Tyler Reid
Co-founder of Xona Space Systems.
Tyler Reid co-founded Xona Space Systems in 2019 alongside CEO Brian Manning, Stanford Aero/Astro Department classmates from over a decade earlier. He holds a PhD from Stanford's GPS Lab and worked on autonomous-vehicle localization at Ford Motor Company before returning to navigation full-time at Xona, which develops the Pulsar high-precision PNT (positioning, navigation, timing) service as an alternative to GPS.
Overview
- Role
- Co-founder & CTO
- Based in
- Burlingame, CA
- Prior experience
- Ford Motor Company
Affiliated funds0
No linked records yet.
Frequently asked
- Who is Tyler Reid?
- Tyler Reid co-founded Xona Space Systems in 2019 alongside CEO Brian Manning, Stanford Aero/Astro Department classmates from over a decade earlier. He holds a PhD from Stanford's GPS Lab and worked on autonomous-vehicle localization at Ford Motor Company before returning to navigation full-time at Xona, which develops the Pulsar high-precision PNT (positioning, navigation, timing) service as an alternative to GPS.
- What is Tyler Reid's role?
- Tyler Reid is Co-founder & CTO, based in Burlingame, CA.
- Where did Tyler Reid work before?
- Tyler Reid's prior roles include Ford Motor Company.
Sources & citations2
Each claim links to its underlying source. Confidence reflects how directly the source supports the claim.
- 1
Tyler Reid is Co-Founder & CTO of Xona Space Systems.
The Org: Tyler Reid - Xona Space SystemsReported2026-07-20 - 2
Reid earned his PhD from Stanford's GPS Lab, worked on autonomous-vehicle localization at Ford, and co-founded Xona in 2019 with Stanford Aero/Astro classmate Brian Manning.
Space Capital: Xona Space Systems: Advancing Precision PNT Beyond GPSReported2026-07-20