9mothers.com · Austin, TX · founded On or after 2024-08-13 (domain creation date); corporate founding date not verified · team 51-200 employees · Seed; reported $5.3M round (2024-03-11) with lead investor Finders Fund — reported by Pitchbook snippet and USAF Life profile; not independently verified by directly opening Pitchbook this run · trust 0/4
Defense technology manufacturer. Building the arsenal of democracy.
| Company name | 9 Mothers
source: https://9mothers.com (homepage title 'Contact Us | 9 Mothers', h1 'Contact Us', /team + /company headers) |
| Tagline / mission | Defense technology manufacturer. Building the arsenal of democracy.
source: https://9mothers.com (homepage h1 + /about meta description + /company body lead paragraph) |
| Headquarters / location | Austin, TX
source: https://9mothers.com/careers (equal-opportunity-employer footer line 'in Austin, TX.') |
| Founders / key team | Russell Smith (U.S. Air Force) — referenced as founder / team member
source: USAF Life profile of 9 Mothers (https://usairforlife.com/9-mothers) referencing Russell Smith; LinkedIn post by Russell Smith associated with 9 Mothers |
| Company size | 51-200 employees
source: LinkedIn job posting 'Electrical Engineer, Staff' for 9 Mothers (Austin, TX) — listing shows company-size range 51-200 |
| Funding stage | Seed; reported $5.3M round (2024-03-11) with lead investor Finders Fund — reported by Pitchbook snippet and USAF Life profile; not independently verified by directly opening Pitchbook this run
source: Pitchbook company-page excerpt surfaced via web search (page not directly opened); USAF Life 9 Mothers profile reporting ~$5.3M VC + ~$109M USAF contracts + ~$25.6M SBIR |
| Founded (inferred proxy only) | On or after 2024-08-13 (domain creation date); corporate founding date not verified
source: WHOIS lookup of 9mothers.com (created 2024-08-13), saved to findings/whois_9mothers.md. Domain creation is a proxy, not proof of incorporation date. |
| Legal entity / incorporation | not confirmed — no Texas Secretary of State or Delaware Division of Corporations filing for '9 Mothers' was surfaced via the searches performed this run
source: Web searches of Texas SOS and Delaware incorporation registries for '9 Mothers' returned no direct filing record in this session |
| Public email on startup's domain | not found — no public @9mothers.com address was observed on any page of 9mothers.com; the domain has no MX record and SPF is 'v=spf1 -all' (does not send or receive mail)
source: Recursive grep of https://9mothers.com public pages (/, /about, /company, /team, /careers, /contact, /privacy, /terms, /whitepaper, /blog, /news, /press) for '[a-z0-9._%+-]+@9mothers\.com'; DNS lookup (no MX + 'v=spf1 -all') |