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About Astra Labs

Founded in January 2025, Astra Labs was created to bring innovation through automation to safety-critical software development. Our founders, seasoned software engineers, recognized that manual documentation was a major bottleneck in the industry. This insight led us to focus on accelerating development by automating tedious documentation tasks and reinforcing best practices throughout the development process.

Our Mission

To bring AI tools to safety-critical development, not by “replacing” engineers, but by giving them exactly what they need so they can focus on the safety-critical product and safety aspects, while continuous quality assurance is integrated seamlessly into their workflow, resulting in improved quality and consistency.

Our Vision

To empower and supercharge the European software industry with tools that will boost its efficiency and speed at which existing and new software developer companies (small and big) can create reliable, safety-critical software products complying with the highest assurance standards.

Our Tenets

Responsible implementation of AI in the safety critical process without introducing additional Risk is crucial. Process know-how and expirience drives the development of task specific artifical intelligence. Data Ownership and security are a must. Our partners and customers data is theirs at all times. A tool that works out of the box without additional integration effort is essential to driving fast paced progress. Iterate at will while being able to provide reliability and safety at each step.

At Astra Labs, we’re committed to transforming the way safety-critical systems are built, ensuring that quality and efficiency go hand in hand.

Meet The Team

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Mark Melczer

Co-founder & CTO

Software Developer


Aerospace engineer by day, Rust enthusiast by night, Mark thrives on solving complex tech challenges. With a background in flight control and privacy-preserving systems, he's now leading teams to build uncompromising, safety-critical software.

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Dominik Kerschat

Co-founder & CEO

Avionics & MBSE Expert


Systems and avionics engineer by trade, Dominik has built complex flying systems, both hardware and software. He's on a mission to make safety-critical development smoother and safer with automation tools that do the heavy lifting.

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Peter Seres

Co-founder

Certification & QA


As a flight control engineer, Peter has worked on aviation projects with safety at their core. He's focused on speeding up certification the smart way—through modern tools that keep rigor without the red tape.

Milestones

2025, January

Company Founded

2025, April

ESA Incubation

2025, September

INNOspace Masters Winner

2026, Q2

Comet Release

2026, Q4

Tool Qualification Kit

2027+

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