Ammar Naseer, CTO (left), and Finn Quinlan, CEO (right), are bringing aerospace expertise and AI innovation to accelerate aviation maintenance operations.

Fleetcraft has raised $3.2 million in seed funding to help aircraft maintenance teams reduce TAT and focus on repair, not paperwork. The funding will enable them to expand the reach of their built-in AI systems and address one of aviation's most persistent inefficiencies: manual repair logging, and technical document review.

"By combining AI with deep knowledge of maintenance processes across the industry, we realized we could automate the most repetitive, time-consuming, and error-prone tasks without compromising compliance, safety, or technicians' full control", said Ammar Naseer, Co-Founder and CTO (former QA at Manta Air).

Fleetcraft's voice-powered system, Sonic, captures findings, repairs, and actions as technicians speak - automatically producing compliant records that flow directly into existing systems. Tasks that once took technicians and inspectors hours now take seconds.

Trace, which complements Sonic, uses AI to read and reason across complex maintenance and regulatory documents, surfacing the data needed to make faster, more accurate decisions. Whether determining the applicability of an AD or troubleshooting a discrepancy, Trace streamlines the review process, turning hours of document analysis into rapid, data-driven insight.

"Our countless conversations with maintenance professionals made one thing clear," Co-Founder and CEO Finn Quinlan says. "Accurate, complete documentation is essential to keeping aircraft safe and in service. Fleetcraft ensures technicians can work more efficiently, with the clarity and confidence they need so that nothing is overlooked and safety is never compromised."

A rare meeting of 1980s aerospace icons: Concorde and NASA’s Shuttle-bearing 747. Photo by Richard Vandervord.

Aerospace has always been a symbol of human progress. It connected continents, powered global trade, and turned impossible ideas into flight. Aviation MROs are the backbone of the industry - ensuring every aircraft remains safe, reliable, and ready to fly. Yet in an industry built on precision and innovation, the processes that keep aircraft flying have remained stubbornly manual. Technicians still spend hours with pen and paper, entering findings, filling out logs, and combing through endless regulatory documents. The result is a system that is antiquated, where highly skilled engineers spend more time on paperwork and error-proofing than on the task itself. The challenge Fleetcraft is tackling is only growing more urgent. Over the next two decades, the world will need more than 700,000 new maintenance technicians (Boeing, Pilot & Technician Outlook 2025). Yet every hour spent duplicating data, logging paperwork, or researching directives slows the system down. Fleetcraft was founded to change that.

From Australia to Texas, maintenance teams using Fleetcraft have seen transformative results: significant reductions in TAT and administrative workload, maximizing technician efficiency.

At the helm of Fleetcraft are two founders whose careers combine frontline aerospace experience with advanced technical innovation. Finn Quinlan, CEO, worked on Ireland's first two satellite missions, designing and testing thermal systems; now bringing space-grade rigor to aviation maintenance. Ammar Naseer, CTO, is an Oxford-trained mathematician and aerospace engineer whose career spans helping launch a startup airline in the Maldives, securing regulatory approvals, inducting multiple aircraft types, and contributing to an air crash investigation. Together, they combine deep engineering expertise, operational experience, and cutting-edge AI knowledge to tackle the industry's most pressing maintenance challenges. Their vision is clear: to set a new operational standard for modern aviation.