Index of 100 startups and investors building the physical future one atom at a time.
Index / 100 Entities
Aalyria
Space/Defense Connectivity
"DIU contract for tactical C2"
Chris Taylor
Air Space Intelligence
Air Traffic AI
"Supports 25%+ of US air traffic"
Phillip McGlaston
ACS (Autonomous Counter-unmanned Systems)
Counter-drone
"Bullfrog autonomous robotic gun"
Former Navy Engineers
Anduril Industries
Autonomous Defense
"Raised $2.5B Series G at $30.5B valuation (June 2025)"
Antares
Microreactors
"$3.75M DoD funding Sep 2024"
Former SpaceX/Tesla engineers
AnySignal
RF/Space Comms
"Partnered with Vast Space for Haven-1"
Former SpaceX engineers
Apex Space
Satellite Manufacturing
"Raised $95M Series B led by Shield Capital (June 2024)"
Ian Cinnamon
Arc Boats
Electric Marine
"Raised $70M Series B (Sept 2023)"
Mitch Lee, Ryan Cook
Armada
Edge Data Centers
"Partnered with Avathon Feb 2025"
Dan Wright
Astranis
MicroGEO Satellites
"Raised $200M Series D for Omega; Reported raising >$2B (Jan 2026)"
John Gedmark
Astro Mechanica
Turboelectric Jet Engines
"Developing adaptive jet engine"
Ian Brooke
Atomic Industries
AI Tool & Die
"Raised $17M Seed round (May 2023)"
Aaron Slodov
Auterion
Drone OS
"DIU sUAS prototyping contract Aug 2024"
Lorenz Meier
Base Power
Distributed Battery/Grid
"Raised $1B Series C led by Addition (Oct 2025)"
Zachary Dell
Cape
Secure Cellular
"Raised $61M Series B (April 2024)"
John Doyle
Castelion
Hypersonic Weapons
"Successful prototype test March 2024"
Bryon Hargis
CX2
RF Warfare
"Autonomous network sensing/strike"
Venture-backed
Diode
Electronic Design Automation
"Slash hardware development lifecycle"
Venture-backed
Distributed Spectrum
RF AI Sensing
"Won AUKUS Electronic Warfare Challenge Sep 2024"
Venture-backed
Epirus
Directed Energy
"Delivered IFPC-HPM prototypes to US Army"
Ken Bedingfield
Firehawk
3D-printed Rocket Engines
"Army SBIR Phase III for GMLRS/Javelin"
Will Edwards
Forterra
Ground Autonomy
"Raised $75M Series B (March 2024)"
Josh Delmonico
Galvanick
Industrial Cyber
"Raised $10M Seed led by Founders Fund (June 2023)"
Joshua Steinman
Hadrian
Autonomous Precision Factories
"Raised $260M Series C led by Founders Fund/Lux (July 2025)"
Chris Power
Impulse Space
In-space Transportation
"Raised $150M Series B (Oct 2024)"
Tom Mueller
Neros
Unmanned Systems
"Raised $10.9M Seed (April 2024)"
Soren Monroe-Anderson
Physical Intelligence
General Robot Autonomy
"Raised $400M at $2.4B valuation (Nov 2024)"
Karol Hausman
Quilter
AI PCB Design
"Raised $10M Series A (Feb 2024)"
Sergiy Nesterenko
Radiant
Nuclear Microreactors
"Raised $100M Series C (March 2025)"
Doug Bernauer
Re:Build Manufacturing
Industrial Scale-up
"Launched Pennsylvania battery facility Jan 2025"
Jeff Wilke
Reveal Technology
Battlefield 3D Intelligence
"Acquired DFL Technology; Farsight platform"
Garrett Smith
Rune Technologies
Military Logistics OS
"TyrOS for asset management"
Venture-backed
Senra
AI Wire Harnesses
"15,000 sq ft Redondo Beach facility"
Venture-backed
Shield AI
Autonomous Pilot
"Raised $500M at $2.8B valuation (May 2024)"
Brandon Tseng
SkySafe
Counter-drone RF
"Multi-million dollar Indo-Pacific contracts"
Grant Jordan
Solugen
Biomanufacturing Chemicals
"$214M DOE loan guarantee for Bioforge 2 (June 2024)"
Gaurab Chakrabarti
Swan
Industrial/Defense Autonomy
"Developing scalable autonomous platforms"
Former Uber/Aurora leads
Turion Space
Space Debris/Awareness
"Space Force contract for 3 satellites Dec 2024"
Pieter van Wingerden
Umbra
Synthetic Aperture Radar
"Space Development Agency (SDA) contract Oct 2024"
David Langan
Vannevar Labs
Foreign Intelligence AI
"Raised $120M Series C at $1.2B valuation (Feb 2025)"
Brett Granberg
Venus Aerospace
Hypersonic Propulsion
"Detonation Ramjet (VDR2) ignition breakthrough"
Sarah Duggleby
Form Energy
Energy Storage
"Raised $405M Series F; 13 GWh projects online 2025"
Mateo Jaramillo
Saildrone
Autonomous Vessels
"Significant US Navy task force usage"
Richard Jenkins
Eclipse
Industrial Tech
"Focused on reshoring supply chains"
Lior Susan
Varda Space Industries
In-Space Manufacturing
"Raised $187M Series C to scale in-space manufacturing (July 2025)"
Stoke Space
Launch Vehicles
"Hopper test success"
Andy Lapsa
Solugen
Chemicals
"$214M DOE loan guarantee for Bioforge 2 (June 2024)"
Gaurab Chakrabarti
Twelve
Carbon Transformation
"E-Jet fuel production"
Nicholas Flanders
Mach Industries
Defense Hardtech
"Hydrogen combustion systems"
Ethan Thornton
Antora Energy
Thermal Batteries
"Decarbonizing industrial heat"
Andrew Ponec
Astranis
Geostationary Satellites
"Raised $200M Series D for Omega; Reported raising >$2B (Jan 2026)"
John Gedmark
Epirus
Counter-UAS
"Leonidas deployment"
Andy Lowery
Radiant
Compact Nuclear
"Raised $350M Series D to mass-produce microreactors (Jan 2026)"
Doug Bernauer
Etched
Transformer ASICs
"Sohu chip development"
Gavin Uberti
Colossal
De-extinction
"Woolly Mammoth progress"
Ben Lamm
Living Carbon
Engineered Plants
"Commercial planting"
Maddie Hall
Cemvita
CO2 Utilization
"Bio-mining/Sustainable Oil"
Moji Karimi
Skild AI
General Robot Brain
"Massive Series A raise"
Deepak Pathak
Apex Space
Satellite Buses
"Aries production scaling"
Ian Cinnamon
Castelion
Hypersonic Weapons
"Flight testing"
Bryon Hargis
Vannevar Labs
Defense Software
"Decrypt deployment"
Brett Granberg
Zap Energy
Z-Pinch Fusion
"Century platform live"
Benj Conway
Atomic Industries
Tool & Die Automation
"Die casting automation"
Aaron Slodov
Re:Build Manufacturing
Industrial Base
"New factories"
Jeff Wilke
Impulse Space
In-Space Transport
"Helios development"
Tom Mueller
True Anomaly
Space Security
"Jackal vehicle missions"
Even Rogers
DCVC
Deep Tech
"Rocket Lab/Pivot Bio"
Matt Ocko
Playground Global
Hardware/Deep Tech
"Relativity/PsiQuantum"
Peter Barrett