By now I am thinking they are not doing any finder game at all.
If it were Starfinder which Paizo just not want to announce yet they still wouldn't, imo of course, say flat out that its not SF as that would tank their credibility.
And for a Pathfinder game, even one with more SciFi background like Iron Gods, it looks way too SciFi, especially as the UI also has a SciFi look. And people don't like bait and switch so from a marketing point of view its a bad idea.
So either a completely new IP or someone else hires Owlcat for a SciFi game.