Overview
TrueUp
Trajectory Score
76
/100
Trajectory Rank
Business
Hypersonic aircraft
Founded
8 years ago
2018
Employees
220
Valuation
$1.0 billion
Company type
Private - Venture-Backed
Hermeus is a Hypersonic aircraft company with 115 job openings. It is currently valued at $1.0 billion as a private company. 220 people work at Hermeus. The company was founded in 2018.
Company grid
Employee happiness →
Growth →
🚀
🐢
😊
😟
Jobs
Open jobs
115
TrueUp
Rank
#387
Top Job Categories
Jobs
1.
Engineering (Software)
37
(32%)
2.
Engineering (Hardware)
28
(24%)
3.
People
6
(5%)
4.
Business Operations & Program Management
5
(4%)
5.
IT & Business Systems
3
(3%)
Top Job Locations
Jobs
1.
🇺🇸 United States
115
(100%)
2.
🇺🇸 Los Angeles
82
(71%)
3.
🇺🇸 Atlanta
30
(26%)
4.
🇺🇸 Jacksonville
3
(3%)
5.
🇺🇸 Washington D.C.
2
(2%)
Top Tech/Tools Mentioned
Jobs
1.
Python
26
(23%)
2.
MATLAB
15
(13%)
3.
C++
11
(10%)
4.
AWS
7
(6%)
5.
Git
7
(6%)
Financials
Valuation
$1.0billion
Tech Unicorn
Last round - Apr 2026
Most recent funding
2 months ago ($200 million)
Total funding
$566 million
Value 'created' (valuation - total funding)
+$434 million
Lead Investor - Seed
Khosla VenturesLead Investor - Series A
Canaan Partners
Valuation per employee
$4.5 million
Culture
Employee sentiment
Would recommend company
92%
20+ reviews
Sources: TrueUp, Glassdoor, Blind
Better than 97% of tech co's
Approve of CEO
AJ Piplica
90%
Sources: TrueUp, Glassdoor, Blind
People
Employees
220
Rankings and awards
Silicon Valley Defense Group NatSec 100
2025
a16z American Dynamism 50
2025
TechCrunch Most Disruptive Startups
2024
Silicon Valley Defense Group NatSec 100
2024
Silicon Valley Defense Group NatSec 100
2023
Forbes Next Billion-Dollar Startups
2023
More rankings Layoffs
No known layoffs
External research
Compare to other companies
Job openings
76
Employees
800
Founded
12 years ago
Valuation
$2.0 billion
Trajectory Score
71
