~€1.5M seed for a sovereign AI SaaS automating EASA/ECSS compliance. Dual-use aero + space deeptech, ESA BIC-incubated. EU AI Act native. RegTech × Aerospace.

OPS INSIGHT — WingMate

Sovereign AI for aviation & space compliance.

Investment opportunity

Seed round ~€1.5M : H2 2026. OPS INSIGHT is raising to scale WingMate, the first sovereign AI platform built natively on EASA Air Ops and ECSS space compliance. Dual-use aerospace deeptech, ESA BIC-incubated, targeting a €15.5B European aviation compliance market growing to €27.6B by 2030.

The problem

European airlines operate under a corpus of 10,000+ EASA regulatory articles. Compliance teams spend the majority of their working hours on repetitive administrative tasks — regulatory monitoring, audits, manual cross-checks, gap management. Existing tools (Q-Pulse, Web Manuals, aviation ERPs) only monitor information. Generic GenAI tools hallucinate on regulatory corpora and offer no human validation, disqualifying them for a sector where every answer must be sourced and audit-ready.

The solution

WingMate is a regulatory intelligence platform combining:

·         GraphRAG knowledge graph indexing the full EASA corpus with article-level precision

·         Specialized AI agents orchestrated via LangGraph across 8 compliance workflows

·         Mandatory Human-in-the-Loop validation at every critical decision

·         Citation Enforcement ≥98% — every answer traceable to its regulatory source

·         EU AI Act compliant by design (high-risk system classification)

·         100% European sovereign infrastructure (Scaleway, SecNumCloud)

WingMate Space extends the architecture to ECSS compliance for NewSpace operators, satellite manufacturers, launch service providers, and academic CubeSat programmes.

Market

·         800+ EASA-certified airlines in Europe, ATOs, and regional operators

·         €15.5B EU aviation compliance market (2024) → €27.6B by 2030

·         €2–3B global space compliance market, growing 15-20% annually

·         18–24 month window before generalist AI incumbents enter the segment

·         Strategic Indo-Pacific positioning via New Caledonia

Traction

·         PoC validated on real airline operational data,  measurable audit-time reduction

·         ESA BIC Nord France incubation (first New Caledonian project in the programme)

·         Connect by CNES institutional support

·         Scaleway Startup Program (cloud credits + technical support)

·         Finalist, Innovation Outre-Mer 2025 (Station F investor week)

·         VivaTech 2026 exhibitor , New Caledonian Tech delegation

Team

Founded by Philippe Gadet, former French Naval Aviator (7,000 flight hours), Ariane 5 launch maritime monitoring, and Airlines Flight Operations Manager for 4+ years. 25+ years of aviation expertise spanning operations, regulatory compliance, and flight safety.

CTO Thomas Avron, PhD Data Scientist and AI Engineer. Development supported by a senior RAG specialist.

Use of proceeds

·         Engineering hires (AI developer, senior full-stack, Space Compliance Lead)

·         Commercial lead France/Europe (based in Paris)

·         Cloud and infrastructure scale-up

·         Go-to-market across EASA Europe

·         French subsidiary (SAS) creation in Île-de-France to anchor commercial operations

Target investors

European aerospace-specialist VCs, deeptech funds, sovereignty-focused RegTech investors, and family offices with aviation or defense exposure.