We chose Los Angeles for its unique combination of aerospace talent and the need to integrate engineering with manufacturing, allowing us to build high-quality products efficiently.

I'm Ian Cinnamon, CEO and co-founder of Apex, and we're ensuring that the US and the West win the new space race by building the core platform for satellites, known as the satellite bus, to rapidly produce spacecraft at our facility in Los Angeles.

We are expanding our manufacturing capabilities in Los Angeles while also looking to other states and allied nations, as we believe there will always be challenges regardless of location.

At Apex, we're fortunate to have dozens of satellites ordered by customers and our largest shareholder is Andre Horwitz.

Startups in LA are gaining traction, with more billion-dollar companies emerging there than in New York in recent years.

I believe that the connectivity and network density in LA are growing, making it a viable startup hub.

Space is big, and there's room for multiple successful companies; I want Blue Origin and SpaceX to thrive, along with many others in the industry.

I'm Chris Power, CEO and founder of Hadrian, and we build automated factories for the aerospace and defense industry, serving major companies like SpaceX and Andril, as well as startups aiming to scale quickly.

At Arc Institute, we blend our academic side with a technical staff structured more like industry, aiming to create a model that others might want to replicate.