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Meet Keenan, Apex's new mechanical engineer

Fresh off of a $95M Series B funding round, this week we bring Ian Cinnamon, CEO of Apex, back on to the show. Ian, along with his co-founder Max Benassi, started Apex to address the bottleneck in satellite bus manufacturing.

Meet Jeff, Apex's new manufacturing engineer

On this episode of Manifest Space, Apex CEO Ian Cinnamon sits down with Morgan Brennan to discuss the company’s Series B capital raise, the competitive landscape, and the long-term vision for Apex

Meet Kris, who is leading Apex's talent acquisition.

LA spacecraft startup Apex raises $95 million at an undisclosed valuation, in a round led by XYZ Venture Capital and CRV, with new investors including Upfront, 8VC, Toyota Ventures, Point72 Ventures, Mirae Asset Capital, Outsiders Fund and GSBackers and joined by existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Shield Capital, J2 Ventures, and Ravelin

Fresh off the success of its first mission, satellite manufacturer Apex has closed $95 million in new capital to scale its operations.

Satellite developer and manufacturer Apex on Wednesday said it has closed a $95 million funding round that will allow it to begin to scale production and expand its suite of standardized and configurable spacecraft buses that it eventually expects to deliver within

Apex closed a $95M Series B this week to ramp up production of their Aries satellite bus and meet surging market demand, the company announced on Wednesday.

Satellite manufacturing startup Apex has raised $95 million to allow it to ramp up production of “productized” satellite buses to tap into growing demand, particularly from national security customers.

Meet Michael Bonnet, Apex's new Software Engineer

Meet Ben Spencer, Apex's new Systems Engineer

Two leading figures in the rapidly advancing industry of aerospace technology, Jordan Noone and Ian Cinnamon, took the stage to discuss their work and the future of space-based innovations. They explained the impact of significantly reduced rocket launch costs in expanding space-based use cases.

Ian Cinnamon joins us on a journey through his a-typical satellite industry career, talking us through the removal of the launch bottle neck which inspired Apex, through to the challenges on finding the right people for the job.

Apex CEO Ian Cinnamon joins guest host and Upfront Partner Mark Suster on This Week in Startups (TWiST)

Meet Shane Wilcox, Apex's Production Manager

Meet Joe Aubuchon, Apex's New Systems Engineer

Apex, the Los Angeles-based spacecraft manufacturing company, announced its customer payload for Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has been successfully enabled as part of the Aries Serial Number (SN) 1 Call to Adventure Mission

At National Space Symposium, RedWire hosts a panel on "Enhancing the Resiliency of our Space Assets" with Apex CEO Ian Cinnamon

Meet Trixie Teng, Apex's New Software Engineer

Episode 61 of the Space Industry podcast is a conversation with Ian Cinnamon, CEO and Co-founder of Apex, on what it takes to continually produce reliable satellites on very short time scales.

Meet Todd Bridges, Apex's new USG BD lead

Apex takes a selfie of its first space vehicle dubbed “Call to Adventure” demonstrating its satellite subsystems working less than a year from design to satellite commissioning—the fastest deployment ever in its class

Apex, a satellite manufacturer that launches its first Aries spacecraft on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 mission March 4, announced March 25 that the satellite has commissioned its first payload, a camera that took a “selfie” of the spacecraft with the Earth in the background.

Its Aries SN1 spacecraft, launched on the Transporter-10 mission, means the company progressed from a clean-sheet design to space flight in 12 months.

Apex just moved one step closer to its goal of upending satellite bus manufacturing, with the startup announcing on Tuesday that its first vehicle is healthy on orbit.

The Los Angeles-based company has made contact with and is successfully operating its Aries SN1 spacecraft

Apex CEO Ian Cinnamon joins the a16z Podcast, discussing the answer to the question "What is American Dynamism?"

Meet Jimmy Downs, Apex's Senior Avionics Engineer

As more and more satellites are launched every year, manufacturers are scaling up to keep up with their customer demand. One new entrant, Apex Space, aims to shrink the timeline for manufacturing buses down to months and then weeks.

Meet Nirav, Apex's first mission manager!

CEO Ian Cinnamon speaks at the annual a16z American Dynamism summit.

Meet Chris, Apex's Supply Chain Manager!

LA-based satellite manufacturer Apex Space Systems has assembled, integrated, and tested its first satellite bus less than a year after beginning the design process.

Meet Mo, our new GNC engineer!

Meet Trung, Apex's lead HITL engineer!

When Apex Space emerged from stealth last October, the company had a provocative goal: remove the “new bottleneck” hitting the space industry by manufacturing satellite buses at scale.

Apex is getting new digs as it preps to ramp up its satellite manufacturing. The LA-based satellite bus startup is moving into a permanent factory space in Playa Vista in 2024.

Satellite manufacturer Apex will open a new factory next year to ramp up production of small satellites. The company announced Dec. 14 it signed a lease for a nearly 4,300-square-meter building in the Playa Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles that will be a production facility it calls Factory One.

Meet Ashot Avetisyan, Apex's new Electrical Engineer

Meet Lauren Waltz, Apex's first Test Engineer.

Meet Paul "Chip" Cipparone, Apex's first Manufacturing Engineer!

Meet Philip, a software engineer at Apex! Philip brings years of experience and has been invaluable to the team!

On this episode of America Builds, Will Allen interviews Ian Cinnamon, CEO of Apex.

Learn more about Paul Attalla, Apex's talent lead.

Meet Adam Corey, Apex's new Head of Operations. Adam comes from Village Global, where he was one of venture firm's co-founders and Operating Partner.

Meet Nick, Apex's new systems integration engineer!

Meet Patrick Willard, a Power Systems Engineer working on avionics, electronics, and more!

Charlie Horowitz joins Apex from Palantir. Charlie works as Chief of Staff at Apex, helping with everything from supply chain to operations to recruiting.

Jacob Acosta, Caltech students, joins Apex as a summer intern to work on software engineering

Apex is solving this bottleneck by building spacecraft platforms for this growing industry. Spacecraft consists of a payload (the thing you are launching into space) and a bus (the set of components that let the payload survive in space). Buses provide the propulsion, power, coordination, and communications f

Mike Tanzini joins Apex as a Structures Engineer. Mike brings a wealth of knowledge to the Apex team, with his career spanning form SpaceX to Virgin Orbit,

Apex is building its first Aries satellite, dubbed “Call to Adventure,” that it announced in April. That spacecraft remains on schedule to launch on the SpaceX Transporter-10 rideshare mission in early 2024.

Apex's first bus will carry payloads from 3 customers, including a defense contractor, who Cinnamon noted is “one the largest established players." The startup raised an additional $16 million in a round led by VC firms Andreessen Horowitz and Shield Capital, bringing its total raised to over $27 million.

Without question, we have entered a new space race that is moving faster than many anticipated it could. While the United States government continues to lead in satellite launches, the CCP is quickly gaining ground, a narrowing delta that highlights the growing concern in defense circles about the fragility of America’s defense industrial base.

Satellite bus manufacturing startup Apex Space has closed a $16 million Series A round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and new investor Shield Capital, as it prepares for its first demonstration mission early next year.

This week we posted straightforward, transparent pricing on our website. Check it out here: https://www.apexspace.com/order-now

A deep dive into the burgeoning space economy: Apex Space started to roll out their own satellite versions of the Model T.

Ian is the CEO and cofounder of Apex. Prior to Apex, he sold his dual-use AI company to Palantir. During his tenure at Palantir, he worked closely with several satellite companies, gaining valuable insights into the challenges faced by the space industry due to the scarcity of commercial off-the-shelf spacecraft platforms.

On this episode of Office Hours, Apex founder and CEO Ian Cinnamon discusses the importance of investing in space exploration and shares his thoughts on the evolving space ecosystem in Los Angeles.

Lance Carter joins Apex as a GNC Engineer. Lance brings over two decades of GNC experience to the Apex team.

Olivia is a Mechanical Engineer at Apex. She recently graduated from Caltech with her B.S. in mechanical engineering and an aerospace minor. While at Caltech, she interned year-round at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Apex’s 100 kg bus model, Aries, will use the Astra Spacecraft Engine™ to support its electric propulsion package. Apex customers are able receive their spacecraft in a matter of months thanks to Apex’s design-for-manufacturing approach, interoperable software, and product-first mentality.

Jaya is a Structures Engineer at Apex. Previously, she built robotic pizza trucks at Stellar Pizza, brought satellites to life at Boeing’s Millennium Space Systems, and kept humans safe in space at SpaceX.

Lt General Armagno and Apex CEO Ian Cinnamon and sit on the Securing the Ultimate High Ground Space Panel.

Brian is a Software Engineer with experience developing software for safety critical applications. Prior to Apex, Brian worked on aerospace avionics– he led a successful first flight at AeroVironment and contributed to the first launch at Relativity Space.

Apex announced their flagship satellite bus, Aries, will fly on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 for its inaugural mission.

Los Angeles-based startup Apex Space will launch its first satellite bus next January, part of its bet that spacecraft mass manufacturing will enable humanity’s greater expansion into the cosmos. The company will launch its Aries spacecraft, which will be equipped with multiple customer payloads, on board SpaceX’s Transporter-10 rideshare mission.

In today’s Pathfinder podcast, Payload CEO and newly minted podcast host Mo Islam chats with Ian Cinnamon. Before founding Apex, Ian was an investor and entrepreneur-in-residence at Village Global and founded Synapse Technology, an AI security startup that exited to Palantir.

Small satellite manufacturer Apex will launch its first satellite next year as a demonstration of its capabilities as it prepares for large-scale production.

Max Benassi, who worked at SpaceX between 2015 and 2021 before founding Apex Space, a spacecraft manufacturing startup, had a similar takeaway.

Meet Russell Perry, Flight Software Engineer at Apex Spacecraft Manufacturing.

Andrew Berg joins Apex to lead business development and sales with Apex’s commercial and government customers. Previously Andrew was VP of Business Development at Loft Orbital. In this blog post, we’ll do a Q&A with Andrew.

Meet Chuck Phillips, Apex's thermal engineer.

Apex Software Engineer Kabir Marwah talks about his career, the importance of software, and more.

Meet Thomas Salzman, Apex's Director of Spacecraft. Thomas talks about his career throughout old and new space, and why he chose to come revolutionize satellite manufacturing at Apex.

The startup seeks to manufacture 100-kilogram class satellite buses that can support ~100 kg of payload. Its first product is called Aries.

The global market for small satellites is booming. A report from Trends Market Research last April estimated that the

Apex enters operations as the world's first spacecraft manufacturer

A pair of heavy-hitter startup founders is turning their attention to what they see as a key bottleneck in the space industry, and has already won backing from high-profile venture capital.

Apex aims to lower the barriers of entry to the space market by streamlining satellite production—a model directly in line with the Pentagon’s desires to enhance the US position in space.

The Los Angeles-based company has set its sights on the satellite bus — the part of the spacecraft that hosts the payload — which it says is the “new bottleneck” hitting the space industry.

Apex plans to develop a satellite bus called Aries that can be produced in volume to serve a variety of smallsat applications