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Auron Solutions
Techstars '26Sunnyvale, US · Founded 2024 · 8 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors
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Auron Solutions develops software-defined technology to detect, classify, and intercept hostile drone signals while protecting military and critical infrastructure environments. The company provides non-kinetic electronic warfare capabilities designed for modern autonomous drone threats.
Also known as Auron · AURON Solutions
Founders & leadership
Auron Solutions was founded in 2024 by Daniel Stepanenko and Ryan Nehring.
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Company profile
researched Sep 2026Auron Solutions builds AI-native radio-frequency signal intelligence systems for counter-unmanned aircraft system (counter-UAS) defense. The technology is designed to detect and classify hostile drone signals and to intercept drone control links without wideband jamming, using spectrum-aware, non-kinetic techniques intended to leave authorized communications and adjacent systems undisturbed. The company describes its system as software-defined and hardware-agnostic, with modular integration into existing sensors, perimeter security systems, and command platforms.
Product positioning covers three stated verticals: energy (oil, gas, and nuclear facilities), aviation and airports, and military and defense. For energy sites the company emphasizes mitigation in sensitive RF environments without operational downtime; for airports, detection and controlled mitigation that does not interfere with air traffic control, avionics, or civilian communications; and for defense, swarm-scale detection and mitigation that preserves blue-force communications, delivered as a deployable hardware module built for prime or OEM integration. In its own materials the company also describes an autonomous system for intercepting hostile FPV drones and drone swarms without relying on GPS or jamming.
Founding story
The founders describe 2022 and the war in Ukraine as the trigger for starting the company, citing cases where roughly $1,000 UAVs forced multi-million-dollar missile responses and critical infrastructure proved exposed. Daniel Stepanenko, born in Kyiv into a military family, brought defense strategy and military experience together with relationships among prime contractors; Ryan Nehring was at the time designing RF and next-generation electronic warfare capabilities at L3Harris Technologies for U.S. Army, Navy, and NASA programs, and saw legacy architectures built for traditional threats rather than AI-driven drone swarms.
Business model
Auron develops and sells a counter-UAS hardware and software system that can be deployed as a standalone unit or integrated into prime contractor platforms. The company states it generates revenue through hardware sales, OEM licensing, and defense contracts, and its product literature emphasizes designs built for prime/OEM integration.
Stated revenue streams are hardware sales, OEM licensing, and defense contracts.
Traction
An investor-platform profile lists the company at a stage of $500K in trailing-twelve-month revenue with five employees and a Delaware C-corp structure, and names Techstars as a previous investor (marked unconfirmed on that profile). A separate business directory lists the company at 1-10 employees and states it has not raised funding.
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Market position
Auron describes itself as building physical AI for the counter-UAS market, which it sizes at $40 billion, focused on protecting critical infrastructure and people from drone swarms. It is an early-stage, small-team company; a business directory classifies it under defense and space manufacturing with 1-10 employees.
The company positions its approach against jamming- and kinetic-based counter-drone systems: rather than broad-spectrum jamming, it uses RF signal processing and machine learning to identify, track, and redirect or intercept drone control links, which it states avoids interference with authorized communications and allows use in regulated or communications-sensitive environments. Additional stated differentiators include swarm-capable AI classification, operation without reliance on GPS, and a modular, hardware-agnostic architecture deployable standalone or inside prime contractor platforms.
Technology
The system combines advanced RF signal processing with machine learning models that identify, classify, track, and respond to drone threats in real time across complex RF environments, including high-density swarm conditions. Mitigation works by intercepting drone control links rather than wideband jamming, and the company states the system does not rely on GPS. The architecture is software-defined, modular, and hardware-agnostic, packaged as a deployable hardware module that can integrate with existing sensors and command-and-control platforms.
Go-to-market
Auron markets directly to operators of critical infrastructure, aviation, and government and military installations, and also targets integration with prime contractors and OEMs. Its website solicits partnership, technical, and media inquiries through a contact form and maintains a page for partners and investors.
Operators of critical infrastructure including oil, gas, and nuclear energy facilities; airports and aviation operators; industrial sites; government installations; and military and defense customers, as well as prime contractors and OEMs integrating counter-UAS capability into their platforms.
Geography
Company listings place Auron Solutions in Sunnyvale, California, with one directory listing San Francisco, California; an investor-platform profile describes R&D in Southern California and incorporation in Delaware.
History
The founders attribute the company's origin to the 2022 war in Ukraine, when low-cost drones began overwhelming far more expensive defense systems and exposing energy sites, airbases, and civilian areas. Daniel Stepanenko and Ryan Nehring subsequently formed Auron to address gaps they identified in legacy counter-drone architectures. Company listings give a founding date of 2024, while an investor-platform profile lists January 2025 and an incorporation as a Delaware C-corp.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Auron Solutions do?
- Auron Solutions builds AI-driven RF systems that detect, classify, and non-kinetically intercept hostile drones and swarms.
- Who founded Auron Solutions?
- Auron Solutions was founded by Daniel Stepanenko, Ryan Nehring in 2024.
- Who are Auron Solutions's investors?
- Auron Solutions's investors include Techstars.
- Where is Auron Solutions headquartered?
- Auron Solutions is headquartered in Sunnyvale, US.