Ex-SpaceX Engineer Lands $150M to Fix How We Test Rockets
Revel, founded by former SpaceX Starship software lead, raises $150M to modernize hardware testing infrastructure.
Scott Morton spent his time at SpaceX leading software for the Starship program. Now he's betting $150 million that the systems used to test complex hardware like rockets are woefully outdated.
His startup Revel just closed a massive round led by Index Ventures. The mission: rip out legacy testing infrastructure and replace it with something built for modern engineering.
The pitch is straightforward. Companies building sophisticated hardware — think rockets, not widgets — spend enormous amounts of time validating their systems. Revel claims it can dramatically cut those testing timelines and optimize the entire process.
For a company born from the pressure cooker of SpaceX engineering, the pedigree checks out. Morton saw firsthand what broken testing workflows look like at scale. Now he's selling the fix.
$150M is a serious war chest for a tools company. Index is betting big that the market agrees.