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Company	Software	Business & Finance	Aerospace Engineering	Operations	Sales & Marketing	Supply Chain	People & HR	Security	Technician	Manufacturing	Legal & Compliance	Design	Mechanical	Research	Electrical	Avionics	Total
Apex Space AI	$154k 12	$175k 9	$162k 18	$145k 5	—	$100k 6	—	—	—	$169k 6	—	—	$156k 21	—	$160k 7	$160k 11	98
Applied Intuition FRONTIER	$184k 34	$152k 9	$216k 19	$123k 6	$155k 3	—	$179k 5	$205k 7	—	—	$189k 6	—	—	$275k 4	—	—	95
CesiumAstro SPACE	$151k 15	$211k 10	$164k 17	—	$143k 5	—	$117k 3	—	$78k 3	$107k 8	—	—	$144k 26	—	$148k 29	$131k 10	130
Commonwealth Fusion Systems FRONTIER	—	$188k 7	$118k 7	$148k 5	—	$73k 13	—	—	$87k 15	$118k 21	—	—	$148k 9	—	—	—	83
Decagon AI	$300k 23	$260k 20	$300k 14	$209k 5	$230k 17	—	$170k 3	—	—	—	$208k 3	—	—	—	—	—	90
EliseAI AI	$258k 12	$173k 27	$158k 5	$175k 21	$164k 18	$180k 3	$105k 7	—	—	—	$203k 3	—	—	$225k 4	—	—	103
Figma AI	$269k 24	$216k 30	—	$211k 3	$205k 31	—	—	$225k 3	—	—	—	$236k 7	—	—	—	—	106
Figure AI ROBOTICS	$215k 6	$145k 4	$185k 9	$170k 7	—	$127k 3	—	—	$94k 19	$158k 7	—	—	$185k 11	—	$170k 7	—	76
Fivetran AI	$224k 8	$203k 35	$203k 7	—	$148k 13	—	—	—	—	—	$190k 4	—	—	—	—	—	69
Glean AI	$203k 23	$206k 52	$78k 3	—	$189k 24	—	$150k 4	—	$275k 4	—	—	$198k 5	—	—	—	—	118
Helion Energy FRONTIER	$243k 7	$218k 9	$192k 11	$136k 3	$146k 3	—	—	—	$100k 6	$182k 13	—	—	$198k 18	$220k 8	$220k 18	—	102
Hermeus DEFENSE	$139k 17	$129k 4	$138k 12	—	—	—	$106k 6	—	$83k 6	$140k 8	—	—	$136k 31	—	—	$159k 17	105
Instacart FRONTIER	$233k 38	$190k 29	$235k 5	—	$104k 15	—	—	$236k 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	99
IonQ FRONTIER	$175k 20	$148k 24	$155k 12	$140k 5	—	—	—	$127k 5	$77k 4	$129k 3	—	—	$118k 3	$194k 7	$155k 6	—	94
Navan FRONTIER	$183k 6	$187k 31	—	—	$150k 29	—	$168k 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	77
Neuralink FRONTIER	$160k 23	$95k 7	$111k 10	—	—	—	—	—	$57k 4	$138k 4	—	—	$157k 11	—	$140k 3	$123k 4	70
Plaid FRONTIER	$239k 22	$227k 27	$269k 4	$173k 4	$186k 22	—	—	—	$292k 4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	92
Replit AI	$255k 33	$210k 9	$158k 3	—	$186k 18	—	—	$252k 10	—	—	—	$225k 3	—	—	—	—	82
Skydio DEFENSE	$192k 12	$169k 8	$188k 4	$193k 5	$122k 19	$122k 4	$155k 5	—	$157k 4	$159k 3	—	—	—	—	$187k 5	—	72
Sprinter Health FRONTIER	$56k 56	$113k 28	$194k 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	93
Thales Alenia Space SPACE	$109k 9	$105k 27	$113k 11	$75k 3	$178k 9	$110k 4	—	—	$73k 4	$131k 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	73
Vantor FRONTIER	$151k 43	$132k 38	$137k 16	—	—	—	—	$97k 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	106
Varda Space SPACE	$140k 16	$160k 5	$146k 8	—	—	—	—	—	$124k 3	$125k 4	—	—	$153k 20	$140k 6	—	$185k 7	76
Voyager Space DEFENSE	$180k 8	$175k 17	$176k 18	$136k 4	—	—	—	—	$76k 7	$129k 4	—	—	$151k 6	—	$165k 7	—	80
Whatnot FRONTIER	$242k 23	$128k 11	$170k 4	$176k 5	$139k 16	$288k 4	—	$55k 3	—	—	$280k 3	—	—	—	—	—	73

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