Hardware & IoT

Dalus

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Founded 2024Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Dalus is an AI-powered systems engineering software to model/validate complex systems for aerospace/defense/robotics and other mission-critical industries.

With Dalus, engineers can seamlessly trace requirements, perform analyses, and update information in real-time. This ensures that every team member stays aligned and informed, reducing inefficiencies and enabling faster iterations.

With AI at our core, users can analyze hundreds of pages of existing engineering documentation and requirements to generate or retrieve information about the system model they are building in Dalus.

We started working together on Dalus in spring 2024 after Eliot quit his job at Aerojet Rocketdyne (L3Harris) where he worked as a test/systems engineer. He experienced first-hand how silos and poor communication reduced the productivity and efficiencies in the teams he worked at.

We love working with companies tackling complex engineering systems, whether they be startups just getting their feet wet or large organizations like Israel Aerospace Industries (Our design partner and biggest aerospace/defense company from Israel)

Read why we started Dalus: https://dalus.io/articles/why-dalus

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
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Product & workflow

Automatically create structured system models from extracted requirements — no manual setup needed.

Source-reported As recorded 2026-10-19

Customers & use cases

Dalus helps engineering teams model complexity, manage requirements, and preserve engineering knowledge in a collaborative environment based on the latest SysML v2 specification.

Source-reported As recorded 2026-10-19

Founders & team

Sebastian Völkl

Founder/CEO

Co-Founder/CEO @ Dalus Software to model/validate complex systems for industries like aerospace/defense I co-founded two companies in the past (one software startup -> sold it, and one hardware startup, building Brain-Computer-Interface electronics) Before starting Dalus, I was involved in a project with the European Space Agency, modeling a Greenhouse module for the Moon, where I learned firsthand how inefficient existing software for building hardware is.

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Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Eliot Khachi

Founder/CTO

Co-Founder & CTO at Dalus Building the next generation of software for hardware engineers designing complex systems. Previously worked as a systems integration / test engineer at Aerojet Rocketdyne where I planned tests for a propulsion system undergoing Proof Of Design for the navy. This is where I witnessed the inefficiencies of large, siloed engineering teams firsthand. B.S. Aerospace Engineering. Software enthusiast. Autodidact.

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Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
3team members reported
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Founded 2024 · Source

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Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA
Pricing evidenceA pricing page was detected
Maturity: Launched · 4 of 6 areas documented

Source-based assessment · automated evidence rules

The company website offers product access through a trial, free start, app download, purchase, or onboarding with existing-account login. Customer adoption is not established by this evidence.

Company website: home Checked 2026-10-19

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