GITAI USA Inc.
Torrance, JP · Founded 2020 · 63 employees on LinkedIn · 25 known investors
GITAI develops robotic technologies for space exploration, specializing in robotic solutions for the construction and maintenance of satellites, lunar settlements, and planetary infrastructure.
Also known as GITAI · GITAI Defense & Space LLC · GITAI Japan, Inc. · GITAI USA Inc.
Founders & leadership
GITAI USA Inc. was founded in 2020 by Sho Nakanose.
Investors · 25
Also in the syndicate · 18
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$47.6M disclosed across 1 of 4 rounds · 2023–2024
▶$47.6MraisedNov 2023 · 4 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Toyotaka KozukiDirector
- Sho NakanoseExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Yuta KimuraDirector
- Offering amount
- $47.6M
- Amount sold
- $47.6M
- First sale
- Nov 2023
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2020
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026GITAI USA Inc. is a space robotics company headquartered in Torrance, California, that develops robotic systems intended to lower the cost of labor in space by a factor of 100. The company operates in two stated business areas: on-orbit services and lunar infrastructure construction. Its product and service lines include a standard spacecraft platform, satellite components, an inchworm-type robotic arm, a lunar rover, on-orbit servicing, and lunar infrastructure construction.
GITAI designs and manufactures its space robotics systems — robotic arms, satellites and robotic rovers — within the United States. Applications described by the company include solar panel assembly, repair, payload transfer, docking support and human EVA support on space stations; satellite servicing such as fueling, assembly and manufacturing; space debris removal by direct capture or orbital modification; and inspection and construction work on the lunar and Martian surface in support of in-situ resource utilization. Over half of its full-time employees hold PhDs in engineering and science, and the team has included former University of Tokyo research associates and former NASA employees.
Corporate structure comprises GITAI USA Inc. as headquarters and parent, GITAI Japan, Inc. as a Japanese subsidiary, and GITAI Defense & Space LLC, a Delaware-incorporated U.S. subsidiary established in April 2025 and held under a voting trust (51% by a U.S. trust company, 49% by GITAI USA Inc.) so that it can act as a prime contractor on U.S. Department of Defense and NASA solicitations that require majority U.S. ownership or control.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Competitors · 1
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Timeline · 9
launches, deals, and filingsGITAI USA Inc. established GITAI Defense & Space LLC, a Delaware-incorporated subsidiary operating from the Torrance headquarters, structured under a voting trust with 51% ownership by a U.S. trust company and 49% by GITAI USA Inc., enabling it to act as a prime contractor on U.S. DoD and NASA programs. The subsidiary focuses on satellite buses for defense constellations and on-orbit servicing.
GITAI raised US$15.5 million in October 2024 as part of its Series B Extension round, led by Maezawa Fund Inc., bringing the Series B Extension total to US$60.5 million. Announced November 13, 2024.
$15.5M source ↗
GITAI transitioned its headquarters and parent company from GITAI Japan, Inc. to GITAI USA Inc. in Torrance, California; most employees and all manufacturing operations were relocated to Torrance. Founder & CEO Sho Nakanose and CTO Toyotaka Kozuki became lawful permanent residents of the United States.
An additional US$15 million was raised in August 2023 as part of the Series B Extension round, as reported in the company's November 2024 funding announcement.
$15M source ↗
GITAI USA Inc. and GITAI Japan Inc. completed a Series B Extension round totaling 4 billion yen (approximately US$30 million) via third-party allotment, to raise the TRL of its lunar rover and lunar inchworm robotic arm, expand US engineering/flight model manufacturing facilities and expand US employment.
$30M source ↗
GITAI USA Inc. opened a US headquarters office at 2255 Dominguez Way, Torrance, CA, to be used for engineering, manufacturing, environmental testing and business development, alongside a US recruitment drive begun in March 2022.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- GITAI USA Inc.gitai.tech · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does GITAI USA Inc. do?
- Space robotics company building robotic satellites, inchworm robotic arms and lunar rovers for on-orbit servicing and lunar construction.
- Who founded GITAI USA Inc.?
- GITAI USA Inc. was founded by Sho Nakanose in 2020.
- Who are GITAI USA Inc.'s investors?
- GITAI USA Inc.'s investors include 500 Global, Coral Capital, DBJ Capital, Global Brain, JIC Venture Growth Investments, KDDI Open Innovation Fund, Skyland Ventures.
- How much funding has GITAI USA Inc. raised?
- GITAI USA Inc. has disclosed $47.6M raised across 1 of its 4 known rounds.
- Where is GITAI USA Inc. headquartered?
- GITAI USA Inc. is headquartered in Torrance, JP.



