Cybersecurity — exposed credential monitoring and identity threat protection. Austin TX. Scout Ventures + M12. $100M ARR.

Bastrop TX. Tunnel infrastructure company. Founded by Elon Musk 2016. Las Vegas Convention Center Loop operational. Hawthorne CA to Las Vegas tunnels. Hyperloop concept precursor.

NinjaOne — unified endpoint management and IT operations platform (40k+ organizations). Founded 2013 by Sal Sferlazza and Chris Matarese (as NinjaRMM); Austin, TX. ~$12.3B valuation; investors incl. Sequoia Capital, ICONIQ, NEA, CapitalG, Wellington Management, Hedosophia, Washington Harbour.

Developing the Aalo Pod, a modular liquid-metal-cooled small nuclear reactor targeting AI data-center power; a prototype unit at Idaho National Laboratory reached criticality in July 2026.

Emergency communication and mass notification platform. Austin TX. Edison Partners + General Atlantic. Acquired by EverCommerce 2023.

Streaming TV for businesses — bar, gym, restaurant ambient content. Austin TX. Mark Cuban + Valor Equity. $1B+ valuation 2022. 55,000+ venues.

De-extinction and genomics company. $10.2B valuation Feb 2026. Co-founders: Ben Lamm and George Church. Successfully de-extincted the dire wolf Apr 2025. Backed by a16z. One of Austin's highest-profile unicorns.

Halcyon — anti-ransomware and cyber-resilience platform. Founded 2021 by Jon Miller (CEO) and Ryan Smith; Austin & San Diego. ~$190M raised, $1B+ valuation; Series C led by Evolution Equity Partners with Bain Capital Ventures, SYN Ventures, ServiceNow Ventures, Dropbox Ventures.

Manufactures high-efficiency electric motors and integrated motor controls using patented printed-circuit-board stator technology.

Intellectible is an Austin-based AI software startup that provides specialized AI tools for enterprise service providers, including scoped projects, visual workflows, document libraries, and AI-assisted proposal writing. The company raised a $3 million seed round in June 2026.

Physical security intelligence platform for enterprise. McLean VA. JMI Equity Series C $230M Aug 2025. Consolidates physical threat data — converged security intelligence.

Designs and manufactures autonomous, uncrewed surface naval vessels for the US Navy and other defense customers.

Striveworks — operational AI/MLOps platform (Chariot) for model build, deploy and monitoring in national-security and regulated environments. Founded 2018 (CEO James Rebesco; co-founders Anthony Manganiello, Eric Korman); Austin, TX. Investors: Centana Growth Partners (lead), Canvas Ventures, Washington Harbour.

Austin TX (HQ moved from Palo Alto). Electric vehicles and energy. Founded 2003 by Martin Eberhard, Marc Tarpenning. Elon Musk joined Series A 2004 as chairman, later CEO. NASDAQ: TSLA. $97B revenue 2023. Musk used PayPal proceeds to fund early investment.

Managed WordPress hosting platform. Austin TX. Silver Lake Partners. $290M+ revenue. 200,000+ customers. Notable 2024: public legal battle with Automattic/Matt Mullenweg over WordPress trademark.