GroundControl
GroundControl is a YC Spring 2025 (P25) company. Based in San Francisco, CA, USA. Team of 8.
About GroundControl
Summary
GroundControl builds quality documentation software for manufacturers in regulated industries such as aerospace, defense, and medical. Its platform automates the generation, review, and analysis of inspection reports, including AS9102C first article inspections and PPAP packages, replacing manual data entry from PDF drawings into spreadsheets. Suppliers complete required documentation in minutes rather than days, reducing source rejections and accelerating approvals from OEM customers.
Business model
Per-seat or per-license software subscription, with a government-hosted deployment option for CMMC 2.0 compliant environments.
Go-to-market
Quality teams at aerospace and defense manufacturers are the primary buyers, reached through a demo-led sales motion via the company's website.
From the Y Combinator listing
Vertical AI for highly-regulated manufacturing
GroundControl builds mission-critical software for manufacturers in highly-regulated industries (aerospace, defense, medical) Our core product automates lengthy, complex, and regulated quality documentation in aerospace manufacturing. As an example, the Boeing 777 is made up of over 3 million parts sourced from manufacturers around the world. These manufacturers must complete quality documentation for every part on this aircraft (machined parts, printed circuit boards, wire harnesses, assemblies, and more). GroundControl helps manufacturers complete this required documentation accurately, in minutes instead of days.
Facts
- Industrials / Industrials -> Aviation and Space
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- 8
- Active
- Early
Founders (3)
- Matthew Noseworthy
- Mehul Shah
- Nick Warren
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