Prewitt Ridge

??Thrilled to be included on Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas list for 2024! The list honors companies and organizations that are tackling some of our toughest challenges, and setting out to build products that improve the world. At Prewitt Ridge, we’re proud to deliver software that brings new levels of efficiency and collaboration to the engineering teams that are building world-changing technology, namely those designing and building complex hardware systems such as planes, satellites, and rockets. These teams are working on highly technical engineering projects, which require a multitude of tools for design and analysis. They rely on requirements to make those projects achievable, but these requirements and data are often siloed in these tools. At the same time, assessing the impact of any variation in those requirements on the whole system is a challenging and manual process that could result in mistakes, and those mistakes could bring delays, cost overruns, and even catastrophic system failures. Prewitt Ridge’s software helps engineers seamlessly access and distribute requirements across all of the toolsets that teams use. This boosts productivity, breaks down communication barriers, and ultimately speeds up system design timelines. In other words, it helps engineers move faster and break less along the way. Most importantly, this provides more space for the creativity that is necessary to build world-changing products. This recognition gives us more fuel to accelerate the development of high-impact hardware! Check out the full list at the link in the comments! #deeptech #engineering #hardware

Last week at NY TECH WEEK by a16z was truly incredible! With over 700 events, it was clear from the start that this was going to be a fantastic opportunity to connect and significantly grow within the tech community, specifically the deep tech community. The Space x Aerospace Happy Hour at NY Tech Week was definitely a highlight of the week. Organized by Charter Space, Prewitt Ridge, Little Place Labs, Solideon, Exovolar, and 615.vc, it was one of the best events of the week. It was great to meet so many Techstars Space Accelerator alumni in one place, and the enthusiasm and energy in the room were off the charts. It was definitely a night to remember, and I was privileged to be able to help and support this event, thanks Oliver Muoto for the opportunity. I also attended the Deep Tech Founders & Funders event organized by Squadra Ventures, AIN Ventures, and Lockheed Martin Ventures, where I had the opportunity to meet many amazing people, including Sherman Williams II, Stacey Jones, and so many others. Another highlight from last week was the incredible opportunity I had to present Melagen Labs at the South Park Commons Science Meetup. Sharing our vision and progress with such a great community of innovators was thrilling and rewarding. At Melagen Labs, we are dedicated to enabling safe deep space travel for astronauts and their technology, allowing them to venture beyond Earth's orbit without the risks associated with space hazards like radiation. Thanks to everyone who helped make last week so memorable. To everyone who has supported this journey, whether through active engagement, aspirations, or belief in a future where space exploration is accessible to all, thank you. I am energized and looking forward to many more opportunities to connect and collaborate in the future. Julie Loiland, Brannon Jones, Nathaniel Salander, Rasmus Dey Meyer, Alison Perez, PhD, Jennifer Tegan, Bobby Guthrie II, Oluseun Taiwo, Aliza M., Kathryn Devereaux, Talha Khan, Brandon Moak, Saptarsi Bandyopadhyay, and so many more! #Space #SpaceTech #DefenseTech #MelagenLabs

Great opportunity to learn with systems engineers in the defense, aviation, and intelligence sectors in DC! Just last week, Prewitt Ridge machine learning engineer Hart Traveller attended the 2024 AI4SE & SE4AI Workshop in Arlington, Va. ? Systems engineering is dynamic, and the event highlighted how digital engineering, the growth of AI and introduction of new languages such as SysML v2 are reshaping the design and delivery of defense systems. ? Thanks to U.S. Army DEVCOM Armaments Center Systems Engineering Directorate, the Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC), and George Mason University Arlington Campus for hosting! ? #systemsengineering #digitalengineering #hardware

Great to join Squadra Ventures for a fantastic social at AFA’s Air, Space, and Cyber Conference!

It is absolutely awesome to see the LA defense and aerospace tech community turn out in force for SoCal Deep Tech. On Monday, the State of the Aerospace & Defense Complex gathered about 150 people for three panels, including an insightful keynote from True Anomaly Chief Strategy Officer and former US Space Force leader Frank DiPentino. On Tuesday, technology that is integrating and innovating with Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) and Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) took the stage at the FATHOMWERX Summit. It was especially impressive to see the new offerings from HavocAI and the drone company Ovrwatch, and the strong presence from the Ventura Tech Bridge. As I travel between events this week, I’ve been reflecting on a couple things. Now more than ever, there’s a consistent presence in the LA defense tech ecosystem. After years of building, there is a solid, committed group of individuals that shows up and builds toward a common goal. It’s gratifying to be a part of it, and inspiring to think about how we can come together to solve big problems. Over the last two days, this group has coalesced around a common message: To produce a great product, you have to get the requirements right. If we don’t understand the capabilities we really need for the next conflict and formulate the right requirements for our hardware, then we can’t win. We’re doing our part to support engineers developing that hardware every day at Prewitt Ridge, and will continue to work with the entire DIB ecosystem to see it through. Throughout the week, it has been great to see Michael Segal of BizVets LA, Rahul Singh, Jay V., Owen Fileti, Nate Punla, Travis DeMeester, Kevin Plascencia, Nate Mason, York Zhang, Lucas Hoffmann of HavocAI, Jongwon Park of Archimedes Defense, Yuk Chi Chan of Charter, and Troy Clarke, Inland Empire Tech Bridge Director. #aerospace #engineering #hardware

Our CEO Steve Massey is heading to National Harbor, Md., for the Air, Space, and Cyber Conference, hosted by AFA. Join us for a special happy hour on 9/17! Steve is excited to join senior leaders from across the United States Air Force, United States Space Force, and aerospace industry for discussion on topics such as digital engineering, acquisitions, and modernization. When there is open dialogue and knowledge sharing between the public and private sector, everyone benefits. On Tuesday, 9/17, Squadra Ventures will be hosting a happy hour — hope you can join us! Details: Squadra Air, Space & Cyber Conference Social ?? Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2024 ?? Time: 4:00 — 6:00 PM ?? Location: Cadillac Ranch @ National Harbor ? RSVP: https://lnkd.in/eRj4rbSn #aerospace #digitalengineering #defense

Fantastic evening celebrating the Techstars Space Fall Cohort! Our own Steve Massey, York Zhang and Gary Redman joined the event with about 150 folks from the space industry, and beyond! Prewitt Ridge is a proud alum of the Techstars Space Accelerator, class of 2021. Whether it is the partnership with the United States Space Force and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory or the fact that the accelerator is based in LA, we appreciate all that the program has done to build the aerospace ecosystem. Our CEO Steve Massey continues to share learning as a mentor, and we’re excited to see progress from the 12 startups in the new cohort. Great to see Matt Kozlov Sherman Williams II Kevin Noertker Colby Harvey. Special thanks to Matt Kozlov and Caroline Peacock for hosting the event. #aerospace #engineering #hardware

?? The Squadra Ventures happy hour on August 22nd in Austin, following Capital Factory's Fed Supernova, was a huge success! Lee, the Founder and CEO of Primordial Labs, was a fantastic wing man. Thank you Lee, for not making me go solo!!! Just now getting my voice back?? We got there early, and before we knew it, the room was packed with over 100 people – everything from startups, to VCs, to key government players in the echosystem. I made so many fantastic new friends, eventually forced to move half the crowd outside to keep things safe! Thank you everybody for letting me tell you a bit about my new family at Squadra?? The conversations were rich and diverse, covering AI, contested logistics, consulting, business development, venture funding, the importance of collaboration in driving innovation and much more. It was great to see so many connections being made, There were so many incredible people at this Happy hour! Please add names here in the comments if I haven't offered a "shout out" below. Thank you for sharing this wonderful night with us and I hope to see you all again soon. Special shoutout to Lee, who spent lots of time mentoring young founders, and to our Squadra family based in Austin, Brendan Mullen, Brent Egeland, and Montana Ware. Thanks for coming out! Looking forward to more events like this, where innovation takes center stage and where relationship building happens! ?? Sam Spencer-Pittman, Ariel Kayne, Bahareh Haji-saeed, PhD, Shawn Driver, Packy Hill , Arturo Y., Rachel Stern Sara R. Herbie Price, Sara R. Scharf, Ph.D. Alexis Mclaughlin, Colleen Laughlin, Lee Ritholtz,

Calling all founders, funders, and friends in cyber and national security headed to the annual AFA Air, Space & Cyber Conference — join us for our conference social! This year’s ASC 2024 conference theme — “Achieving Decisive Advantage in an Age of Growing Threats”— speaks directly to the work that Squadra’s portfolio of companies do everyday. From topics of securing the industrial base and supply chain, to next-generation air combat and human-machine collaboration, to the future of integrated systems development, their efforts contribute to advancing America’s critical edge. ASC is a critical platform for powering the interface between the defense community and the private sector, and provides the opportunity to integrate startup innovation and entrepreneurial ingenuity to all parties involved.?We’re excited to get the community together for conversation! The Squadra team will be onsite along with team members from Primordial Labs, Overwatch Imaging, Prewitt Ridge, Tidal Cyber, and Shift5. We're excited to convene and connect defense-tech founders, federal decision makers, end users, cyber professionals and enthusiasts. Please join us at Cadillac Ranch in National Harbor— and share this invite with friends and colleagues. Can't wait to see you there! Air, Space & Cyber Conference Social ?? Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2024 ?? Time: 4:00 — 6:00 PM ?? Location: Cadillac Ranch @ National Harbor ? RSVP: https://lnkd.in/eRj4rbSn #startups #vc #defensetech