From NASA's Mars Lander to a $1B Startup: Why Engineers Will Run the Next Decade

Podcast: TruthWorks · editaudio

Opublikowano: 2026-10-20

What does it take to hire, lead and keep the best engineers in the world while your company grows faster than you planned? Bryce Strauss, co-founder of Nominal, went from flying NASA's Juno spacecraft at Jupiter and working on the InSight Mars lander at Lockheed Martin to building the testing software behind rockets, aircraft and energy systems. Nominal has raised $182.5M from Sequoia, Founders Fund, General Catalyst and Lux, and reached a $1B valuation in 2026. Host Jessica Neal, former Chief Talent Officer at Netflix, asks him how he hires, how he leads, why he turned down a...