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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.