Planet Ventures invests $100K in General Astronautics
Planet Ventures made a strategic investment in General Astronautics to support autonomous robotics for microgravity research and manufacturing.
Evidence notes
- Planet Ventures announced a US$100,000 investment on March 31, 2026 at a US$40 million post-money valuation.
- General Astronautics was founded in 2025 and joined the Winter 2026 Y Combinator batch and NVIDIA Inception programme.
- Its robots are intended to automate orbital laboratory work including pipetting, sample preparation, plate handling and reagent mixing without crew support.
Company context
General Astronautics builds autonomous robots for research and manufacturing in space. Its systems target microgravity workflows such as orbital experiments, pharmaceutical research and in-space materials production where astronaut labor is scarce.