After X, the moonshot factory
- 28%Joined a startup7
- 16%Joined a big company4
- 56%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave X, the moonshot factory most often go to Google, Makani and Everyday Robots. 28% go small. Median stay 1y 2m
These are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer, not X, the moonshot factory's headcount: 29 people on a map of 26,572, the No. 335 company on it by people. Updated August 20, 2026.
- People on the map
- 290.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 310% of the people here
- Moved on
- 2690% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 1y 2mmiddle half 8m to 2y 2m
Put X, the moonshot factory side by side with another company, every number against every number.
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most arrive from Google. Most leave for Google (22% of recorded departures).
13 of 27 recorded arrivals shown, 14 more from 14 other companies13 of 27 recorded departures shown, 14 more to 14 other companies
How long people stay
42%<1y
27%1-2y
15%2-4y
15%4-7y
0%7y+
26 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
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3015
5216
2217
2118
3319
1420
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5522
2523
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2025
1026
joined left2026 is a partial year
2012 to 2026: 31 joined, 28 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (29).
Titles held here
- Software Engineer10
- Software Engineer Intern3
2 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 7% of people here.
Whether a title rose here
The level of the first title recorded here, against the last.
38%Titles that rose8 of 21 classified people
- 38%Rose8 people
- 62%Stayed level13 people
21 of the 29 people here had a title that could be placed on the ladder before and after.
A title rose when the last title recorded here sits higher on the ladder than the first; for someone who recorded one title here and then left, it is measured against the first title of their next role. The ladder runs intern, junior, mid, senior, staff or manager, principal, director, VP, then founder or C-level. A title that matches no rung is left out rather than guessed, and product, program and project managers are left out entirely, being a different ladder. That leaves 21 of the 29 people here classified, and it leans towards people who have left: someone still here on a single recorded title has nothing to be measured against.
Where they studied
- Stanford24.1%
- MIT20.7%
- UC Berkeley10.3%
The 3 most listed schools among the 29 people here with a school on file.
Of the 29 people here with a school on file, 7 list Stanford, 6 list MIT and 3 list UC Berkeley. A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
Public work
Not enough of the record here has been checked.This share needs 30 people whose profile was checked for public accounts, and there are fewer than that here.
Where they are now
86% of the people who have worked at X, the moonshot factory and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 47% of everyone on the map.
X, the moonshot factory
Everyone on the map
- 86%SF Bay Area25 · map 47%
- 14%Somewhere else4
All 29 people who worked at X, the moonshot factory list a location, and every share here is over them.
Where they live now, from the profile as it reads today, not where they sat while they worked at X, the moonshot factory: a metro here does not mean the company has an office in it. The lower strip is the same metros across the whole map, for comparison.
On the same resumes
Companies that show up most often alongside X, the moonshot factory, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 29 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at X, the moonshot factory: 3 are there now and 26 have moved on.
- The most common next employer after X, the moonshot factory is Google (6 people, 22% of recorded departures), followed by Makani and Everyday Robots.
- The most common previous employer before X, the moonshot factory is Google (9 people), followed by Makani.
- The median tenure at X, the moonshot factory is 1y 2m (middle half 8m to 2y 2m).
- Of those who moved on from X, the moonshot factory, fewer than 3 went on to a founder title, 28% joined a company with 200 or fewer people, and 16% joined a company with 10,000 or more.
- The most common title held at X, the moonshot factory is Software Engineer, then Software Engineer Intern.
- Of the 29 people here with a school on file, 7 list Stanford (24.1%), then MIT (6). A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
- 86% of the 29 people here who list a location live in SF Bay Area today, against 47% of everyone on the map. That is where they live now, not the office they sat in while they worked here.
About this data: built from 144,786 jobs across 26,572 engineers in the Zelcast network and Eng Scorer reads, updated August 20, 2026. A move counts when the next role starts within 24 months of leaving; companies with fewer than 20 people on the map are not shown, and destinations with fewer than 3 people are folded into the totals. Caliber is the Eng Scorer score.
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