satellite-manufacturing
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Jacob Rodriguez
Jacob Rodriguez is the founder and CEO of Oligo Space, a Hawthorne, California aerospace startup automating the design and manufacturing of large multi-orbit satellites. A first-generation college student who won a full scholarship to MIT and interned at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, he left school early as a 2024 Thiel Fellow to build a manufacturing-in-the-loop foundation model for spacecraft production. Oligo plans to fly its first satellite, Chimera-1, on SpaceX's Transporter-15 mission in 2026.
Matt Goldman
Matt Goldman is a General Partner at J2 Ventures, a Boston-based early-stage VC firm backing dual-use technologies at the intersection of commercial markets and U.S. national security. A retired U.S. Air Force Colonel with 22+ years of service, he served as the founding Chief Medical Officer of the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), bridging commercial innovation with defense applications. Simultaneously, he is a practicing pediatric gastroenterologist and Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford Children's Health - an almost singular combination of MD, military officer, and venture capitalist. J2 Ventures has raised three funds totaling $468M+ and backed 35+ startups including two unicorns: Oura and Apex Space.