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YC companies founded by ex-Lockheed Martin people

21 Y Combinator companies with a founder who worked at Lockheed Martin before.

Updated weekly, last on November 9, 2026. Roster from Y Combinator's public directory.

Hiring the mostlast 60 days
33 roles
Focal SystemsW16
  1. 2Albedo6
  2. 3Jeevy Fabrication1
See all 3
Fastest growingteam, 6 months
+29%
Jeevy FabricationX25
  1. 2Hatchet+25%
  2. 3Luminal+18%
See all 6
Shrinkingteam, 12 months
−13%
PicnicAIS14
See all 1
Raised the mostlast 12 months
$29.2M
LuminalS25
  1. 2Porter$20M
See all 2
Companies
21
Active
16
Hiring, last 60 days
3
Open roles, 60 days
40
People on these teams
935
Showing 21 of 21 companies
CompanyBatchTeam6 mo12 moOpen rolesTotal raisedLast round
Intelligence to accelerate human health.
S14306−15%−13%YC$97MSeries C$60M, Jun 2022
Create jaw dropping virtual events
W20Inactive217+1%+9%0$12MSeries A$12M, Jun 2022
Building the Operating System for B&M Retail using Deep Learning
W16131+3%+2%33$41.9MSeries B$25.9M, Nov 2021
Full-stack VLEO satellite missions
W2178+13%+20%6$103MSeries A$35M, Jan 2024
Easiest way to deploy on AWS/GCP/Azure
S2053+6%+23%YC$26.6MSeries A$20M, Jan 2026
Simple, fun, and fast electric vehicles.
S12Acquired32−3% 0$73MSeries B$60M, Dec 2018
Predictive analytics and clinical pathways for hospitals
S11200%+11%0$2MSeed$2M, Jun 2012
AI Driven EPC - Weld Fabrication Contractor
X2518+29%+157%1SeedJun 2025
Making AI run fast on any hardware.
S2513+18%+44%YC$35MUndisclosed round$29.2M, Oct 2026
The orchestration platform for teams who ship.
W2410+25%+100%0$500KYC investment$500K, Feb 2024
A DecisionOps platform that accelerates optimization AI teams
W20Acquired10−41%−44%0$19.4MSeries A$8M, Nov 2022
Intelligent media storage for creative teams.
F258+33% YC$500KYC investment$500K, Oct 2025
AI Employees for human-level roles
F257  YC$500KYC investment$500K, Sep 2025
Alfi - your group chat with social skills to bring friends closer
X257+40%+40%YCSeedJun 2025
Internal developer platform for Terraform, OpenTofu and Helm
W2260%0%0$8.5MAngel$8M, Aug 2023
Robotire is automating vehicle maintenance for today and future…
W20Inactive50%0%0$10.8MSeries A$10.7M, Oct 2021
AI spacecraft operators that lives onboard the vehicle
F264  YC
We assemble PCBs in under 48 hours for quantities under 10
W253  0$500KYC investment$500K, Aug 2025
Tumult is building the next generation of apps for web design. Our…
W113  0SeedMar 2011
AI Agents for Platform Engineering
F252  0SeedNov 2025
Next generation Disney.
S19Inactive2  0$2.1MSeed$2M, Oct 2019

How this works

1. The roster

Every launched company in YC's public directory, with its batch, status, industry and location. New companies show up the week YC lists them.

2. The numbers

Each company is matched to Crustdata by its website. Crustdata adds team size and its change over 6 and 12 months, open roles from job postings, reported funding, and founders' past employers.

3. The lists

Hiring the most counts distinct roles posted in the last 60 days. Growth needs 10+ people today, shrinking 20+ a year ago, so tiny teams do not top the lists. Rebuilt every week.

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The numbers on this page come from three Crustdata API calls. Crustdata tags 5,000+ companies with Y Combinator as an investor; swap the filter for any investor, industry or headcount range and track your own list, with founders' work emails one call away.

  • Company search for team size, growth and funding
  • Job search with a count by company, for who is hiring and for what
  • A watch that re-runs the search weekly and sends only what changed
# 1. every company with Y Combinator as an investor
curl https://api.crustdata.com/company/search \
  -H "authorization: Bearer $CRUSTDATA_API_KEY" \
  -H "x-api-version: 2025-11-01" \
  -d '{
    "filters": { "field": "funding.investors",
                 "type": "in", "value": ["Y Combinator"] },
    "fields": ["basic_info.name",
      "headcount.total", "headcount.growth_percent",
      "funding.total_investment_usd"],
    "limit": 100
  }'

# 2. open listings per company, last 60 days (limit 0 = counts only)
curl https://api.crustdata.com/job/search \
  -H "authorization: Bearer $CRUSTDATA_API_KEY" \
  -H "x-api-version: 2025-11-01" \
  -d '{
  "filters": { "op": "and", "conditions": [
    { "field": "company.basic_info.company_id",
      "type": "in", "value": [...] },
    { "field": "metadata.date_added",
      "type": "=>", "value": "2026-08-24" } ]},
  "limit": 0,
  "aggregations": [{ "type": "group_by",
    "field": "company.basic_info.company_id", "agg": "count" }]
}'

# 3. the same company filter as a weekly watch: POST /watch/company/search

Questions about ex-Lockheed Martin founded YC companies

How many ex-Lockheed Martin founded YC companies are there?

21 Y Combinator companies have a founder who worked at Lockheed Martin; 16 are active.

Which ex-Lockheed Martin founded YC companies are hiring?

3 companies posted roles in the last 60 days, led by Focal Systems (33 roles), Albedo (6 roles) and Jeevy Fabrication (1 roles). 9 mark themselves as hiring on YC's directory.

Which ex-Lockheed Martin founded YC companies are growing fastest?

By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): Jeevy Fabrication (+29%), Hatchet (+25%) and Luminal (+18%).

Which ex-Lockheed Martin founded YC companies raised the most?

Largest latest rounds in the last 12 months, after their YC batch: Luminal ($29.2M) and Porter ($20M).

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