UP.Summit

Each year, the UP.Summit brings together the people and ideas shaping the future of mobility. Check out the 2025 event recap video for a glimpse of the energy and inspiration from this year's event!

Watch the full talk on the UP.Summit YouTube channel to learn how next-generation propulsion could transform aviation, defense, and the emerging space economy: youtu.be/PMGqWn8CIMw?si…

In his talk, Andrew explains how @VenusAerospace is finally unlocking technology that researchers first explored in the 1980s. The result: engines that can significantly improve efficiency and potentially reshape high-speed aviation, defense, and access to space.

At the UP.Summit, Andrew Duggleby, Co-Founder & CTO of @VenusAerospace, shared how rotating detonation engines could represent the first true architectural leap in aerospace propulsion in decades. youtu.be/PMGqWn8CIMw?si… #Aerospace #Innovation #Hypersonic #SpaceTech

Traditional factories are optimized for one product. In today’s fast-paced business environment, is there a way for companies to build multiple products on the same hardware? Enter @Divergent3D Watch Kevin Czinger's UP.Summit presentation here: youtu.be/Krk-BWIZmQY?si…

We’re proud to share that @BeyondMathLtd, an UP.Partners portfolio company, has completed their Seed Round at $18.5 million. Founded in 2022 by AI industry veterans Alan Patterson and Darren Garvey, BeyondMath has developed the world’s largest foundational physics AI model, which is capable of simulating complex physical phenomena, from aerodynamics to thermal management. BeyondMath takes a fundamentally new approach to design with a foundational AI model trained directly on first-principles physics. This enables engineering-grade simulations to be created in minutes rather than hours or days, delivering results up to 1000x faster than traditional supercomputing methods. A key example of this impact is STRATA, a $19 million, 3-year project with @honeywell, where BeyondMath enables the simulation of thousands of iterations for complex aircraft components in seconds rather than days. The funding from this Seed Round will be used to scale up the commercial deployment of BeyondMath’s generative physics technology and increase its research capacity. Congrats to the BeyondMath team on this milestone! Join the waitlist to try their new interactive demo at beyondmath.com and read the full press release here: beyondmath.com/news/seed-roun… #BeyondMath #DeepTech #ArtificialIntelligence #Engineering #Innovation #AI #Aerospace #Physics

Why is maritime autonomy moving so slowly? At UP.Summit, Joe Turner (@HavocAi_USV), shared his view on what it will take to scale autonomous systems in the maritime domain and why the bottleneck isn’t the vessel, it’s software. Full session here: youtu.be/kAuAdCWLshY?si…

At the UP.Summit, Adam Bry, CEO of @SkydioHQ, shared how drones are evolving from niche tools into core physical infrastructure. Watch the full session on the UP.Summit YouTube page here: youtu.be/8KteB34_BO8  #UPSummit #Skydio #Drones #Infrastructure #Aerospace

We’re excited to announce a key product launch from one of our portfolio companies — @InfinitForm. InfinitForm is for engineers who want to spend more time on high-value innovation and less time on rework. Too often, manufacturability issues only surface after simulations are complete, prototypes are built, or suppliers push back. This is driven by a structural disconnect between design and manufacturing — separate teams, separate incentives, and separate toolchains. InfinitForm changes that with an AI-powered engineering design platform which cuts design cycles by up to 80% to shorten time-to-production. After months of private beta testing with advanced engineering teams at companies like NASA, Google X, and Yamaha Motor Co, InfinitForm is now available to engineers who are ready to eliminate costly late-stage rework and compress design cycles from days to hours. Read the full press release here: infinitform.com/introducing-in… #Engineering #Manufacturing #AI #ProductDevelopment #InfinitForm

If you care about AI-era power demand, energy security, or the future of clean base load energy, this is a conversation worth watching: youtu.be/WmYZynvXkt8?si…

In fact, last year Pacific Fusion selected New Mexico as the site for its 225,000-square-foot research and manufacturing facility, with UP.Partners proud to support Pacific Fusion as an investor through our New Mexico investment strategy, UP.Abundance.

Carrie von Muench, Co-Founder & COO of Pacific Fusion, made a clear case at the UP.Summit for why fusion energy is no longer a distant science experiment, but an engineering problem with a near-term path to reality. Access the full presentation here: youtu.be/WmYZynvXkt8?si…

New Mexico is building something big! This week, the New Mexico State Investment Council (SIC) released its report on the Strategic Venture Capital Program (SVCP), the largest regional venture program in the United States, and how it’s driving real economic impact by aligning Silicon Valley capital with New Mexico’s innovation strengths. The report highlights how venture investing in advanced energy, deep tech, and aerospace & defense is helping companies scale during their industrialization moment, supporting more than $2B in projected economic impact and creating thousands of high-quality jobs. UP.Partners is proud to collaborate with the New Mexico SIC to support economic expansion in the state. Through UP.Abundance, our New Mexico Investment Strategy, we’re proud to partner with pioneering founders and innovative investors to accelerate the future of mobility and energy, to date investing in seven companies to create 300+ jobs by the end of 2026. Read the full report and see how New Mexico is partnering with global innovators to turn capital into real-world outcomes: sic.state.nm.us/publications-r…

At the UP.Summit, John Gedmark, Co-Founder & CEO of @Astranis, laid out how we’ve entered a new golden age of space, and why geostationary orbit (GEO) is becoming strategically important again. Watch the full session here: youtu.be/sOPmqPa0h9U

Closing out the year with real momentum across mobility and beyond. The December edition of UP.Pulse is live, spotlighting major milestones from the UP.Partners portfolio — from global partnerships and advanced autonomy to immersive VR training, space developments, and more. Dive into the December edition to see what’s shaping the future of mobility across infrastructure, aviation, defense, logistics, and space! #Mobility #Innovation #VentureCapital #Tech #Startups #Entrepreneurship #Aerospace #Newsletter

At this year’s UP.Summit, @MachinaLabs_ CEO & Co-Founder @EdwardMehr shared a compelling vision for the future of manufacturing, one where hardware development moves at the speed of software. Watch the full UP.Summit session here: youtu.be/arBbOmM_rS0?si…

If you’re interested in where business aviation is headed, from cost to sustainability to long-range performance, this is worth watching. Access the full presentation here: youtu.be/FrEeSX1AT84?si…

In their presentation from the UP.Summit 2025, Otto Aerospace CEO Paul Touw, Chairman Dennis Muilenburg, and @Flexjet Chairman/Directional Aviation Capital Principal Kenn Ricci walk through how laminar flow is finally becoming commercially viable.

At this year’s UP.Summit, Otto Aerospace and @Flexjet stepped onto the stage with an ambitious demonstration of aerodynamic efficiency. Their announcement: a new generation of ultra-efficient aircraft and a 300-aircraft order from Flexjet to help bring it to market.