Where does Jacob Ososke work?

Jacob Ososke is Founder/CEO of Orca Aerospace.

What companies did Jacob Ososke found?

Jacob Ososke founded Orca Aerospace.

Where did Jacob Ososke go to school?

Jacob Ososke studied at Georgia Institute of Technology (Master's degree, Computer Science); Santa Clara University (Master of Science (M.S.), Robotics and Mechatronics); Santa Clara University (Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering).

Jacob Ososke

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Founder/CEO at Orca Aerospace

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedOrca Aerospace · YC

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About

Jacob Ososke is the founder and CEO of Orca Aerospace. He previously spent over a decade at Lockheed Martin in guidance, navigation, and control (GNC), advancing from intern to GNC Manager and establishing the company's first AI-GNC team, with work centered on autonomous fault recovery and self-healing systems for aerospace platforms. He holds an MS in Robotics from Santa Clara University and an MS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech.

Founder/CEO at Orca Aerospace YC F26

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Jacob went through Y Combinator (Fall 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Orca Aerospace's investors · 2

Honeystone VenturesPalo Alto Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Orca Aerospace

Hakan ChuntonFounder/CTO

Experience

Orca Aerospace (YC F26)Co-Founder & CEOcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Lockheed MartinGuidance, Navigation & Control Leader2015 — 2026
Robotics Systems LabDrone Researcher2015 — 2018Santa Clara University
Sandia National LaboratoriesR&D Summer Intern2014
Santa Clara UniversityPhysics Department Laboratory Internship2013Santa Clara, California
NASANASA INSPIRE Program2012Richmond, Virginia Area

Skills & more

Research18Data Analysis13Mechanical Engineering9Robotics5Aerospace Engineering4Physics7C++8Critical Thinking5Programming7Microsoft Office20Drones3Aerospace4

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PowerPointBioinformaticsMatlabJavaCStatisticsCyber-securityMechatronics

Languages Japanese

C++ Nanodegree — Udacity
Intro to Self-Driving Cars Nanodegree — Udacity
AI for Trading Nanodegree — Udacity
Self-Driving Car Engineer Nanodegree — Udacity
Applying Machine Learning to Engineering and Science — MIT xPRO
Machine Learning, Modeling, and Simulation Principles — MIT xPRO
Remote Pilot (Part 107) — Federal Aviation Administration
Fundementals of Accelerated Computing with CUDA Python — NVIDIA
Deep Learning Specialization — Coursera
Sequence Models — Coursera

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Who is Jacob Ososke?: Jacob Ososke is the founder and CEO of Orca Aerospace. He previously spent over a decade at Lockheed Martin in guidance, navigation, and control (GNC), advancing from intern to GNC Manager and establishing the company's first AI-GNC team, with work centered on autonomous fault recovery and self-healing systems for aerospace platforms. He holds an MS in Robotics from Santa Clara University and an MS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech.
Where does Jacob Ososke work?: Jacob Ososke is Founder/CEO of Orca Aerospace.
What companies did Jacob Ososke found?: Jacob Ososke founded Orca Aerospace.
Where did Jacob Ososke go to school?: Jacob Ososke studied at Georgia Institute of Technology (Master's degree, Computer Science); Santa Clara University (Master of Science (M.S.), Robotics and Mechatronics); Santa Clara University (Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering).

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About

Founder/CEO at Orca AerospaceYC F26

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Founder/CEO at Orca Aerospace YC F26