AstroForge
astroforge.com
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Space & Aerospace
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Financials
Funding and backers
Total raised
$42.5M
1 round on record
Latest round
$42.5M
Venture round · Jul 2024 · 2 yr ago
Team
53
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · +71% in a year
Hiring now
15
open roles
Backers
4
Y Combinator, Earthrise Ventures
The money's age
Long since its last round
26 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
Last sign of life
2 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
2025
Team of 53 was 31 · US Form 5500 (plan participants)
Jul 23, 2024
Raised a round Venture round $42.5M · SEC Form D
Jan 2022
Went through Y Combinator
2021
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Hacker News stories
3
best: 3 points
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Jul 2024 | $42.5M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | AstroForge, Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Matthew GialichExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Jose AcainExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Y Combinator 
Earthrise Ventures 
Initialized Capital 
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How AstroForge hires
Truth index
C 56/100
Ghost roles
73%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%
AstroForge scores C on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 15 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 73% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at AstroForge over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
14
Postings analysed
5
Stack modernity
74/100
Languages
Python
Bash
C++
PowerShell
Cloud & platforms
AWS
Active Directory
Azure
GCP
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Full AstroForge tech stack
14 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$122k
Typical range
$60k – $175k
Open positions
14
9
Jobs
Junior
11.1%
Middle
44.4%
Senior
44.4%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 1 | $80k | $80k |
| Middle | 4 | $99k | $90k – $122k |
| Senior | 4 | $140k | $123k – $149k |
Highest paying role
Embedded Flight Software Engineer
$175k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at AstroForge
By role, level and city, against the market · 14 jobs with pay
People
Matthew Gialich
Executive Officer, Director
Jose Acain
Executive Officer, Director
Justin Hamilton
Director
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
28/100
Slowing
Open positions
15
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~7 hours
Today
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Hardware
25% ▼
Management
25% ▼
Field & Service
25% ▼
Industrial Engineering
25% ▲
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Seal Beach
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Huntington Beach
United States
HQ
Seal Beach
United States
Plant / site
15 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 27% engineering 50-200 est. staff $118k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Hardware, Field & Service
Jobs
$111k – $139k per year • In office • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Seal Beach
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$140k – $175k per year • In office • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Seal Beach
Rust
C++
Linux
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$86k – $105k per year • In office • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • Seal Beach
Python
PowerShell
Bash
GCP
Azure
AWS
GitHub
Linux
Windows
Cybersecurity
Okta
NIST CSF
Active Directory
Management
Slack
Google Workspace
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Financials
Total raised
$42.5M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2024 | $42.5M | Details |