# Nathan Mintz

> Nathan Mintz is the co-founder and CEO of CX2, an El Segundo defense-tech startup building AI-enabled hardware and software to detect, disrupt, and destroy threats in the electromagnetic spectrum. A Stanford-trained electrical engineer who spent 14 years designing radar and electronic-warfare systems at Raytheon and Boeing, he went on to co-found directed-energy unicorn Epirus and automotive-radar company Spartan Radar before launching CX2 in 2024. He argues modern warfare has reached 'consumer scale,' where multimillion-dollar missiles are wasted on cheap drones, and that control of the spectrum now matters as much as supply lines did in the 20th century. CX2 raised a $31M Series A led by Point72 Ventures in May 2025, part of $46M total funding.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at CX2
- **Organizations:** CX2, Epirus, Spartan Radar, Raytheon, Boeing, California Common Sense
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Epirus, maker of the Leonidas directed-energy system, which became a defense unicorn and supplied directed-energy tech to the U.S. Marine Corps, Co-founded Spartan Radar, an automotive radar startup acquired by John Deere, Founded and leads CX2, raising $46M total including a $31M Series A led by Point72 Ventures (with backers including Andreessen Horowitz, 8VC, and Pax Ventures)

## Career timeline

- **early career** — EW and radar systems engineer at Raytheon and Boeing; worked on the VIIRS space weather sensor, the APG-79 AESA radar on the F-18, Global Hawk UAV sensors, and the Next Generation Jammer (ALQ-234) - roughly 14 years in the field
- **2010** — Co-founded California Common Sense, a government-transparency nonprofit, with Joe Lonsdale; ran twice for California State Assembly (both unsuccessful)
- **2018** — Co-founded Epirus, the software-defined directed-energy company behind the Leonidas high-power microwave system; later a defense unicorn
- **2020** — Co-founded Spartan Radar, an automotive radar company using super-resolution and compressive sensing; later acquired by John Deere
- **2024** — Co-founded CX2 (CX2 Industries) in El Segundo to build autonomous electronic-warfare systems for spectrum dominance
- **2025** — Led CX2's $31M Series A funding round led by Point72 Ventures (May 2025)

## Achievements

- Co-founded Epirus, maker of the Leonidas directed-energy system, which became a defense unicorn and supplied directed-energy tech to the U.S. Marine Corps
- Co-founded Spartan Radar, an automotive radar startup acquired by John Deere
- Founded and leads CX2, raising $46M total including a $31M Series A led by Point72 Ventures (with backers including Andreessen Horowitz, 8VC, and Pax Ventures)
- Engineering contributions to the APG-79 AESA radar on the F/A-18, the VIIRS space-based weather sensor, Global Hawk UAV sensors, and the Next Generation Jammer (ALQ-234)
- Co-founded the government-transparency nonprofit California Common Sense

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — CX2 closed a $31M Series A led by Point72 Ventures to accelerate its autonomous electronic-warfare systems and grow the El Segundo team.
- **2025-06** — CX2 and Mintz featured in Los Angeles Business Journal and StartupWired coverage of the company's AI-powered approach to modern warfare.

## Links

- Website: https://cx2.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nmintz
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWh4-GqWfj0

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Last updated: 2026-06-10