Our Mission Make Clean, Abundant Energy Available on Demand We exist because reliable access to affordable energy is the foundation of human progress, economic growth and a healthier planet. We’re creating a new category of space-enabled infrastructure to unlock the sun’s full potential. Our technology will redirect sunlight from orbit to any precise location on Earth, changing daily life for the better.
A search-and-rescue team locates a missing person in minutes. Construction projects complete in half the time with teams able to work through the night safely. A city has safer, evenly-lit streets without the carbon emissions. More food can be grown per acre to feed nations. Everyone can do more, supported by abundant, clean, and cheap energy that will last billions of years. Humanity needs a new engine to accelerate – one that was always there but has never been harnessed reliably. We’re on a mission to deliver energy abundance to a world that urgently needs it.
Our Values


The sun is the most abundant energy there is, we want to share the suns energy for the betterment of humanity.
We have a responsibility to the sun, the skies and the planet. We share the sun’s energy for energy, safety, and human flourishing.
We have a responsibility to the sun, the skies and the planet. We share the sun’s energy for energy, safety, and human flourishing.
Our Team
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Co-Founder & CEO Ben Nowack -
Co-Founder & CPO Tristan Semmelhack -
Chief Strategy Officer Ally Stone -
VP, Policy Luke Stevens -
Chief Operating Officer Griffin Jourda -
Chief Financial Officer Ethan Brooks -
Lead Software Engineer Alfonso Lagares De Toledo -
Lead Mechanical & Analysis Engineer Enna van den Akker -
VP Vehicle Engineering Charlie Garcia -
Director of Deployables German Acosta Quiros -
Principal Mechanical Engineer Toshan James -
Head of Facilities David Barbeau -
Operations Manager Alexa Greer -
Sr. Orbit Operations Engineer Katie Zhang -
Director of Impact Science Eric Smith -
Sr. Electrical Engineer Julian Sanders -
Mechatronics Engineer Jonivan Artates -
Flight Software Engineer Adam Paul -
HR Manager Mario Leon -
Sr. Mechanical Engineer Day Le -
IT Systems & Network Engineer Henry Nistanaki -
Senior Accountant Eduardo Romero -
Director of Business Development, Lighting Markets Sam Harrison -
Reflector Build Engineer Jack Cheng -
Reflector Build Engineer Noah Chalfant -
Mechanical Engineer Alec Bohnett -
Mechanical Engineer Sean Li -
Mechanical Engineer Timothy Karpilovich -
Mechanical Engineer Ronald Trang -
Mechanical Engineer Harbin Singh -
Software Engineer Nick Fan -
GNC Engineer Anna Sulzer -
Thermal Engineer Filippo Meoni -
GNC Engineer Benjamin Kraft -
Office Administrator Brooklyn Fouch -
Heliostat Production Technician Brett Frager -
Lead AIT Technician Julian Hernandez -
Machinist Raymond Valencia -
AIT Technician Isaias Anzaldo -
Lead Composites Fabricator Miguel Lopez -
Composites Fabricator Talon-Jai Clearwater -
Composites Fabricator Lexie Arellano -
Lead Reflector Fabricator Caitríona Hanly -
Reflector Fabricator Erika Nakayama -
Reflector Fabricator Camille Papa -
Reflector Fabricator Yedam Jang -
Reflector Fabricator Xochitl San Vicente -
Reflector Fabricator Emily Dinnerman
Our Journey
Fire
The first energy we could store and spend on demand. Cooking, warmth and light at night all followed, and everything after built on it.
The Photovoltaic Effect
Edmond Becquerel watches light turn into current. It takes another century to make it useful.
The Light Bulb
Electric light turns night into working hours, and electricity becomes the defining industry of a century.
Solar Cells Reach Orbit
Bell Labs builds the first practical silicon solar cell. Four years later, Vanguard-1 carries solar power into space.
Znamya 2
A Russian test mirror unfolds in orbit and sweeps a spot of reflected sunlight across Europe at night.
Reflect Orbital
A $6.5 million seed round. A small team sets out to deliver sunlight after dark, on demand.
Series A and SBIR Phase II
$20 million led by Lux Capital, and an SBIR Phase II contract with AFWERX to advance satellite-based sunlight redirection.
Eärendil-1
The FCC licenses our first demonstration satellite for Low Earth Orbit.
Sunlight on Demand
Solar farms that keep producing after sunset. Every leap in usable energy has built a trillion-dollar industry. This is the next one.
Now Hiring
16 Open Roles
Reflect is solving a problem most assume is impossible, and is solving it at planetary scale. Our ambitions are significant, our timelines are aggressive and the constraints are unforgiving. This means our challenges are highly technical and only the best work survives. We think that is exciting.
View allOur Investors
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Sequoia Capital
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Lux Capital