Maximillian Bhatti
FounderFounder at Basalt
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedBasalt · YC
About
Maximillian Bhatti worked at MIT AeroAstro on CubeSat missions, The Aerospace Corporation, and SpaceX on distributed space systems and lunar programs before co-founding Basalt.
Founder at BasaltYC W24
Intro paths
YC
Maximillian went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Tyler Bosmeny, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Basalt's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Maximillian can intro founders to Basalt's investors below.
Experience
- BasaltCo-Founder, CEOcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- SpaceXEngineering Intern - Starship2023Hawthorne, California, United States
- Rocket Project at UCLAHybrid Rocket Propulsion Lead2021 — 2022Los Angeles, California, United States
- The Aerospace CorporationTechnical Intern II2022El Segundo, California, United States
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyResearch Assistant - Spacecraft2020 — 2022Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- CaltechPlasma Physics Intern2018 — 2020Pasadena, California, United States
- CaltechCSA Laboratory Student2017 — 2018Pasadena, California, United States
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Maximillian Bhatti?
- Maximillian Bhatti worked at MIT AeroAstro on CubeSat missions, The Aerospace Corporation, and SpaceX on distributed space systems and lunar programs before co-founding Basalt.
- Where does Maximillian Bhatti work?
- Maximillian Bhatti is Founder of Basalt.
- What companies did Maximillian Bhatti found?
- Maximillian Bhatti founded Basalt.
- Where did Maximillian Bhatti go to school?
- Maximillian Bhatti studied at UCLA (Bachelor of Science - BS, Aerospace Engineering).
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