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SpaceX
Nine Fives
ActiveSimple, Networked, Driverless, RF Test Equipment
Spring 2026Founded 20252 peopleSan Francisco, CA, USA
AI insightcan contain mistakes
RF Test EquipmentHardwareSemiconductor and telecommunications test labsMedium competition
Moat
Proprietary test methodology and driverless automation create defensible niche advantage.
Key risk
Entrenched test equipment vendors (Keysight, Anritsu); high engineering barriers to entry; niche customer base.
Why now
5G/6G rollout and semiconductor complexity drive demand for simplified, networked RF test solutions.
Competitors
Keysight, Anritsu, NI
Founders · 2
Andrew KurtzFounder
I spent the last 9 years as a mechanical engineer working on a wide variety of aerospace products. Now building better test equipment with Nine Fives
Noah LevyFounder
Calibrated largest phased array in SpaceX history, designed Starship primary RF hardware, worked on radar altimeter for Falcon 9 and S-Band Transceiver for Dragon 2 capsule. I am not a fan of modern RF test equipment from legacy vendors.
