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We’re building the technology platform that will help define humanity’s future in the stars.

Founded by a team of founders, scientists and engineers from SpaceX, SLAC, Brookhaven, Los Alamos and the first believers in technologies like space data centers and novel neutral atom quantum computing. Tachyon is currently focused on building particle accelerators in the United States.

Team

  • Finn Murphy
  • Ian Blumenfeld
  • Niv Levy
  • Bjorn Hegelich

Backed by

funds

  • Susa
  • Adjacent
  • NeverLift
  • Nebular
  • Caffeinated
  • Cocoa
  • Scribble
  • Uncommon
  • Tiny
  • Genius Ventures
  • Banter Capital
  • Foreword

Founders and Operators from

  • BaseTen
  • OpenAI
  • Mesh Optical
  • SpaceX
  • Bedrock
  • Starcloud

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Blog Posts

  • Jun 30, 2026

    A Brief History of Particle Accelerators

    A short history of particle accelerators and how they became load-bearing infrastructure.

  • Jun 30, 2026

    '3.6 Roentgen, not great, not terrible' - Radiation and the Space Frontier

    Why the coming space economy is running into a heavy-ion radiation testing bottleneck.

  • Jun 30, 2026

    Antimatter, where art thou?

    A primer on antimatter: what it is, what it can do, and why production is still the bottleneck.

  • Jun 30, 2026

    The Antimatter Cookbook

    A seven-step recipe for making, catching, storing, and transporting usable antimatter.

  • Jun 29, 2026

    Chemical Rockets & the Hardest Part of Space Flight

    On the day of SpaceX's IPO, a look at the hardest problem in spaceflight, the one SpaceX has mastered better than anyone before, and the challenge facing Starship later this year: refueling in orbit.