Viraj Aero GTM brain

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market profile

• text: Data center developers are seeking onsite generation as power equipment and grid access become constraints.
• text: The company is developing both aircraft propulsion and GENA generation using water recovery and steam injection.

personas

• title: Data center infrastructure and power procurement lead
  pains:

  • Grid connection delays threaten deployment schedules.
  • Power generation, cooling water availability and emissions permitting must work at the same site.
• title: Aircraft OEM propulsion program director
  pains:

  • Fuel consumption and emissions must fall without carrying an impractical external water supply.
  • New engine technology must survive integration and validation milestones.
• title: Genset manufacturer engineering lead
  pains:

  • Customers need compact onsite generation with lower emissions and improved fuel efficiency.

icp

• text: Developers and operators of AI data centers planning onsite gas power, especially in water-constrained locations.
• text: Aviation engine and aircraft manufacturers exploring lower-fuel turbine propulsion and integration partnerships.

message pillars

• text: Generate power at the site where it is needed.
• text: Recover water and reuse it in the turbine cycle.
• text: Target better fuel efficiency and reduced emissions.

objections

• objection: Is the system proven at full commercial scale?
  response: Request prototype data, integration milestones and a site-specific performance demonstration; the company is still developing its technology.
• objection: Can it run where external water is scarce?
  response: The closed-loop design aims to recover combustion water for reuse; validate the water balance for the proposed site.
• objection: Will it meet local air permitting requirements?
  response: Review measured emissions and local permit conditions; the website describes NOx reduction as a design goal.

competitors

• name: ProEnergy
  why: Supplies aeroderivative gas turbines to data center developers seeking onsite power.
• name: GE Vernova
  why: Established gas turbine supplier competing for onsite power projects.

influencers

• name: Joseph Risson
  url: https://www.enlit.world/library/how-steam-injection-in-gas-turbines-could-help-green-aviation
  why: Co-founder explains the steam-injection engineering and aviation application.

keywords

• data center onsite gas turbine
• data center power cooling water
• aeroderivative turbine genset
• low NOx data center power
• steam injected aircraft turbine
• off grid AI data center

voice

• Engineering-led
• Purpose-driven
• Aspirational with technical explanation

signals

• text: A new AI data center faces a long grid interconnection timeline or constrained water supply.
• text: Aircraft developer is evaluating a next-generation turbine demonstrator.

hiring

• System Leader - Engine Program Development
• Aerospace Supplier Development & Configuration Engineer (Propulsion)
• Head of Talent Acquisition & People Operations

pricing

motion

channels

• Direct sales
• Industry press
• YC launch
• LinkedIn

confidence

Founders

• name: Joseph Risson
  title: Founder/CEO
  role: CEO
  bio: Co-founder & CEO of Viraj Aero, building next-generation gas turbines for data centers and aviation. Aerospace engineer from ISAE-SUPAERO, where I majored in turbomachinery and fluid dynamics. Before Viraj, I worked on hybrid-electric propulsion at Ascendance Flight Technologies, hydrogen propulsion at Beyond Aero (YC W22). Glider pilot.
• name: Mathilde Bouilloux
  title: Founder/-
  role: Founder
  bio: Co-Founder at Viraj Aero. Engineer from École des Ponts ParisTech (Institut Polytechnique de Paris). Previously led the development of 6 large-scale power projects totaling 120+ MW (solar, electric and hydrogen) at VINCI Concessions and Neoen, and structured infrastructure and energy investments as an Investment Analyst at Banque des Territoires (French state bank).