# FormerSpaceX

> A sourced directory of companies founded by former SpaceX employees: founders, funding, headquarters, sectors and their economic impact across the United States.

100 companies, $13.9B in disclosed funding. Every record cites its sources. Data license: CC BY 4.0, credit FormerSpaceX (formerspacex.com).

## Data
- [All companies as JSON](https://formerspacex.com/data/companies.json)
- [All companies as CSV](https://formerspacex.com/data/companies.csv)
- [Methodology](https://formerspacex.com/about/)

## Companies
- [1872](https://formerspacex.com/companies/1872/): An autonomous steel fabrication factory.
- [Airhart Aeronautics](https://formerspacex.com/companies/airhart-aeronautics/): A personal airplane that almost anyone can learn to fly.
- [Ambral](https://formerspacex.com/companies/ambral/): AI account managers for B2B companies.
- [Ambrosia Energy](https://formerspacex.com/companies/ambrosia-energy/): Solar-plus-storage power plants for data centers.
- [Andrenam](https://formerspacex.com/companies/andrenam/): AI-powered underwater sensing buoys for maritime security.
- [AnySignal](https://formerspacex.com/companies/anysignal/): Software-defined radios for spacecraft and defense.
- [Apex](https://formerspacex.com/companies/apex/): Standardized satellite buses built like products, not projects.
- [Applied Atomics](https://formerspacex.com/companies/applied-atomics/): Reviving a proven small reactor design for data centers.
- [Arbor Energy](https://formerspacex.com/companies/arbor-energy/): Rocket-engine turbine technology for clean, firm power.
- [Arc](https://formerspacex.com/companies/arc/): Electric boats built with aerospace battery know-how.
- [Argo Space](https://formerspacex.com/companies/argo-space/): Water-powered space tugs refueled from the Moon.
- [Arrivo](https://formerspacex.com/companies/arrivo/): High-speed maglev lanes for cars.
- [AscendArc](https://formerspacex.com/companies/ascendarc/): Small geostationary satellites for communications.
- [AstroForge](https://formerspacex.com/companies/astroforge/): Mining platinum-group metals from asteroids.
- [Astrolab](https://formerspacex.com/companies/astrolab/): Commercial rovers for the Moon and Mars.
- [AtmoCooling](https://formerspacex.com/companies/atmocooling/): Large-scale misting systems that cool deserts and solar farms.
- [Base Power](https://formerspacex.com/companies/base-power/): Home battery systems that double as a distributed power plant.
- [Beyond Reach Labs](https://formerspacex.com/companies/beyond-reach-labs/): Football-field-size solar arrays that fold into a rocket.
- [BootLoop](https://formerspacex.com/companies/bootloop/): An AI agent that writes and tests firmware on real hardware.
- [Canada Rocket Company](https://formerspacex.com/companies/canada-rocket-company/): A reusable medium-lift rocket built in Canada.
- [Castelion](https://formerspacex.com/companies/castelion/): Low-cost hypersonic weapons built at production scale.
- [Clairity Technology](https://formerspacex.com/companies/clairity-technology/): Low-energy direct air capture that stores CO2 in concrete.
- [Cloud Apartments](https://formerspacex.com/companies/cloud-apartments/): Factory-built modular apartments for rent.
- [Constellation Space](https://formerspacex.com/companies/constellation-space/): An AI operating system for large satellite constellations.
- [Cosmic Robotics](https://formerspacex.com/companies/cosmic-robotics/): Robots that install utility-scale solar panels.
- [Critical Energy](https://formerspacex.com/companies/critical-energy/): Factory-built geothermal plants based on rocket turbines.
- [Critical Loop](https://formerspacex.com/companies/critical-loop/): Modular microgrids that get industrial sites powered sooner.
- [Eclipse Space](https://formerspacex.com/companies/eclipse-space/): Turnkey satellite megaconstellations for nations and telecoms.
- [Electric Era](https://formerspacex.com/companies/electric-era/): Battery-backed EV fast chargers for convenience stores.
- [Endurance Energy](https://formerspacex.com/companies/endurance-energy/): Geothermal power from undersea volcanic heat.
- [Epsilon3](https://formerspacex.com/companies/epsilon3/): Procedure and operations software for complex hardware.
- [Ethos Space](https://formerspacex.com/companies/ethos-space/): Infrastructure for building on the Moon.
- [Farcast](https://formerspacex.com/companies/farcast/): User terminals that let more companies run satellite constellations.
- [Firefly Aerospace](https://formerspacex.com/companies/firefly-aerospace/): Launch vehicles, lunar landers and orbital vehicles.
- [First Resonance](https://formerspacex.com/companies/first-resonance/): ION, a factory operating system for hardware companies.
- [Fortastra](https://formerspacex.com/companies/fortastra/): Maneuverable satellites for orbital defense.
- [Freeform](https://formerspacex.com/companies/freeform/): AI-controlled metal 3D printing at industrial scale.
- [Galadyne](https://formerspacex.com/companies/galadyne/): Liquid-fueled missiles designed for mass production.
- [Gambit](https://formerspacex.com/companies/gambit/): Software that lets fleets of unmanned systems team up and adapt.
- [General Matter](https://formerspacex.com/companies/general-matter/): Domestic uranium enrichment for American reactors.
- [Glīd](https://formerspacex.com/companies/glid/): Autonomous vehicles that drive on road and rail.
- [Gradial](https://formerspacex.com/companies/gradial/): AI agents that run enterprise marketing content operations.
- [Grounded](https://formerspacex.com/companies/grounded/): Modular electric vans for living and working on the road.
- [Hermeus](https://formerspacex.com/companies/hermeus/): Hypersonic aircraft, starting with uncrewed high-speed jets.
- [Hgen](https://formerspacex.com/companies/hgen/): Electrolyzers for industrial-scale green hydrogen.
- [Hop Aero](https://formerspacex.com/companies/hop-aero/): Autonomous rockets that deliver cargo anywhere in minutes.
- [Hyperloop One](https://formerspacex.com/companies/hyperloop-one/): The best-funded attempt to build a hyperloop.
- [Impulse Space](https://formerspacex.com/companies/impulse-space/): Orbital transfer vehicles for last-mile delivery in space.
- [K2 Space](https://formerspacex.com/companies/k2-space/): Very large, high-power satellites designed for heavy-lift rockets.
- [Kalogon](https://formerspacex.com/companies/kalogon/): Smart cushions that prevent pressure injuries for wheelchair users.
- [Kyber Labs](https://formerspacex.com/companies/kyber-labs/): Dexterous robotic hands for manufacturing.
- [Levels](https://formerspacex.com/companies/levels/): Metabolic health tracking with continuous glucose monitors.
- [Long Wall](https://formerspacex.com/companies/long-wall/): Missile defense interceptors and hypersonic test vehicles.
- [Lux Aeterna](https://formerspacex.com/companies/lux-aeterna/): Fully reusable satellites that return and fly again.
- [Machina Labs](https://formerspacex.com/companies/machina-labs/): Robots that form sheet metal without dedicated tooling.
- [Maritime Fusion](https://formerspacex.com/companies/maritime-fusion/): Fusion reactors designed to power ships.
- [Medra](https://formerspacex.com/companies/medra/): Autonomous robotic labs for scientific research.
- [Mesh Optical Technologies](https://formerspacex.com/companies/mesh-optical-technologies/): American-made optical transceivers for AI data centers.
- [Mithril](https://formerspacex.com/companies/mithril/): Shape-changing antennas for satellites.
- [Muir AI](https://formerspacex.com/companies/muir-ai/): AI that measures supply-chain emissions product by product.
- [Muon Space](https://formerspacex.com/companies/muon-space/): Satellite constellations for Earth and climate data, built at scale.
- [Parallel Systems](https://formerspacex.com/companies/parallel-systems/): Autonomous battery-electric rail cars for short-haul freight.
- [Phantom Space](https://formerspacex.com/companies/phantom-space/): Mass-produced small rockets and satellites.
- [PicnicHealth](https://formerspacex.com/companies/picnichealth/): Patient-owned medical records that power research.
- [Plantd](https://formerspacex.com/companies/plantd/): Carbon-negative building panels made from grass.
- [Planted Solar](https://formerspacex.com/companies/planted-solar/): Faster, cheaper installation for utility-scale solar.
- [Portal Space Systems](https://formerspacex.com/companies/portal-space-systems/): Highly maneuverable spacecraft powered by solar thermal propulsion.
- [Power.Global](https://formerspacex.com/companies/power-global/): Swappable battery modules for light EVs and storage.
- [Quilter](https://formerspacex.com/companies/quilter/): Physics-driven AI that lays out circuit boards.
- [Radiant](https://formerspacex.com/companies/radiant/): Portable nuclear microreactors that ship in a container.
- [Rebellions](https://formerspacex.com/companies/rebellions/): Energy-efficient AI inference chips.
- [Reflect Orbital](https://formerspacex.com/companies/reflect-orbital/): Satellites with mirrors that deliver sunlight after dark.
- [Relativity Space](https://formerspacex.com/companies/relativity-space/): Reusable medium-lift rockets built with automated manufacturing.
- [Reliable Robotics](https://formerspacex.com/companies/reliable-robotics/): Autonomy systems that let existing aircraft fly without a pilot on board.
- [Revel](https://formerspacex.com/companies/revel/): Modern software for hardware test and control.
- [Romeo Power](https://formerspacex.com/companies/romeo-power/): Battery packs for commercial electric vehicles.
- [Senra Systems](https://formerspacex.com/companies/senra-systems/): Wire harnesses built in the US with modern tooling.
- [Shinkei Systems](https://formerspacex.com/companies/shinkei-systems/): Robots that process fish humanely for fresher seafood.
- [Sift](https://formerspacex.com/companies/sift/): Telemetry and observability for machines.
- [Snubber](https://formerspacex.com/companies/snubber/): Interview preparation for hardware engineers.
- [Standard Economics](https://formerspacex.com/companies/standard-economics/): Free cross-border payments built on stablecoins.
- [Starcloud](https://formerspacex.com/companies/starcloud/): Data centers in orbit, powered by continuous sunlight.
- [Starpath](https://formerspacex.com/companies/starpath/): Mining lunar ice to make rocket propellant.
- [Stellar Pizza](https://formerspacex.com/companies/stellar-pizza/): Robotic kitchens that make pizza inside a truck.
- [Synthego](https://formerspacex.com/companies/synthego/): Engineered cells and CRISPR tools for research.
- [SysGit](https://formerspacex.com/companies/sysgit/): Git-style systems engineering for hardware teams.
- [Telemetron](https://formerspacex.com/companies/telemetron/): An AI support platform built for hardware products.
- [TerraFirma](https://formerspacex.com/companies/terrafirma/): Remote-controlled and semi-autonomous construction equipment.
- [ThinkOrbital](https://formerspacex.com/companies/thinkorbital/): Tools for building and repairing structures in orbit.
- [Turion Space](https://formerspacex.com/companies/turion-space/): Spacecraft that watch, inspect and service other satellites.
- [Ursa Major](https://formerspacex.com/companies/ursa-major/): Rocket engines and solid rocket motors, sold as products.
- [Varda Space Industries](https://formerspacex.com/companies/varda-space-industries/): Manufacturing medicines in microgravity and bringing them home.
- [Vector Launch](https://formerspacex.com/companies/vector-launch/): Dedicated launch for small satellites.
- [Verustruct](https://formerspacex.com/companies/verustruct/): A compact printer that builds walls with wiring and plumbing inside.
- [Virtus Solis](https://formerspacex.com/companies/virtus-solis/): Solar power collected in orbit and beamed to Earth.
- [Vital Lyfe](https://formerspacex.com/companies/vital-lyfe/): Portable machines that turn almost any water into drinking water.
- [Vori](https://formerspacex.com/companies/vori/): An operating system for independent grocery stores.
- [Wraithwatch](https://formerspacex.com/companies/wraithwatch/): AI that defends against AI-generated cyberattacks.
- [Xona Space Systems](https://formerspacex.com/companies/xona-space-systems/): A GPS alternative from low Earth orbit.
- [Zoo](https://formerspacex.com/companies/zoo/): Text-to-CAD and a modern CAD engine for hardware design.