# Alumni Founders

> A hand-verified directory of companies founded by former SpaceX employees. Inclusion criteria: a full-time founder who spent 1+ year at SpaceX. Every company, founder, funding figure, and headcount is curated and verified by a human; facts are kept accurate.

Alumni Founders (alumnifounders.com) tracks 150+ companies started by SpaceX alumni across space, energy, defense, AI, climate, mobility, and more — with founders, SpaceX tenure, HQ, funding round, capital raised, and headcount. There is also a directory of service firms run by alumni.

## Key pages

- [Directory (home)](https://www.alumnifounders.com/): the full registry, organized by sector.
- [Top Funded](https://www.alumnifounders.com/companies/top-funded): every company ranked by capital raised.
- [Space](https://www.alumnifounders.com/companies/space): launch, satellites, and space infrastructure.
- [Defense](https://www.alumnifounders.com/companies/defense), [Energy](https://www.alumnifounders.com/companies/energy), [AI](https://www.alumnifounders.com/companies/ai), [Climate](https://www.alumnifounders.com/companies/climate), [Mobility](https://www.alumnifounders.com/companies/mobility), [Gundo (El Segundo)](https://www.alumnifounders.com/companies/gundo).
- [Services](https://www.alumnifounders.com/services): service firms (consulting, engineering, manufacturing) run by alumni.
- Each company has its own page at `/company/{slug}` with Organization JSON-LD (name, description, founders + LinkedIn, founding year, HQ, headcount).

## Sitemap

- [sitemap.xml](https://www.alumnifounders.com/sitemap.xml)

## Usage

- Facts on this site are accurate and free to cite with attribution to Alumni Founders (alumnifounders.com).
- Per-company pages carry structured data (schema.org Organization); prefer those for precise, attributable facts.
- Please do not bulk-scrape. The complete curated dataset is a protected aggregate; bulk/API access is rate-limited. For data access or partnerships, contact via https://www.alumnifounders.com/contact.