The company has been awarded $4 million from AFVentures and the Secretary of Defense s Rapid Reaction Technology Office to accelerate development of its its virtual training platform called Ready VR. The awards follow a series of smaller grants Moth+Flame has won since late 2019 to adapt technology the company developed in 2015 for use in the entertainment industry that was later adapted for corporate and government training.
Kevin Cornish, who grew up in Colorado Springs, is founder and CEO of Moth+Flame and five of the company s 24 employees live in either Colorado Springs or Denver, including Bryce Luken, chief operating officer; Megan Cornish, vice president of government and industry affairs who also is the sister of Kevin Cornish, and several contracting specialists. The company has no offices and all employees work remotely.