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Company	Business & Finance	Software	Aerospace Engineering	Operations	Sales & Marketing	Mechanical	Supply Chain	Security	Technician	Legal & Compliance	People & HR	Electrical	Manufacturing	Avionics	Design	Research	Total
Anduril Industries DEFENSE	$165k 172	$210k 408	$170k 241	$150k 81	$193k 14	$166k 138	$150k 112	$183k 50	$100k 66	$170k 23	$141k 53	$170k 266	$149k 167	$222k 49	—	—	1840
Anthropic AI	$318k 59	$363k 67	$425k 47	$340k 14	$288k 43	$353k 3	$290k 3	$318k 18	$330k 8	$293k 11	—	—	—	—	—	—	279
Archer Aviation SPACE	$150k 21	$175k 24	$181k 18	$151k 8	—	$167k 36	$143k 5	—	$171k 5	$128k 4	$125k 4	$194k 8	$158k 7	$181k 4	—	—	148
Astranis SPACE	$146k 10	$146k 22	$133k 12	$178k 3	$98k 5	$121k 26	$140k 3	$184k 6	$82k 5	$145k 6	—	$135k 17	$110k 6	$124k 16	—	—	137
Aurora Innovation AI	$185k 14	$216k 62	$201k 10	—	$212k 3	$202k 3	$186k 12	$204k 8	$201k 8	—	$212k 5	$204k 13	—	—	—	—	144
Blue Origin SPACE	$174k 68	$198k 99	$145k 89	$204k 9	$204k 3	$145k 153	$134k 31	—	$67k 16	—	$134k 9	$157k 37	$134k 34	$157k 76	$114k 4	—	633
Boeing SPACE	$143k 15	$176k 14	$149k 26	—	—	$126k 13	—	$176k 6	$80k 13	$139k 5	—	$131k 6	$127k 39	—	—	—	145
Databricks AI	$215k 97	$222k 105	$226k 74	$215k 31	$215k 34	—	—	$223k 6	$214k 3	$228k 5	$114k 7	—	$215k 9	—	$172k 3	—	379
Harvey AI AI	$186k 39	$255k 41	$195k 7	$189k 12	$218k 23	—	—	$273k 9	—	$249k 35	$164k 9	—	—	—	$230k 11	—	190
menta SPACE	$65k 174	—	—	—	—	—	—	$47k 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	180
Northrop Grumman SPACE	$118k 43	$164k 26	$131k 45	$148k 4	—	$108k 13	$130k 19	$118k 3	$82k 15	$147k 4	—	$143k 9	$112k 17	$183k 10	—	—	210
OpenAI AI	$249k 86	$308k 174	$285k 79	$259k 36	$276k 38	$259k 17	$262k 10	$310k 35	$333k 5	$272k 25	$247k 11	$356k 8	$286k 4	$335k 4	$290k 9	$370k 35	576
Palantir Technologies DEFENSE	$121k 37	$168k 67	$119k 12	$168k 4	$156k 8	—	—	$168k 23	—	$168k 6	$89k 5	—	—	—	$140k 8	—	172
Relativity Space SPACE	$139k 9	$183k 21	$152k 27	$145k 3	—	$157k 107	$133k 8	—	$82k 8	—	—	$177k 8	$144k 29	$176k 29	—	$183k 3	256
Rocket Lab SPACE	$129k 13	$141k 20	$130k 22	—	$144k 4	$123k 31	$108k 10	$110k 3	$61k 7	—	—	$156k 8	$128k 11	$136k 10	—	—	144
Scale AI AI	$219k 30	$256k 38	$248k 12	$217k 9	$173k 14	—	—	$256k 5	$93k 3	$279k 8	$172k 4	—	—	—	—	$243k 10	135
Shield AI DEFENSE	$140k 35	$185k 59	$150k 37	$118k 12	$26k 7	$171k 51	$163k 8	$125k 10	$140k 17	$164k 4	$175k 5	$144k 17	$155k 11	$186k 15	—	—	288
Sierra Space SPACE	$187k 45	$154k 30	$141k 27	$141k 3	—	$138k 16	$106k 29	—	$62k 13	$161k 3	$117k 8	$190k 6	$104k 14	$140k 12	—	—	208
SpaceX SPACE	$103k 91	$138k 250	$138k 89	$109k 57	$123k 32	$108k 120	$93k 49	$138k 19	$60k 83	$153k 13	$93k 12	$115k 80	$99k 43	$141k 54	—	—	993
Talkiatry FRONTIER	$198k 139	—	—	$144k 4	$159k 10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	$199k 4	—	161
The Aerospace Corporation SPACE	$155k 69	$155k 33	$172k 115	$172k 13	—	$157k 34	$119k 5	$188k 8	—	$189k 3	—	$189k 29	—	$165k 6	$189k 3	$134k 9	334
True Anomaly DEFENSE	$131k 18	$209k 26	$173k 23	$155k 6	—	$160k 39	$109k 8	$190k 5	$85k 3	$180k 4	—	$143k 5	—	$168k 27	—	$240k 3	172
Vast SPACE	$153k 17	$214k 5	$145k 14	$160k 4	$161k 4	$158k 30	$146k 5	—	$59k 9	—	—	—	$156k 14	$154k 24	—	—	134
Waymo FRONTIER	$212k 49	$232k 157	$222k 30	$199k 18	$235k 7	$270k 9	$212k 14	$134k 5	$281k 9	$243k 6	$224k 6	$227k 10	$233k 6	—	—	$232k 7	335
Zipline ROBOTICS	$123k 9	$223k 36	$178k 19	$113k 12	$155k 7	$155k 7	—	—	$69k 8	$191k 8	$153k 4	$185k 11	$146k 8	—	—	—	134

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