orbit. They recently announced a $25.5MM series A investment round led by Prime Movers Lab and featuring investment from Y Combinator, the Lerner Family, the University of Wyoming Foundation, Quiet Capital, Mountain Nazca, ACE & Company, Liquid 2 Ventures, Drake Management, and others. This brings the total investment sum for Momentus to $34MM.

View some of the coverage we secured.

“Momentus Raises $25.5M for In-space Shuttle Services” — Space News

“In-space Shuttle Service Momentus Raises $25.5 Million” — TechCrunch

“Startup that wants to ferry items in deep space raises $25.5M” — Forbes

Lily AI Featured in TechCrunch

MaintainPR client Lily AI recently unveiled more about their plans for applying AI and machine learning to several problems facing the online apparel industry. The 2017 SXSW Award Winner features a former Box/Yahoo! heavyweight as CTO, and this piece in TechCrunch lets her expertise shine.

“The AI Stack That’s Changing Retail Personalization” — TechCrunch

LDV Capital Featured in Axios

By 2025, manufacturing and logistics will be faster, cheaper and more flexible because of visual technologies. That’s the main takeaway from MaintainPR client LDV Capital’s most recent report in their Insights series https://www.ldv.co/insights

We helped get the report in the hands of Kaveh Waddell, Axios’ lead AI writer, and he used several citations to back up an excellent piece on teaching robots to see.

“Teaching Robots to See” — Axios