Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Hermeus
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AJ Piplica is based out of Atlanta, Georgia and is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Hermeus. AJ previously worked at Generation Orbit as a Chief Executive Officer. AJ Piplica attended Georgia Institute of Technology.
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Hermeus, a $1B aerospace company, builds hypersonic aircraft through a cross-disciplinary team, with insights into hiring, salaries, and operations across multiple sites.
Hermeus's Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 hit Mach 1.21 on its third test flight, becoming the world's first privately developed unmanned supersonic jet. The milestone triggered a shift from prototyping to manufacturing, with new production and airworthiness roles opening across Los Angeles, Atlanta, Jacksonvil
While AI labs and hedge funds grab headlines with multimillion-dollar packages, defense tech startups are outbidding, out-missioning, and out-equiting FAANG for elite AI engineers — and reshaping the talent landscape in the process.