Timeline

SpaceX: SpaceX goes public.

• Eclipse Space Turnkey satellite megaconstellations for nations and telecoms.

• Ambral AI account managers for B2B companies.
• Applied Atomics Reviving a proven small reactor design for data centers.
• BootLoop An AI agent that writes and tests firmware on real hardware.
• Canada Rocket Company A reusable medium-lift rocket built in Canada. $16.5M
• Constellation Space An AI operating system for large satellite constellations.
• Fortastra Maneuverable satellites for orbital defense. $8M
• Hop Aero Autonomous rockets that deliver cargo anywhere in minutes.
• Maritime Fusion Fusion reactors designed to power ships. $4.5M
• Standard Economics Free cross-border payments built on stablecoins. $9M
• Telemetron An AI support platform built for hardware products.

• Andrenam AI-powered underwater sensing buoys for maritime security. $28M
• Cosmic Robotics Robots that install utility-scale solar panels. $4M
• Endurance Energy Geothermal power from undersea volcanic heat. $54M
• General Matter Domestic uranium enrichment for American reactors. $50M
• Revel Modern software for hardware test and control. $180M
• Starcloud Data centers in orbit, powered by continuous sunlight. $454M

SpaceX: Starship flies for the first time.

• AnySignal Software-defined radios for spacecraft and defense. $29M
• Base Power Home battery systems that double as a distributed power plant. $2.2B
• Beyond Reach Labs Football-field-size solar arrays that fold into a rocket. $10M
• Gradial AI agents that run enterprise marketing content operations. $83.4M
• Muir AI AI that measures supply-chain emissions product by product. $3.25M
• Wraithwatch AI that defends against AI-generated cyberattacks. $8M

• Apex Standardized satellite buses built like products, not projects. $500M
• Arbor Energy Rocket-engine turbine technology for clean, firm power. $55M
• AstroForge Mining platinum-group metals from asteroids. $53M
• Castelion Low-cost hypersonic weapons built at production scale. $1.45B
• Clairity Technology Low-energy direct air capture that stores CO2 in concrete. $6.75M
• Glīd Autonomous vehicles that drive on road and rail. $3.1M
• K2 Space Very large, high-power satellites designed for heavy-lift rockets. $950M
• Sift Telemetry and observability for machines. $67M

• Arc Electric boats built with aerospace battery know-how. $100M
• Cloud Apartments Factory-built modular apartments for rent.
• Epsilon3 Procedure and operations software for complex hardware. $18.9M
• Impulse Space Orbital transfer vehicles for last-mile delivery in space. $1.02B
• Portal Space Systems Highly maneuverable spacecraft powered by solar thermal propulsion. $67.5M
• Reflect Orbital Satellites with mirrors that deliver sunlight after dark. $35.2M
• Shinkei Systems Robots that process fish humanely for fresher seafood.
• Varda Space Industries Manufacturing medicines in microgravity and bringing them home. $329M
• Zoo Text-to-CAD and a modern CAD engine for hardware design.

SpaceX: Crew Dragon carries NASA astronauts to the ISS.

• Parallel Systems Autonomous battery-electric rail cars for short-haul freight. $38M
• Rebellions Energy-efficient AI inference chips. $850M
• Turion Space Spacecraft that watch, inspect and service other satellites. $128M

SpaceX: First Starlink satellites launch.

• Astrolab Commercial rovers for the Moon and Mars.
• Farcast User terminals that let more companies run satellite constellations.
• Levels Metabolic health tracking with continuous glucose monitors. $57M
• Machina Labs Robots that form sheet metal without dedicated tooling. $124M
• Phantom Space Mass-produced small rockets and satellites.
• Quilter Physics-driven AI that lays out circuit boards. $25M
• Radiant Portable nuclear microreactors that ship in a container. $505M
• Stellar Pizza Robotic kitchens that make pizza inside a truck. $16M
• Xona Space Systems A GPS alternative from low Earth orbit. $320M

• First Resonance ION, a factory operating system for hardware companies. $32M
• Freeform AI-controlled metal 3D printing at industrial scale. $81M
• Hermeus Hypersonic aircraft, starting with uncrewed high-speed jets. $510M

• Long Wall Missile defense interceptors and hypersonic test vehicles. $500M
• Reliable Robotics Autonomy systems that let existing aircraft fly without a pilot on board. $294M

• Arrivo High-speed maglev lanes for cars.
• Romeo Power Battery packs for commercial electric vehicles. $30M
• Vector Launch Dedicated launch for small satellites.

SpaceX: First Falcon 9 booster landing.

• Relativity Space Reusable medium-lift rockets built with automated manufacturing. $1.3B
• Ursa Major Rocket engines and solid rocket motors, sold as products. $238M

• Firefly Aerospace Launch vehicles, lunar landers and orbital vehicles.
• Hyperloop One The best-funded attempt to build a hyperloop.
• PicnicHealth Patient-owned medical records that power research. $100M

SpaceX: Dragon becomes the first commercial spacecraft to visit the ISS.

• Synthego Engineered cells and CRISPR tools for research.

SpaceX: Falcon 9 flies for the first time.

SpaceX: Falcon 1 reaches orbit.

SpaceX: SpaceX is founded in Hawthorne, California.