BootLoop (YC S25)
About BootLoop (YC S25)
BootLoop is a company founded by Chris Markus (co-founder and CTO) and Noah Pacik-Nelson (co-founder and CEO). Markus previously served as lead software engineer for SpaceX's Starship booster catch system and built SpaceX’s Raptor engine firmware from first fire to flight. Pacik-Nelson has worked as a researcher at Accenture’s AI Refinery and Accenture Labs, focusing on neuromorphic computing and ultra-low power AI, and as CTO of the Ventilator Project led work on an FDA-authorized ventilator featured in the Smithsonian and a winner of the Autodesk Excellence Award; he also holds three patents and seven papers across digital signal processing, energy harvesting, and 3D printing. BootLoop identifies hardware and firmware reliability as a core challenge for advanced technologies such as rockets, fusion power plants, and medical devices. The company states its clients include organizations building next-generation technology across rockets, fusion power, supersonic aircraft, and medical devices, and emphasizes rapid firmware development and testing.
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The company emphasizes rigorous testing of firmware on real hardware to improve reliability and prevent costly, catastrophic failures.
The company promotes rapid firmware iteration ('Firmware in minutes, not months'), balancing speed with thorough testing.
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