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Nine Fives

Simple, Networked, Driverless, RF Test Equipment

Y CombinatorSpring 2026ActiveIndustrialsManufacturing and RoboticsRadarTelecommunicationsElectronics

What they do

Problem

RF testing is often complex, manual, and difficult to scale across networked or automated environments.

Solution

The company provides simple, networked, driverless RF test equipment for automated radio-frequency measurement and validation.

Who it's for

Engineers and test teams at electronics, telecom, and device manufacturers who need RF validation and production testing.

Founders

Noah Levy
Founder

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.

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

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