Business

Colony

Website
Founded 2026Origin source ↗Checked 2026-11-09

Overview

Long-range drone network for world data collection

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08

Founders & team

Rad El Gharbi

Founder/CEO

Founder and CEO of Colony. Previously a particle physicist at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center doing research in dark matter and neutrino experiments. Started in high school at 17 years old with Harvard's Particle Physics and Cosmology lab. Served as an infantryman in the Canadian Armed Forces.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-11-09

Igor Martins

Founder/CTO

Founder & CTO at Colony (YC W27), leading end-to-end development of autonomous, long-range VTOL aircraft for aerial data acquisition, taking it from concept to flight. Originally from Brazil, I am a Mechatronics Engineering student at the University of Waterloo. Previously engineered automated manufacturing systems and optimized production at Musashi Seimitsu, Magna, and Angstrom Fiber. Former Waterloo Rocketry Design Team member.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-11-09
3team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-11-09

Founded 2026 · Source

Sources & observations

Y Combinator

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Website observationwebsite reachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedWaterloo, ON, Canada
Pricing evidenceNo pricing page confirmed
Maturity: Not assessed · 2 of 6 areas documented

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