AI systems are already changing how countless software tools and datasets operate, and space is no exception. But it also brings unique challenges in terms of security, logistics, and cost. How is AI being applied to this complex, high-consequence domain? 

Aerospace's Startup Showcase at TechCrunch Disrupt is all about matching technological innovation around AI and machine learning with real, urgent problems faced by the space enterprise. There is record interest in bottom-up innovation and commercial capabilities for solving the hardest problems in space. Aerospace aims to highlight startups ready to change the game in the space domain and connect them with customers who are equally ready to embrace that change. 

At the showcase, five startups will present to a panel of judges representing venture capital, commercial space, and government customers. What innovation is their company bringing? How will it succeed in the markets they're targeting? And why is their team the one best suited to build it?

The event will take place on the Space Stage at Disrupt on Monday, October 27.

Interested in taking part?

Apply by sending an email to jeffryta@gmail.com, cc: devin.coldewey@aero.org, with the subject line: "Space Stage Application  - (Company Name)"

Include three short paragraphs:

• Innovation: Your primary innovation, and why it is well differentiated and sustainable.
• Team: Share an overview of the founding team and why they're positioned to lead the company to traction and revenue as venture scale company.
• Funding: Where you are in your funding journey.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, with final selections made no later than one week before Disrupt.