Apex Space x Anduril

Los Angeles-based manufacturer of productized, configurable satellite bus platforms built at constellation scale. Founded in 2022 by [Ian Cinnamon](/people/ian-cinnamon) and [Max Benassi](/people/max-benassi), Apex operates Factory One in Playa Vista and produces off-the-shelf satellite buses including the Aries, GEO Aries, Nova, and Comet platforms. The company serves both commercial customers and U.S. government defense programs, with over two-thirds of its business in national security and defense. Apex set a world record with its first satellite bus as the fastest clean-sheet design to production spacecraft operating in space.

American defense-technology company (Costa Mesa, founded 2017 by [Palmer Luckey](/people/palmer-luckey), [Brian Schimpf](/people/brian-schimpf), and others) building autonomous air, ground, and maritime systems unified by its [Lattice](/brains/lattice) software platform. Raised a $2.5B Series G at a $30.5B valuation (June 2025); a further round in 2026 was reported at a higher valuation. Building the Arsenal-1 hyperscale manufacturing plant in Ohio.