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About
Matt Hanley is co-founder and CTO of Inflection Space Systems. He previously worked at Loft Orbital on scaling satellite integration and testing through automation and new technologies, and spent four years at Rocket Lab building its space systems division, including contributing to the Lunar Photon spacecraft. He earned BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Founder/CTO at Inflection Space SystemsYC F26
Intro paths
Matt went through Y Combinator (Fall 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Grey Baker, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Inflection Space Systems's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Matt can intro founders to Inflection Space Systems's investors below.
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Co-founders at Inflection Space Systems
Experience
- Inflection Space SystemsCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2025 — present
- Loft OrbitalSystems Verification Architect2025Golden, Colorado, United States
- Loft OrbitalTest Infrastructure Lead2023 — 2025
- Rocket LabSenior Systems Engineer2020 — 2023Long Beach, California, United States
- Rocket LabSystems Engineer2019 — 2020
- Laboratory For Atmospheric and Space PhysicsCommand Controller2016 — 2019Boulder
Skills & more
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Microsoft OfficeGitIDL programmingCUDAOpenCVLanguages English
- SOLIDWORKS Associate — SOLIDWORKS Certification Center
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Matt Hanley?
- Matt Hanley is co-founder and CTO of Inflection Space Systems. He previously worked at Loft Orbital on scaling satellite integration and testing through automation and new technologies, and spent four years at Rocket Lab building its space systems division, including contributing to the Lunar Photon spacecraft. He earned BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder.
- Where does Matt Hanley work?
- Matt Hanley is Founder/CTO of Inflection Space Systems.
- What companies did Matt Hanley found?
- Matt Hanley founded Inflection Space Systems.
- Where did Matt Hanley go to school?
- Matt Hanley studied at University of Colorado Boulder (BS/MS, Mechanical Engineering).
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Y Combinator mafia10,444
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Also attended University of Colorado Boulder426
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Shared employers
Also worked at Loft Orbital15
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Also worked at Rocket Lab14
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