YC W26 | Founder Beyond Reach Labs | Carnegie Mellon University PhD
Joined January 2021
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Mar 28
YC was incredible, as @garrytan said, "YC is the YC for Space Tech".
Pele Collins and I are getting back to building!
Thanks so much for all the support @sdianahu and @vivianmshen
Will be sharing more soon....🚀
Thanks so much for the shoutout @TechCrunch : techcrunch.com/2026/03/28/fr…
We are so excited that our mission resonated with so many at Demo Day and everyone who "chased" us down to learn more at our booth.
We are building the key infrastructure necessary for expansive growth in space by focusing on deployable solar arrays to unlock power bottlenecks.
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Jun 11
so well deserved - the way @sdianahu works with companies carries forward the original YC ethos:
maximally ambitious goals
high technical bar
tough love, no sugarcoating
grinding to do things that don't scale
congrats and what a win for YC!
Jun 11
We're excited to announce Diana Hu (@sdianahu) as YC's newest Managing Partner.
Diana co-founded Escher Reality (YC S17), which was acquired by Niantic, where she shipped AR to the 100M people playing Pokémon GO. Since returning to YC as a partner, she has worked with nearly 230 companies that are now worth a combined $7 billion.
Few people have built a startup from zero and also shipped at global scale. Diana has done both.
ycombinator.com/blog/diana-h…
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Jun 4
Perhaps one of my favorite images from Spacex’s IPO prospectous. You see Starship offering to mine Asteroids. But I see a massive need for large and stiff deployable structures to mine the asteroid and radiate away massive amounts of heat.
Something that Mitchell Fogelson and Pele Collins are working on at Beyond Reach Labs (YC W26).
I recorded a full conversation with @fogmb about their plans to build large deployable structures. Check it out here: youtu.be/u7kULGBuXmI?si=yQIH…
May 26
Launch mass to orbit has improved a lot. But we are still volume-limited.
That matters because the next generation of space infrastructure will not fit neatly inside a fairing. We need structures that can stow into a tight package, survive launch, deploy reliably on orbit, and then become stiff enough to actually be useful.
That is why I was so excited to come across what Mitch Fogelson, PhD and Pele Collins are building at @beyondreachlabs (YC W26).
Beyond Reach is building large 3D deployable structures that pack into a very small volume, then deploy into rigid, high-stiffness structures in space.
I have spent 9 years in this industry, specifically working on space deployables, and these guys are the real deal.
This is one of the technologies that has to work if we want large-scale space infrastructure to become real, from antennas and habitats to in-space manufacturing and eventually data centers in orbit.
I recorded a full episode with @fogmb 👇🏽
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May 27
I got to chat with my good friend @anu_bonth, who is a veteran in Space mechanisms and deployable designs, to share @beyondreachlabs vision for large infrastructure in Space, unlocking the exponentially growing power demands.
May 26
Launch mass to orbit has improved a lot. But we are still volume-limited.
That matters because the next generation of space infrastructure will not fit neatly inside a fairing. We need structures that can stow into a tight package, survive launch, deploy reliably on orbit, and then become stiff enough to actually be useful.
That is why I was so excited to come across what Mitch Fogelson, PhD and Pele Collins are building at @beyondreachlabs (YC W26).
Beyond Reach is building large 3D deployable structures that pack into a very small volume, then deploy into rigid, high-stiffness structures in space.
I have spent 9 years in this industry, specifically working on space deployables, and these guys are the real deal.
This is one of the technologies that has to work if we want large-scale space infrastructure to become real, from antennas and habitats to in-space manufacturing and eventually data centers in orbit.
I recorded a full episode with @fogmb 👇🏽
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May 26
Launch mass to orbit has improved a lot. But we are still volume-limited.
That matters because the next generation of space infrastructure will not fit neatly inside a fairing. We need structures that can stow into a tight package, survive launch, deploy reliably on orbit, and then become stiff enough to actually be useful.
That is why I was so excited to come across what Mitch Fogelson, PhD and Pele Collins are building at @beyondreachlabs (YC W26).
Beyond Reach is building large 3D deployable structures that pack into a very small volume, then deploy into rigid, high-stiffness structures in space.
I have spent 9 years in this industry, specifically working on space deployables, and these guys are the real deal.
This is one of the technologies that has to work if we want large-scale space infrastructure to become real, from antennas and habitats to in-space manufacturing and eventually data centers in orbit.
I recorded a full episode with @fogmb 👇🏽
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Excited to be on @BlackFlagVC list of 100 exciting deep tech companies.
We are excited to continue building a future we believe in, supporting the exponentially growing power demands for space!
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May 13
500 founders. 1,500 nominations. 100 companies.
The Black Flag 100 is back 🏴☠️
No VC votes. No fund picks. Just pirates chasing storms over certainty.
The 2026 list 🧵🏴☠️
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May 11
I defended my thesis over 11 months ago, and a lot has changed since then...
But it is important when you have moments to celebrate that you take the time to celebrate them, so I decided to walk at graduation 11 months later.
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May 7
NEW episode:: @beyondreachlabs with Pele Collins.
youtu.be/I06cMwvuziw?si=lMll…
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May 4
Today's the deadline to apply for YC Summer 2026.
ycombinator.com/apply
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Apr 28
Pele Collins CTO of @beyondreachlabs will be on a live stream in 10 minutes here: luma.com/zm3zcesj
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Apr 23
On probably one of @Pittsburgh's busiest weeks with the NFL Draft this weekend, @pghmayorsoffice Corey O'Connor reached out to me to congratulate @beyondreachlabs on our early success...don't worry I was able to answer the phone before it sent him to voice mail (thanks Apple).
Thanks so much @Pittsburgh, @CMUSwartzCenter, @Robo_Factory, @iwpgh, @InnovatePGH and so many more in PGH for supporting us.
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Apr 15
Closing consensus on the latest ‘𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘮𝘣?’ panel I was on earlier:
➡️ This panel won’t exist in a year!
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Apr 11
You might have missed @WheelofFortune last night due to @NASA Artemis splash down (which was beautiful), but go stream this legendary episode on @hulu, @DisneyPlus or @peacock!
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Apr 10
📣 New podcast episode with @Icarus_Robotics is out!
I sat down with Ethan Barajas and Jamie Palmer, the team behind Icarus Robotics — a startup building dexterous, free-flying robots designed to operate inside space stations.
As soon as I heard about a space robotics company coming out of NYC, I knew I had to bring them onto The Just Rocket Science Show. With Ethan’s background at NASA JPL and Jamie’s experience spanning dexterous robotics and the Mercedes Formula 1 team, this is a seriously impressive duo.
Their vision? Build the robotic workforce for the space economy. By offloading repetitive, routine tasks to highly capable robots, astronauts can focus on the highest impact work on space stations.
🎧 Give it a listen 👂
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Apr 10
So great to be back and Philly and catch up with some of my old professors and mentors at @MEAM_Penn.
Still looks the same and learning stuff every time I am here.
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Apr 7
Super excited to be in Colorado next week at Space Symposium.
Let's connect!
Our CEO @fogmb will be at Space Symposium Next week.
Schedule time to discuss your satellite power needs!
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Apr 4
My old workflow (QuickTime CLI/ezgif) was painful. Why isn’t there a simple mac shortcut to create GIF and copy to clipboard?
Now there is (v1) thanks to @garrytan Gstack and @claudeai: github.com/mfogelson/gif-cap…
Demo: @beyondreachlabs (YC W26) dynamics tools modeling asymmetric force propagation, joint clearance friction.
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The Artemis II astronauts, now suited up for launch, are headed to the launch pad.
The crew includes NASA astronauts @Astro_Reid, @AstroVicGlover, and @Astro_Christina, and @CSA_ASC astronaut @Astro_Jeremy.
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Tomorrow, we launch.
At sunset tonight, Artemis II waits on the pad, ready to carry astronauts potentially farther than any humans have traveled in more than half a century.
The next era of exploration begins.
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