Instinct
Instinct is a YC Winter 2025 (W25) company. Team of 4.
About Instinct
Summary
Instinct builds a small lunar lander designed to reach the Moon's surface via standard rideshare launches to low Earth orbit, eliminating the need for dedicated heavy-lift missions, in-orbit staging, or refueling. The lander delivers at least 20 kg of payload to the lunar surface and operates throughout a full lunar day. It cuts the cost and complexity that currently make Moon missions rare and slow.
Go-to-market
Customers are space industry players needing lunar surface delivery; they engage Instinct directly through a "Fly With Us" inquiry channel on the website.
From the Y Combinator listing
Building the lunar future.
Instinct is making the Moon the new LEO. Our small lunar lander is designed to be launched as a regular LEO rideshare, enabling higher mission cadence at a lower cost.
Facts
- Industrials / Industrials -> Aviation and Space
- 4
- Active
- Early
Founders (3)
- Ashwin Iyer
- Joaquim Dickson
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