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Defense · San Francisco, CA · Formation stage

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Developing cutting-edge exploration and defense missions — including space-based IR sensing and interceptor systems

Review noteLegal entity Exploration Technology Group Corp (formerly branded ETG, rebranded to 'etc.' in early 2026 per co-founder Wesley Gilliam's LinkedIn post). Gilliam's Dec 2024 post introduced ETG 'after nearly a year behind the scenes', implying a 2024 start, but no source states a founding year. Source ↗

Edge

8#264 · ▼28 in 7d

1 of 8 families

Why now

  1. First Who is hiring post on Hacker News in at least 24 months, for Vision Systems Engineer

    Hiring · Oct 1

People

Score

Momentum12

 

Hiring

Thesis fit85

× 0.89

Matched on defense, department of defense, interceptor, nasa, national security

Earliness100

× 1.00

Almost no public footprint

Team–

× 0.85

1 named person, none from a top lab or company

12 × 0.89 × 1.00 × 0.85 × 0.85 one family only = 8

Edge, 12 weeks