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We help you to disrupt in composites At Airborne, we are always looking to push the boundaries in composites, to change the status-quo and create new opportunities that help you to be better than comp observed

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Capital timeline every dated signal, across tiers

  1. rumor Google Acquires Makani Power And Its Airborne Wind Turbines ↗
  2. SEC · primary SEC D/A filed ↗
  3. SEC · primary SEC D filed ↗
  4. SEC · primary SEC D filed ↗
  5. SEC · primary SEC D/A filed ↗
  6. SEC · primary SEC D filed ↗

Narrative vs. reality SEC filings beyond reported funding

Reported narrative · Tier 2
No reported round on record.
Filed reality · Tier 0 · SEC
5 Form D
latest filed 2010-12-10 · none near the reported round

The company has Form D filings on record that our reported-funding data does not cover — a quiet raise worth a look.

Regulatory filings SEC EDGAR · primary source

Form D filings — the company's own authoritative record of a Reg D private raise, filed with the SEC. Primary-source evidence: not commentary, not inference. 5 filings, latest 2010-12-10.

Community chatter Hacker News · Tier 3 · unverified manip. risk low · 0.13

Gray-market attention, not quality. 50+ HN mentions (peak 361 points). Claim-shaped headlines are rumors until corroborated — a Tier-3 factual claim carries no evidentiary weight on its own. Risk drivers: heavy gray-market attention · some SEC filings on record. ▲ 361 82nd Airborne unit told to use Signal or Wickr on government cell phones 2020-01-23 ↗

Raw observations 29 records ▾
AttributeValueKindSourceObservedStateConf.
ai.technical.assessment {"council": {"dissent": false, "members": [{"agent": "technical_specialist", "domain": "technical", "signal": 0.2, "signal_source": "model"}, {"agent": "product_docs_specialist", "domain": "product_do derived council 2026-07-25 promoted 0.13
common_name Airborne observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.60
common_name Airborne - DEV observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-24 normalized 0.60
community.hn.max_points 361 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.20
community.hn.mentions 50 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5754619", "title": "Google Acquires Makani Power And Its Airborne Wind Turbines", "points": 135, "created_at": "2013-05-23", "evidence_type": "rumor", "v observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5754619", "title": "Google Acquires Makani Power And Its Airborne Wind Turbines", "points": 135, "created_at": "2013-05-23", "evidence_type": "rumor", "v observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-16 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5754619", "title": "Google Acquires Makani Power And Its Airborne Wind Turbines", "points": 135, "created_at": "2013-05-23", "evidence_type": "rumor", "v observed artifact ↗ 2013-05-23 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5754619", "title": "Google Acquires Makani Power And Its Airborne Wind Turbines", "points": 135, "created_at": "2013-05-23", "evidence_type": "rumor", "v observed artifact ↗ 2013-05-23 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5754619", "title": "Google Acquires Makani Power And Its Airborne Wind Turbines", "points": 135, "created_at": "2013-05-23", "evidence_type": "rumor", "v observed artifact ↗ 2013-05-23 normalized 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22129436", "title": "82nd Airborne unit told to use Signal or Wickr on government cell phones", "points": 361, "created_at": "2020-01-23"} observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22129436", "title": "82nd Airborne unit told to use Signal or Wickr on government cell phones", "points": 361, "created_at": "2020-01-23"} observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-16 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22129436", "title": "82nd Airborne unit told to use Signal or Wickr on government cell phones", "points": 361, "created_at": "2020-01-23"} observed artifact ↗ 2020-01-23 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22129436", "title": "82nd Airborne unit told to use Signal or Wickr on government cell phones", "points": 361, "created_at": "2020-01-23"} observed artifact ↗ 2020-01-23 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22129436", "title": "82nd Airborne unit told to use Signal or Wickr on government cell phones", "points": 361, "created_at": "2020-01-23"} observed artifact ↗ 2020-01-23 normalized 0.20
description Building a new bank and getting their banking license fastest ever in the US. observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.60
description We help you to disrupt in composites At Airborne, we are always looking to push the boundaries in composites, to change the status-quo and create new opportunities that help you to be better than comp observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-24 normalized 0.70
domain www.airborne.com observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-24 normalized 0.95
index.ai_tie NOT_AI observed classify 2026-07-25 derived 0.60
sec.cik 0001480215 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.99
sec.form_d.count 5 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.99
sec.form_d.filings [{"cik": "0001480215", "form": "D/A", "filed": "2010-12-10", "accession": "0001144204-10-065789", "index_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1480215/000114420410065789/0001144204-10-065789- observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.99
sec.form_d.latest_filed 2010-12-10 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.99
sec.form_d.related_persons {"filed": "2010-12-10", "persons": [{"last_name": "Rosenkrantz", "first_name": "Joseph", "clarification": null, "relationships": ["Director", "Executive Officer", "Promoter"]}, {"last_name": "Wollons" observed url 2010-12-10 normalized 0.99
sector emerging derived calc 2026-08-08 normalized 0.50
source.document.reference {"kind": "video", "title": "TWiST E2312 — startup trying to buy PayPal — airborne", "source_id": "01KXRP7ZSCHCTYH7G6A3HGTHFJ-m-018cc3e8b4c3be5c", "extract_ref": "artifact:sha256:2563df2435760ca767cda3 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.95
website_url https://www.airborne.com observed enrichment 2026-07-24 normalized 0.75
website_url https://www.airborne.com observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-24 normalized 0.95
website.homepage.has_pricing_link false observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-24 normalized 0.80