# Nine Fives

[Nine Fives on Hacklab](https://hacklab.so/org/nine-fives)

Startup · 2 people on Hacklab

## Links

- [Website](https://ninefives.com/)
- [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/nine-fives)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/nine-fives/)

## About

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## YC company profile

RF test equipment for next-gen spacecraft, drones, and cellphones

Nine Fives produces modern radio frequency test equipment and solutions to disrupt the $130B test equipment industry. By combining modern electronics, AI ready test automation, and strategic supply chains, we’re equipping our customers to cut their time to market in half.

- **YC batch:** Spring 2026
- **Founded:** 2025
- **Team size:** 3
- **Location:** San Francisco
- **Country:** US
- **Status:** Active
- **Industry:** Industrials
- **Stage:** Early
- **Tags:** Hard Tech, Aerospace, Telecommunications
- **YC partner:** Tom Blomfield

## Founders

### Noah Levy — Founder/CEO

Calibrated largest phased array in SpaceX history, designed Starship primary RF hardware, worked on radar altimeter for Falcon 9 and S-Band Transceiver for Dragon 2 capsule. I am not a fan of modern RF test equipment from legacy vendors.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/noahmslevy/)

### Andrew Kurtz — Founder

I spent the last 9 years as a mechanical engineer working on a wide variety of aerospace products. Now building better test equipment with Nine Fives

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-e-kurtz/)

[Source: Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/nine-fives) · Retrieved 2026-11-02. Company information is self-reported on YC.

## Current staff

- [Andrew Kurtz](https://hacklab.so/andrew-kurtz) — Founder (Present)
- [Noah Levy](https://hacklab.so/noah-levy) — Founder/CEO (Present)

## Open jobs

- [Founding RF Engineer](https://hacklab.so/jobs/a073923d-5bdb-5e59-a5ee-361b3c2262b9) — Full\-time · On\-site · San Mateo, CA, US · $170K \- $200K · 0\.50% \- 2\.00% equity
- [Founding Electrical Engineer](https://hacklab.so/jobs/4101bdf9-131c-54c6-9b44-042440c72709) — Full\-time · On\-site · San Mateo, CA, US · $170K \- $200K · 0\.50% \- 2\.00% equity