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Funding and backers

Hiring now
3
open roles
Backers
1
Earthrise Ventures
Momentum
15/100
in the news
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
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Nov 2, 2025 Partnership Startup Besxar partners with SpaceX to manufacture semiconductors in orbit · techspot.com
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top 6%
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Overview

Besxar manufactures advanced semiconductor substrates in space. Autonomous units producing GaN, SiC materials for AI, power electronics & defense.

News

News semiconductor-today.com 25 days ago
Besxar completes inaugural flight with SpaceX
Semi-permeable canister maintained clean environmental conditions from launch to landing
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News NewsBytes 26 days ago
Ashley Pilipiszyn
Besxar, a startup led by ex-OpenAI staffer Ashley Pilipiszyn, is leveraging SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets to prototype semiconductor manufacturing in the vacuum of space.
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News Compound Semiconductor 26 days ago
Besxar completes first Space flight - Compound Semiconductor News
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News Crypto Briefing 26 days ago
Besxar builds sub-orbital semiconductor fab pods using SpaceX rockets
Besxar Space Industries launched its first Fabship test aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster, aiming to manufacture ultra-pure semiconductors in the
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News TechCrunch 26 days ago
Besxar is building an orbital semiconductor factory, one SpaceX rocket at a time
Besxar, a startup founded by former OpenAI staffer Ashley Pilipiszyn, wants to make the key precursors for advanced semiconductors by taking advantage of the vacuum of space.
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Besxar over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
7
Postings analysed
1
Stack modernity
64/100
Languages
MATLAB
Python
Developer tools
Altium Designer
Cadence Allegro
Mentor Xpedition
OrCAD
Practices & domains
Human-in-the-Loop
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Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$225k
Typical range
$210k – $234k
Open positions
3
3 Jobs
Senior 66.7%
Architect 33.3%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Senior 2 $230k $225k – $234k
Architect 1 $210k $210k
Highest paying role Senior Material Science and Growth Engineer $234k
Normalized to USD per year

Growth

Hiring Momentum
31/100
Slowing
Open positions
3
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~3 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
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.
Leadership
100% ▼
Activity Timeline
Added Windows to stack Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Washington
Washington United States
3 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 33% engineering $223k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Leadership, Industrial Engineering
seen since Apr 2026 careers board, job postings

Jobs

$175k – $225k per year • In office • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Washington
Python
MATLAB
Human-in-the-Loop
Chips/EDA
Altium Designer
Cadence Allegro
OrCAD
Mentor Xpedition
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$185k – $210k per year • In office • 7+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Washington
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