Nine Fives
Nine Fives is a YC Spring 2026 (P26) company. Based in San Francisco, CA, USA. Team of 2.
About Nine Fives
Summary
Nine Fives builds modular radio frequency test equipment for engineers developing spacecraft, drones, and cellular devices. Its PD8X rack system combines instruments like programmable attenuators, RF switches, signal generators, and spectrum analyzers into a single PoE-powered chassis controlled through a browser or API, replacing the tangle of legacy benchtop gear and proprietary driver stacks that slow hardware development cycles.
Business model
Direct hardware sales starting at $800 per instrument module.
Go-to-market
RF and hardware engineers at aerospace, drone, and telecom companies buy instruments directly through Nine Fives' online catalog, with no sales install or driver setup required to get started.
From the Y Combinator listing
RF test equipment for next-gen spacecraft, drones, and cellphones
Nine Fives produces modern radio frequency test equipment and solutions to disrupt the $130B test equipment industry. By combining modern electronics, AI ready test automation, and strategic supply chains, we’re equipping our customers to cut their time to market in half.
Facts
- Industrials / Industrials -> Manufacturing and Robotics
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- 2
- Active
- Early
Founders (2)
- Andrew Kurtz
- Noah Levy
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