Costa Mesa CA. Defense tech platform company. Founded by Palmer Luckey (Oculus) + Trae Stephens + others. Lattice OS: AI-powered command-and-control platform integrating sensors, drones, autonomous systems. Products: Sentry Tower (border surveillance), Ghost (autonomous drone), Altius (loitering munition), Pulsar (electronic warfare), Roadrunner (reusable interceptor). IQT investment 2017. Series F $1.5B Aug 2023 at $8.5B valuation. Revenue $500M+. Palmer Luckey TIME 100 AI 2024. Now partnered with Palantir on DOD AI consortium.

Builds an AI-driven adaptive manufacturing platform (DAPS) that 3D-prints application-specific-alloy structural nodes and robotically assembles them into complex parts for automotive, aerospace, and defense customers.

Hawthorne CA. Space exploration company. Founded by Elon Musk 2002 using $100M from PayPal proceeds. Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, Dragon, Starship, Starlink. Largest private space company globally. $350B+ valuation. Reusable rocket pioneer. S-1 IPO expected 2025-2026 window.