Defense: founders and companies, Skoored

Thesis: Anti Fund — technical founders in robotics, defense, energy, semiconductors. Computed 2026-10-19 04:56 UTC from 57 sector repos, 226 papers, 195 YC companies. Scored where n ≥ 3 observations: 3 of 1824 people, 87 of 216 companies. Everyone else is unscored, not low.

Technical founders

SkoorWho and whyHandle
45
n=3 · c=0.70
Chadi memo
Morocco
@chadi0x
35
n=3 · c=0.70
Efstratios Goudelis memo
Greece
@sgoudelis
35
n=3 · c=0.70
Alec Lloyd Probert memo
France
@graphieros

Companies

SkoorWho and whyId
80
n=6 · c=1.00
OpenFlight memo
open-flight
40
n=4 · c=0.80
Orca AerospaceFall 2026team 5
San Francisco, CA, USA
yc:orca-aerospace
40
n=4 · c=0.80
EffiGovSummer 2025team 3 memo
San Francisco, CA, USA
EffiGov
40
n=4 · c=0.80
General AstronauticsWinter 2026team 4 memo
San Francisco, CA, USA
GeneralAstronautics
40
n=4 · c=0.80
Synapse SemiconductorSummer 2026team 2
Durham, NC, USA
yc:synapse-semiconductor
40
n=4 · c=0.80
Vernius Systems, Inc.Summer 2026team 3 memo
San Francisco, CA, USA
yc:vernius-systems-inc
40
n=4 · c=0.80
Nine FivesSpring 2026team 3 memo
United States of America
Nine-Fives
40
n=4 · c=0.80
Beyond Reach LabsWinter 2026team 15
United States of America
Beyond-Reach-Labs
40
n=4 · c=0.80
DispatchSpring 2026team 4
San Francisco, CA, USA
dispatch
40
n=4 · c=0.80
Brumby (Formerly GrazeMate)Winter 2026team 3 memo
Sydney, NSW, Australia
yc:brumby
40
n=4 · c=0.80
Arlo IndustriesSpring 2026team 3
New York City, NY, USA
ArloIndustries
40
n=4 · c=0.80
Edge RunSummer 2026team 5
San Francisco, CA, USA
edgerun
40
n=4 · c=0.80
WardstoneFall 2025team 8 memo
Los Angeles, CA, USA
yc:wardstone
40
n=4 · c=0.80
IMPACT DronesSummer 2026team 2
San Francisco, CA, USA
yc:impact-drones
40
n=4 · c=0.80
Seeing SystemsWinter 2026team 7 memo
London, England, United Kingdom
yc:seeing-systems
40
n=4 · c=0.80
Perseus DefenseSummer 2025team 3 memo
Austin, TX, USA
yc:perseus-defense
40
n=4 · c=0.80
Galactic Resource Utilization Space, Inc. (GRU Space)Winter 2026team 5 memo
Los Angeles, CA, USA
yc:galactic-resource-utilization-space-inc-gru-space
40
n=4 · c=0.80
VoltairWinter 2026team 5 memo
San Francisco, CA, USA
yc:voltair
35
n=3 · c=0.70
9 Mothers CorporationSpring 2026team 19
United States of America
9mothers
35
n=3 · c=0.70
IcarusFall 2025team 50
Los Angeles, CA, USA
yc:icarus
How to read it. A Skoor is 0 to 100, additive: each line is a signal that fired, with its weight under this thesis and a link to the evidence. n is the count of distinct observations; below three the Skoor is null and the row is not on the board. c is confidence, 0.4 + 0.1 per observation, capped at 1. Signals come from GitHub (activity, ownership, contributions, star counts sampled daily), arXiv (authorship, code links in abstracts), and the Y Combinator directory (batch, team size, hiring). Star timelines are not public on GitHub as of October 2026, so velocity uses commits and daily snapshots, never reconstructed history. Weights are the fund's to edit:
bio.company_stealth 10
bio.founder_language 20
profile.followers_1k 5
profile.new_account_high_output 10
repo.core_committer 10
repo.multi_sector_committer 15
repo.owner_active 15
repo.owner_recent_breakout 25
repo.stars_per_month_high 10
research.lab_to_industry 10
research.recent_author 8
research.recent_first_author 15