About
Payton Case is co-founder and CEO of Dispatch, which develops satellites for in-space manufacturing. He previously worked at Astranis as an engineer in the office of the CTO, contributing to spacecraft architecture, production, and mission operations.
Founder at DispatchYC X26
Intro paths
Payton went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Dispatch's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Payton can intro founders to Dispatch's investors below.
Dispatch's investors · 3
Co-founders at Dispatch
Experience
- Dispatch | YC P26Cofounder & CEOcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- Astranis Space TechnologiesChief Engineer - Office of the CTO2024 — 2025
- Astranis Space TechnologiesThermal Engineer2022 — 2024
- Purdue Overclocking GroupFounder and Head2020 — 2022West Lafayette, IN
- The Aerospace CorporationSpacecraft Thermal Engineer Intern2021El Segundo, CA
- JacobsSpace Tech Challenge 2021 Winner2021West Lafayette, IN
- NASA - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationL'SPACE Mission Concept Academy Chief Engineer2020West Lafayette, IN
- JacobsSpace Tech Challenge 2020 Winner2020West Lafayette, IN
- Cooling Technologies Research CenterSummer Undergraduate Research Fellow2020West Lafayette, IN
Education
- Purdue UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Aerospace Engineering
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Y Combinator mafia8,668
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Shared employers
Also worked at Dispatch | YC P261
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