Matthew Gialich

Matt Gialich is the co-founder and CEO of AstroForge, an aerospace startup building technology to mine asteroids for critical minerals like platinum group metals. Since founding the company in 2022, he has raised over $70 million and led AstroForge’s first deep space mission, with a second mission planned to study a metallic asteroid. Matt's bold, iterative approach to space hardware is helping redefine how private companies can pursue ambitious scientific and commercial goals beyond Earth.