PitchBoulder

Amplified Space, Inc. (https://amplifiedspace.com) — Founder Jerome Hittle presenting — is a space technology company accelerating spacecraft development through software-configurable power systems.

Today, building spacecraft can take up to 24 months due to rigid hardware systems and long development cycles. Amplified Space is changing that by introducing software-configurable power supplies that dramatically reduce build time to as little as one month. By replacing fixed hardware with flexible, programmable systems, teams can iterate faster, reduce costs, and accelerate time to launch. The result is a new paradigm for spacecraft development that unlocks speed and adaptability across the industry.

Our target market is aerospace companies, satellite manufacturers, and space startups in the U.S. who need faster development cycles and flexible hardware systems and are willing to pay for speed, efficiency, and competitive advantage in launch timelines.

Our competition is traditional aerospace hardware providers, custom-built power systems, and legacy spacecraft design processes. Our competitive advantage is software-defined hardware that drastically reduces development time while increasing flexibility and iteration speed.

The total market size in 2024 is the global space systems and satellite manufacturing market, and the total market revenue in 2024 is $30B+.

Top 3 challenges:

1. Finding and recruiting top-tier talent
2. Managing and aligning high-performing, highly technical teams
3. Building a leadership team capable of scaling the company

Our PitchBoulder ask: We are looking for introductions to a CRO or CGO with deep aerospace industry connections who is hungry to help build something big with a highly talented team. Someone who can drive revenue, open doors, and help us scale—our true rainmaker.

Pristino Labs (http://www.pristinolabs.com) — Founder George Bezerra presenting — is building infrastructure that makes AI agents reliable enough to operate on enterprise data without constant human supervision.

Today, AI agents struggle to work safely with real business data because systems are fragmented and meaning is inconsistent across tools. This creates a “trust gap” that forces companies to keep humans in the loop, slowing down automation. Pristino Labs solves this by creating a Unified Logic Layer that encodes business intent and gives AI agents a consistent way to understand data. Their product is a standardized MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that acts like an operating system for AI agents. This allows many specialized agents to work together reliably, unlocking truly autonomous workflows across the enterprise.

Our target market is enterprise software teams and data-driven companies in the U.S. who need reliable AI automation across complex data systems and are willing to pay for infrastructure that enables safe, scalable autonomous workflows.

Our competition is custom internal AI tooling, workflow automation platforms, and LLM orchestration frameworks. Our competitive advantage is a deterministic logic layer that reduces AI errors, standardizes context, and enables multiple agents to operate safely across the data stack.

The total market size in 2024 is the enterprise AI and automation infrastructure market, and the total market revenue in 2024 is $50B+.

Top 3 challenges:

1. Finding strong design partners and early traction
2. Building a technical team capable of executing the vision
3. Raising initial funding as a first-time founder

Our PitchBoulder ask: This will be my first time raising venture capital, and I’m looking for honest feedback from an investor perspective. What would you need to see to believe this can become a venture-scale company, and how can I improve my pitch, story, and traction to be ready for VC conversations?

Perlion (http://Perlion.com) — Co-Founder Logan Chang presenting — is developing advanced sun protection technology to address gaps in current sunscreen performance.

Traditional sunscreens primarily protect against UVB and UVA II, but growing evidence shows that UVA I and HEV (blue light) also contribute to skin aging and oxidative stress. These wavelengths can pass through most sunscreens on the market today, leaving consumers unprotected. While demand is shifting toward “full-spectrum” protection, the U.S. market lacks FDA-approved active ingredients that can block these rays due to strict regulatory constraints.

Perlion is developing solutions to bridge this gap and enable next-generation sunscreen formulations that better protect skin from the full range of harmful light exposure. The goal is to empower manufacturers with improved performance without relying on new regulated active ingredients.

Our target market is sunscreen manufacturers and skincare brands in the U.S. who need enhanced, full-spectrum protection solutions and are willing to pay for differentiation, performance, and regulatory-compliant innovation.

Our competition is traditional sunscreen formulations, cosmetic add-ons, and global brands using non-U.S.-approved ingredients. Our competitive advantage is addressing UVA I and HEV protection within U.S. regulatory constraints, enabling innovation without requiring new drug approvals.

The total market size in 2024 is the global suncare market, and the total market revenue in 2024 is $15B+.

Top 3 challenges:

1. Securing funding to advance development
2. Achieving clarity around regulatory classification and pathway
3. Developing a benchmark formulation to demonstrate value to manufacturers

Our PitchBoulder ask: We’re looking to connect with the local angel investor community and would value feedback on both our go-to-market strategy and regulatory approach—specifically how to position this opportunity to manufacturers and investors given the constraints of the U.S. sunscreen market.

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