
Stratus AI provides an award-winning AI system designed to enhance safety and efficiency in airport operations. The system addresses critical issues in U.S. airports, such as the need for upgrades, near-midair collisions, staffing shortages in ATC facilities, and runway incursions. Stratus AI offers real-time alerts for detected anomalies, AI-powered Air Traffic Control (ATC) transcription with searchable capabilities, intelligent emergency detection and dispatch, airspace violation detection, and a searchable event and communications archive. The company also offers 5G hardware that is easy to install and requires minimal maintenance. Stratus AI's business model appears to be a SaaS or licensing model for its AI system and potentially hardware. The company was founded by Mizan Rupan-Tompkins, who has a background in aviation and AI.

Stratus AI provides an award-winning AI system designed to enhance safety and efficiency in airport operations. The system addresses critical issues in U.S. airports, such as the need for upgrades, near-midair collisions, staffing shortages in ATC facilities, and runway incursions. Stratus AI offers real-time alerts for detected anomalies, AI-powered Air Traffic Control (ATC) transcription with searchable capabilities, intelligent emergency detection and dispatch, airspace violation detection, and a searchable event and communications archive. The company also offers 5G hardware that is easy to install and requires minimal maintenance. Stratus AI's business model appears to be a SaaS or licensing model for its AI system and potentially hardware. The company was founded by Mizan Rupan-Tompkins, who has a background in aviation and AI.
Sector: Aviation safety AI (airport operations)
Core product: AI co-pilot for airports — real-time ATC transcription, anomaly/emergency detection, airspace-violation alerts, searchable event & comms archive
Offering: Combined software + 5G-capable edge hardware
Headquarters: San Francisco, CA
Stage / team: Early-stage (pre-seed/seed); very small team
Airport safety and operations — addressing collisions, runway incursions, emergency response, and situational awareness shortcomings in U.S. airports.
2025
DeepTech
Profiles reference early-stage status and a small Y Combinator seed entry (~$125k) on some listings.
“Y Combinator mentioned on public profiles and Dealroom; other investors not disclosed”