Orbital Industries

Industrial AI · Manufacturing & Industrial Software
4open roles
$50Mlatest round · Series B · May 2026 · 5 mo ago
4backers · Radical Ventures, Compound
17team · UK accounts · Dec 2025

Overview

Orbital Industries: An AI-first industrial company engineering the physical layer of the AI renaissance — advanced materials, hardware, and manufacturing.

Funding and backers

Total raised
$50M
1 round on record
Latest round
$50M
Series B · May 2026 · 5 mo ago
Team
17
UK accounts · Dec 2025
Hiring now
5
open roles
Backers
4
Radical Ventures, Compound
The money's age
Fresh money
5 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
20/100
fresh money
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
May 29 Raised a round Series B $50M · led by Plural · Pulse 2.0 2022 Founded Apr 25, 2008 Incorporated ORBITAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED · Companies House
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 2%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Series B May 2026 $50M Plural lead Pulse 2.0
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
Legal entity ORBITAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED Companies House
Registered 25 Apr 2008
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
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Jobs

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Growth

Hiring Momentum
44/100
Stable
Open positions
5
1 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Solutions
40% ▼
Backend
20% ▼
Hardware
20% ▲
Communications
20% ▼
Activity Timeline
Added AutoCAD to stack Oct 2026
Added Machine Learning to stack Sep 2026

Financials

Total raised
$50M
Latest round
Series B
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Series B 2026 $50M Details

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Orbital Industries over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
15
Postings analysed
4
Stack modernity
78/100
Languages
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Cloud & platforms
Kubernetes
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Full Orbital Industries tech stack 15 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Connections

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Shared investors4
Fly VenturesVia a fund
4 portfolio companies: 9fin, Butler's Log, Lakera and 1 more
58 portfolio companies: You.com, Yutori, Veeda AI and 55 more
CompoundVia a fund
62 portfolio companies: PayJoy, Panthalassa, Runway and 59 more
Toyota VenturesVia a fund
82 portfolio companies: Hertha Metals, Tangent Robotics, RDV Robotics and 79 more
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News

News YahooFinance 3 months ago
BASF deploys AI materials discovery platform built by Orbital Industries
Under this new agreement, BASF will deploy an AI-based simulation model to advance catalyst innovation for automotive emissions applications.
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News Pulse 2.0 6 months ago
Orbital Industries: $50 Million Series B Raised To Scale AI Engine For The Physical Economy And Data Centre Hardware
Orbital Industries, an AI-powered industrial technology company focused on building physical infrastructure for the AI era, announced it has raised $50 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Plural, with participation from existing and previous
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
3
Hiring now
3
Countries
3
Busiest office
London
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London United Kingdom
HQ
5 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 40% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Solutions, AI/ML, Backend
Embassy Tea House, 3rd floor, 195–205 Union St, SE1 0LN
seen since Feb 2026 job postings
San Francisco United States
1 open roles 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for QA
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Calgary Canada
Plant / site
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for Hardware
seen since Oct 2026 job postings