# Vernius Systems, Inc\.

[Vernius Systems, Inc\. on Hacklab](https://hacklab.so/org/vernius-systems-inc)

Startup · 3 people on Hacklab

## Links

- [Website](https://www.vernius.systems/)
- [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/vernius-systems-inc)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:7497551262893383680/)
- [X](https://x.com/Arthur_NC_/status/2091903458748375240)

## About

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## YC company profile

Mass-deployable radars for air defense

We make mass-deployable radars for unmanned systems. Our first product is Archimedes, a radar seeker that finds and locks onto targets, enabling autonomous intercept on any drone. We have over $580M in LOIs for Archimedes, across some of the largest defense primes in Ukraine, the EU, and the Middle East.

Seekers are the most critical and costly component in every autonomous interceptor. Developing a radar seeker takes a 200+ person team at Raytheon and hundreds of millions of dollars. Archimedes is 100x cheaper than existing radar seekers on the market - and is the first product to make it feasible to deploy radars on every drone.

- **YC batch:** Summer 2026
- **Founded:** 2026
- **Team size:** 3
- **Location:** San Francisco
- **Country:** US
- **Status:** Active
- **Industry:** Industrials
- **Stage:** Early
- **Tags:** Hard Tech, Drones, Radar, Aerospace, Defense
- **YC partner:** Brad Flora

## Founders

### Arthur Nguyen-cao — Founder/CEO

Founder & CEO of Vernius Systems. 6+ years RF PCB engineering.

Lead 14 engineers at Defense Tech for Ukraine to develop FPV drone systems now fielded by Ukrainian units. Co-founded Auctify (raised $250K, featured in The Verge), where we built the world's first AI smart glasses. Developed the $2.6B USAF B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement Program proposal at Pratt & Whitney. Hobbies include computational fluid dynamics, rocketry, and civil aviation.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/arthur-nguyen-cao-690847146/) · [X](https://x.com/Arthur_NC_)

### Hisham El-Halabi — Founder/CTO

Founder at Vernius Systems. Previously founding engineer at Suave Money (HF0, Orange DAO-backed), building a non-custodial P2P fiat-to-crypto marketplace used by hundreds of thousands and adopted by YC startups Shor and Kontigo. Co-founder/CTO at Auctify, raising $77K in presales and pivoting to Sano AI calorie tracker (30K users, $2.5K MRR, $250K raised). BEng Engineering Science, University of Toronto.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/hisham-el-halabi-001/)

### Joe Gonzalez — Founder/COO

CoFounder at Vernius Systems. Serial founder: built Plucky Labs (backend-as-a-service for AI chat), XP Protocol (scaled to 200K+ users, 50K+ MAU), and Huddln (venture-backed Web3 startup). Previously Solutions Architect at Sandia National Labs under Q clearance, architecting secure comms for US Navy Tomahawk fleet. BS Computer Engineering, Sacramento State.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jge-2a7937115/) · [X](https://x.com/joegonzalez0886?s=11)

[Source: Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/vernius-systems-inc) · Retrieved 2026-11-02. Company information is self-reported on YC.

## Current staff

- [Arthur Nguyen\-cao](https://hacklab.so/arthur-nguyen-cao) — Founder/CEO (Present)
- [Hisham El\-Halabi](https://hacklab.so/hisham-el-halabi) — Founder/CTO (Present)
- [Joe Gonzalez](https://hacklab.so/joe-gonzalez) — Founder/COO (Present)

## Open jobs

- [Radar PCB Engineer](https://hacklab.so/jobs/1621c898-b8ac-5f50-9fab-7b0e4bbe8064) — Full\-time · On\-site · San Francisco, CA, US / San Jose, CA, US · $150K \- $350K · 1\.00% \- 3\.00% equity