Who We Are

We are building the next generation of visual AI hardware and software to make satellites and machines see further and think faster.

Our startup has roots in MIT, University of Maryland, and University of Arizona. The first-of-it’s-kind tech we develop is at the intersection of space, quantum photonics, and optics.

Our Headquarters are in Somerville, MA.

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Meet the Team

  • Abdelali Sajia, Ph.D.

    Sr. Quantum AI Scientist

    Ph.D. and patents in super-resolution AI imaging, and instructor at Columbia School of Engineering.

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  • Ali Kazemi Jahromi, Ph.D.

    Lead Optical Engineer

    Ph.D. in Optics, Post-Doc at Caltech and UC Florida CREOL, Lead Optical Engineer in several photonic startups and companies.

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    Christine Wang, Ph.D.

    Co-Founder, CTO

    20+ years in optics and photonics R&D; ex-Director of Optics and Photonics at Riverside Research and at Draper Labs. 

    Harvard Ph.D. in Physics, and Post-doc at Max-Planck Institute and EPFL.

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    Johannes Galatsanos

    Co-Founder, CEO

    MIT and Oxford grad in AI, Quantum Tech, and Entrepreneurship. 15+ years in builiding cutting-edge AI tech, latest as Executive Director at Novartis.

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    Johnny Peng, Ph.D.

    Lead Optical System Engineer

    Ph.D. in Optics, Post-Doc at Harvard Medical School, Lead Optical Engineer in several startups.

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  • Mark Michael

    Mark Michael

    Head of Product

    MASc in Electrical Engineering, Ex-CTO and Co-Founder of Kepler Communications, one of the largest space startups in the world.

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    Prof. Saikat Guha, Ph.D.

    Co-Founder, Chief Scientific Advisor

    Dist. Chair Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Maryland, Director of the NSF Center for Quantum Networks, and IEEE Fellow.

    Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from MIT.

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    Galileo

    Chief Dog Officer, Mascot

    5+ years of working with Christine as a Miniature Australian Shepherd and being the best boy. Joined Diffraqtion as our mascot and namesake for our first mission, Galileo-1.

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