LA Tech Week 2026

Overview

LA edition of a16z's Tech Week series. Hollywood + El Segundo aerospace + Santa Monica AI scene week-long convening.

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• AndrenamBuilds intelligent acoustic buoy networks that detect, track, and classify underwater activity, converting maritime sound data into real-time alerts for operators.
• AnySignalBuilds an end-to-end RF platform providing communications, electronic warfare, and radar capabilities for mission-critical operations across space, land, air, and sea.
• Besxar Space IndustriesBuilds semiconductor substrates, epitaxial layers, and thin films in space using reusable autonomous Fabships, then returns completed materials to Earth for customer delivery.
• Bracket CapitalMakes private investments for capital partners, providing an investment firm structure for limited partners seeking access to privately held opportunities.
• Cowboy Space CorporationBuilds orbital power and compute infrastructure using satellites, rockets, solar power, and on-orbit GPU data centers for AI workloads in Low Earth Orbit.
• Epsilon3Provides AI-powered procedure and resource management software for complex hardware teams managing build, test, operations, sustainment, compliance, risk, documents, and reporting.
• JetZeroDevelops an all-wing commercial aircraft designed to use up to 50% less fuel, improving efficiency and passenger experience for mid-market airline routes.
• Mesh OpticalDesigns and manufactures advanced optical systems, builds factories, and develops software to support hardware performance for hyperscale computing supply chain needs and space optical hardware.
• NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)Builds robotic spacecraft and instruments to explore planets, study Earth from air and space, and search for new worlds and life beyond Earth.
• Slingshot AerospaceBuilds space operations software and sensor systems that fuse orbital data into intelligence, coordination, and autonomous action for defense, commercial, and sovereign operators.
• TransAstraAsteroid mining + space domain awareness; Mini Bee + Honey Bee platforms. Founded by Joel Sercel (ex-NASA JPL).
• Turion SpaceBuilds space infrastructure, vehicles, mission software, and payloads for maneuverable missions, space domain awareness, rendezvous operations, orbital transport, refueling, and servicing.