🚀 AstroForge, Defcon AI, Story, & Root

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New Funding, New Roles

🇺🇸 AstroForge

Series A: $40M; Investors: Nova Threshold, 776, Initialized, YC, Uncorrelated Ventures

What it does: AstroForge specializes in asteroid mining, refining and returning only valuable materials. They target metallic (M-type) asteroids, which can contain thousands of times more platinum group metals (PGMs) than Earth’s crust. Missions to these asteroids, located close to Earth, take about 2 years. Key challenges include developing space mining technology, ensuring economic viability, and analyzing asteroid compositions.

Open roles: Electrical Engineer - Seal Beach, CA; Flight Software Engineer - Seal Beach, CA; Embedded Software Engineer - Seal Beach, CA; Mission Assurance Engineer - Seal Beach, CA

🇺🇸 Defcon AI

Seed: $44M; Investors: Bessemer Venture Partners, Fifth Growth Fund, Red Cell Partners

What it does: Defcon AI develops a next-generation modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A) toolset for modern military logistics and transportation.

Why it matters: Despite the complexity of military operations, logistics are still managed using outdated tools like whiteboards and Excel. Defcon AI modernizes this process, enabling more efficient movement of supplies, personnel, and equipment amid geopolitical conflicts.

Open roles: Software Engineer - Backend - Remote (US); Software Engineer - Frontend - Remote (US)

🇺🇸 Story

Series B: $80M; Investors: Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Polychain Capital

What it does: Story is a blockchain protocol for registering and tracking intellectual property. It ensures creators are rewarded and their rights are protected, while making IP licensing straightforward and standardized.

Why it matters: As AI search engines and social networks use AI-generated content often without proper attribution, Story helps preserve the value of original creations by guaranteeing credit and compensation for creators.

Open roles: Product Designer - Remote (US); Visual Designer (Contract to Hire) - San Francisco, CA; APAC Growth Associate - Seoul, South Korea; HR Generalist - San Francisco, CA; Blockchain Researcher / Research Engineer - Remote (US)

🇩🇪 Root

Seed: €8M; Investors: Point Nine, Project A, HelloWorld, Arc Investors

What it does: Helps companies across the food system achieve Net Zero. Approximately 31% of global GHG emissions come from food-related activities.

Open roles: Go-To-Market Intern - Berlin; Founder's Associate - Berlin; Full Stack Engineer - Berlin; Strategy - Retail & FMCG - Berlin

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