Stellios Technologies

As autonomous technology accelerates globally, low-cost, high-volume drone swarms present a critical challenge for modern air defense including  speed, scale, and cost asymmetry. Traditional air defense systems’ reliance on multi-million-dollar interceptors leaves military forces ill-equipped to counter high-density, low-cost aerial threats. Stellios Technologies solves this vulnerability by re-engineering physical defense hardware to build a scalable shield for national security. Stellios utilizes High-Power Microwave (HPM) systems operating at millimeter-wave frequencies to spread across a large area of sky with megawatt-level directed energy. This approach instantly neutralizes the electronic components of incoming drone swarms miles away, delivering an effectively unlimited ammo supply with a near-zero cost per shot.

Founded by Dr. Richard Starson, a Caltech physics Ph.D. who previously designed and operated a 100 kW continuous-wave gyrotron system, Stellios brings together a specialized hardware team to master vacuum-tube systems that legacy defense supply chains cannot produce. To bypass multi-year lead times, Stellios pairs Silicon Carbide (SiC) power switching modules with its proprietary Genesis AI Engine, a digital twin platform using physics-informed neural networks to compress tube design cycles from years down to weeks. With active Department of Defense engagement and rapid U.S. manufacturing underway, Stellios is reimagining the economics of air defense to protect American and allied skies.

Cubit Capital’s investment in Stellios Technologies aligns with our commitment to build enduring infrastructure to ultimately help create a secure, orderly society for humanity to thrive.