Great ideas change the world, but only when they can be built at scale.

For decades, the world has relied on GPS, one of the most important pieces of infrastructure ever created. It quietly became the backbone of modern life, powering everything from aviation and shipping to agriculture, telecommunications, financial systems, and emergency response.

But GPS was designed for a different era.

The systems shaping the next generation of our physical world: autonomous machines, robotics, precision agriculture, resilient infrastructure, next-generation defense, demand a level of precision and reliability that legacy navigation systems were never built to deliver.

Today we’re announcing a $170 million Series C round led by Mohari Ventures Natural Capital to accelerate the deployment of Xona’s Pulsar constellation and scale satellite production at our new factory in Burlingame, California. This latest funding milestone includes additional support from Craft Ventures, ICONIQ, Woven Capital, NGP Capital, Samsung Next, Hexagon, and other new and existing investors.

More importantly, this marks the moment when next-generation navigation infrastructure moves from concept and theory to global deployment.

From Proof to Infrastructure

Over the past several years we’ve proven that Pulsar works, transmitting signals in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) that are dramatically stronger and more secure than traditional GPS, while remaining compatible with the devices people already use today.

A navigation system is only real once it’s in orbit. Over the past several years, our team has moved from theory to real capability in space, launching the first private navigation satellite in history, receiving the first commercial FCC license to broadcast navigation signals, and demonstrating the most powerful satellite navigation signals ever transmitted from space, all without causing interference to existing services.

In 2025, we successfully broadcast the first fully authenticated satellite navigation signal, achieving the highest positioning accuracy ever recorded from orbit in the process.

Just as importantly, Pulsar signals work with the devices people already use today. In many cases, Pulsar can be enabled through a simple software update. More than a dozen commercial receiver partners are already tracking Pulsar signals within their devices, with field testing underway across industries that depend on precise positioning and resilient timing, from agriculture and construction to telecommunications and defense.

These milestones prove something simple: a new generation of navigation infrastructure to upgrade the world’s devices is no longer theoretical. It’s already operating.

Now the focus shifts from demonstration to scale. Our new manufacturing facility in Burlingame is where we are beginning to produce production spacecraft that will scale Pulsar service to everywhere on Earth. Over the next few years, we plan to build and deploy a constellation of 258 satellites, with our first US made satellites launching later this year.

That kind of speed would have been impossible in the traditional aerospace model. It’s exactly what commercial space was built to do.

Why This Moment Matters

Positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) infrastructure is easy to take for granted, until it fails. Signals can be jammed. They can be spoofed. In some parts of the world, disruptions already affect shipping routes, infrastructure systems, and the global supply chain.

At the same time, other countries are rapidly investing in next-generation positioning systems in LEO. The technology that underpins the global economy is entering a new phase. The question isn’t whether navigation infrastructure will evolve. It’s who builds it and who controls it.

Building the Next Layer of Global Infrastructure

At Xona, our goal is simple: give every device on Earth access to precise, resilient PNT that works even in the toughest conditions.

That means centimeter-level accuracy. Signals strong enough to reach into warehouses and difficult environments. Built-in protection against threats and interference. And infrastructure that scales with the innovations in physical intelligence shaping the next century.

We’re building it with partners around the world. Between timing authorities in the UK, receiver manufacturers across Europe and Asia, and our expanding team in Montreal, the talent density behind Pulsar has never been stronger.

And we’re building it here in the Bay Area, expanding our footprint in a region long able to prove the impossible isn’t just possible, but inevitable. 

This funding allows us to move faster. To build at scale. And to deploy a system designed for the world that’s already emerging.

Every technological era builds the infrastructure it needs—from railroads to electricity to the internet.

As intelligent machines begin to reshape the physical world, we believe navigation infrastructure will be just as foundational. If you want to help build it with us, we’re growing across engineering, product, and more. We're hiring across product, engineering, supply chain, and more — join us.

Brian Manning
Co-founder & CEO, Xona