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1,495 articlesSpaceX's job board at its $280M Bastrop site lists roles no Starlink factory would ever need
SpaceX is investing over $280 million to expand its Bastrop, Texas facility into the largest semiconductor R&D and advanced packaging site in North America. The project, supported by $17.3 million from the Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund, will add one million square feet and create more than 400
Europe's Defense Industry Needs 500,000 Workers by 2030. One Company Is Hiring 9,000 This Year Alone.
Thales plans to recruit more than 9,000 employees worldwide in 2026, continuing a hiring surge that has seen the company bring on at least 8,000 people annually since 2021. France leads with nearly 3,300 positions, followed by the UK, North America, Australia, and the Netherlands. About 40% of hires
Northrop Grumman is hiring engineers who speak isotope and propellant in the same breath
DARPA awarded $3.37M to Morgan State University for the SYMPHONEE project, developing radiovoltaic devices using Strontium-90 to power sensors for decades without batteries. Northrop Grumman leads simulation and survivability analysis, linking nuclear power systems with its solid-rocket motor scale-
OpenAI cut API prices again. Its $10M consulting engagements tell the real story.
OpenAI opened its Seoul office in September 2025, making South Korea its third Asian hub after Tokyo and Singapore. With ChatGPT users quadrupling and paid subscriptions tripling in a year, Korea is now OpenAI’s largest APAC market and second-largest paid subscription base globally. The move signals
Google, Mercedes-Benz, and Qatar Just Bet $935M That Humanoid Robots Are Ready for the Factory Floor
Apptronik raised $935M in Series A funding from Google, Mercedes-Benz, and QIA, reaching a $5.5B valuation. The round signals a shift from research to mass production in humanoid robotics, with talent from Waymo, Boston Dynamics, and Amazon joining to scale Apollo robots for warehouses and factories
A 24-Foot Robot Boat Saved Two Pilots in the Strait of Hormuz — and the Company Behind It Just Raised $1.75B at a $9.25B Valuation
Saronic Technologies raised $1.75B in Series D funding at a $9.25B valuation, plans a $3.2B autonomous shipyard in Texas, and targets 20+ vessels per year by 2027 amid surging defense-tech investment.
Vira Health raised $12M to build a menopause platform — and 8 of its 10 open roles are clinicians who will never see a patient
Vira Health raised $12M in a Series A led by Octopus Ventures with Optum Ventures participating, betting on menopause care as a standalone digital health category. The London-based company is building a multilingual telehealth platform targeting U.S. employer channels, with clinical educators across
SpaceX Has $100.8 Billion in Cash. It's Borrowing $20 Billion More.
SpaceX launched its first bond offering on June 22, 2026, just 10 days after its record $85.7 billion IPO, targeting $20 billion in senior unsecured notes. The deal refinances a bridge loan used to acquire xAI, converting short-term floating-rate debt into long-term fixed-rate paper. Despite holding
Anduril Is the Only Company Building Both the Drone and the Network That Commands It — and 138 Job Postings in Seven Days Prove It
Anduril wins the U.S. Army's NGC2 common data layer contract, positioning its Lattice platform at the core of next-gen command and control. The move signals a shift from prototyping to continuous delivery, with implications for military-AI integration and defense manufacturing at scale.
Poland's Celeste Satellite Program Demands Engineers Who Understand Orbital Mechanics and Electronic Warfare — and Thales Is Hiring 120 in Cannes to Build It
Thales planned to recruit 9,000 people worldwide in 2026, with 120 new hires at its Cannes satellite factory. The hiring surge reflects growing demand for engineers skilled in military-grade communications, space systems, and cybersecurity, driven by programs like Poland's Celeste satellite initiati
South Korea Has 1,012 Robots per 10,000 Workers. Hyundai Wants Thousands More — and the Engineers Don't Exist Yet
Hyundai Motor Group is buying SoftBank's remaining 9.65% stake in Boston Dynamics for $325 million, making the robotics firm a wholly owned subsidiary. The deal closes out a put option from Hyundai's 2021 controlling stake purchase and signals Hyundai's intent to scale humanoid and legged robots in
A $400M Machine Ships in 13 Planes and Takes a Year to Install. ASML Needs 1,000 Engineers to Do It in Taiwan.
ASML Holding NV is hiring 1,000 people in Taiwan in 2025, a 67 percent increase over its original plan of 600 roles, driven by surging client demand from TSMC and other major chipmakers. The expansion will push ASML's Taiwan workforce past 5,500 employees, generating approximately €8.3 billion in an
Rheinmetall's best-paid engineers build pictures, not weapons — and the pipeline runs through a game that got millions to scan city streets
Vantor and Rheinmetall signed an MoU to build sovereign spatial intelligence capabilities for Germany through a Germany-based joint venture. The partnership fuses Vantor's satellite imagery and geospatial AI with Rheinmetall's command-and-control systems to deliver near-real-time battlespace awarene
Saudi Arabia's Defense Localization Hit 24.8% in 2024 — and Thales Is Hiring 400 Engineers in Riyadh to Reach 50% by 2030
Saudi Arabia's STES joint venture between SAMI and Thales aims to localize defense electronics production under Vision 2030. With a 24.8% localization rate and a 50% target by decade's end, the JV represents a critical test of Saudi Arabia's strategy to build sovereign capability in high-tech defens
Harvey AI's Token Burn Hit 12 Trillion a Month. Rescript AI Is Building the Regulatory Layer Harvey Doesn't Cover.
While San Francisco and New York dominate AI headlines, a cluster of startups building AI for legal and policy teams is growing in Washington, DC. Rescript AI sits at the center of this emerging regulatory-AI ecosystem, backed by Y Combinator, General Catalyst, and Floodgate, serving Bloomberg Gover
Anduril Built a Submarine Factory 18 Months Before It Had a Contract
Anduril opened a 7,400-square-metre submarine factory in Sydney in October 2025, 18 months before the Royal Australian Navy awarded the Ghost Shark XL-AUV contract. The first autonomous underwater vehicle rolled off the line just 51 days after the deal was signed. The facility draws on over 40 Austr
Harvey AI Spent $1 Billion on Tokens. Now It Wants to Know What It Bought.
Harvey's AI token usage surged from 1 trillion to 12–13 trillion per month between January and May, signaling deep enterprise adoption across 100,000+ lawyers in 1,500 firms. The growth reflects a shift from AI experimentation to operational dependency, with implications for infrastructure, ROI, and
A Staff Spacecraft Systems Engineer in Irvine Can Earn $260,000. The Entry-Level Home Below Them Costs $1.2M.
Turion Space raised $75M in Series B funding to scale spacecraft production from 8 to 40 units annually, backed by Washington Harbour Partners and others. The company builds maneuverable DROID satellites for space domain awareness and is part of the U.S. Space Force’s $1.8B Andromeda program.
Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket Exploded on the Pad. Now It's Hiring 500 to Build the Next Ones.
Blue Origin is investing $600 million in an 830,000-square-foot upper stage manufacturing facility—Project Horizon—at its Florida Rocket Park campus, adding 500 high-paying aerospace jobs and signaling a major push to scale New Glenn rocket production despite recent setbacks.
The Hardest Job at Anduril Isn't Building Autonomous Weapons. It's Legally Sending Them Abroad.
Anduril Industries is in talks with Israeli officials to establish its first permanent engineering and production hub outside the U.S. The move would support its IPO ambitions, ease ITAR export-control friction, and enable co-development with Israeli defense firms. With a major Air Force CCA product
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