Akash Systems

<p>Akash Systems was founded in 2017 in Emeryville, California, by Dr. Felix Ejeckam and Dr. Ty Mitchell, pioneers of GaN-on-Diamond semiconductor technology. The company's core innovation — Diamond Cooling® — replaces conventional silicon carbide substrates with synthetic diamond, dramatically improving thermal conductivity and enabling power amplifiers and radios to operate at higher power levels with smaller form factors.</p>
<p>In the space segment, Akash Systems offers the Akash CubeSat Radio, which achieves downlink data rates of up to 700 Mbps in a 10 × 10 × 3 cm package consuming under 28 W — claiming 3–5× higher throughput and approximately 50% lower energy use versus competing solutions. The company also produces space-grade power amplifiers whose thermal management relies on Diamond Cooling® to survive the vacuum thermal environment.</p>
<p>Akash Systems is backed by Khosla Ventures and Founders Fund and was recognised as a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer in 2021. Beyond space, the company applies the same Diamond Cooling® platform to AI data-centre servers and automotive radar.</p>