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Aidan Cantu

Founder

CTO & Co-Founder at F4 Industries

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedF4 Industries · YC

About

Aidan Cantu is CTO and co-founder at F4 Industries. Previously, he worked as an avionics test engineer at SpaceX, where he focused on hardware design for engine testing. He holds dual degrees in electrical engineering along with minors in computer science and mathematics.

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CTO & Co-Founder at F4 IndustriesYC S25

Intro paths

YC

Aidan went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Jon Xu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran F4 Industries's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Aidan can intro founders to F4 Industries's investors below.

F4 Industries's investors · 2

468 CapitalY Combinator

Co-founders at F4 Industries

PSPaul Shin
Paul ShinFounder

Experience

  1. F4 IndustriesChief Technology Officercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. SpaceXComponent Test Engineer2024Hawthorne, California, United States
  3. Alabama Rocketry AssociationChief Engineer of Liquids2023 — 2024
  4. Alabama Rocketry AssociationLead Electrical Engineer2021 — 2023Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States
  5. Aerojet RocketdyneAvionics Component Engineer2023Redmond, Washington, United States

Education

  1. The University of AlabamaMaster of Science - MS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering2023 — 2025
  2. The University of AlabamaBachelor of Science - BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science2021 — 2025
  3. Farragut High School2017 — 2021

Skills & more

Rust (Programming Language)Java3Python (Programming Language)4SOLIDWORKSBashMicrosoft WordKiCADField-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA)Secure Shell (SSH)1

From Aidan's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended The University of Alabama38

Andy CloydVenture Partner, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionHenk BothPrincipal, Investment at Anzu PartnersCoyn MateerAdvisor at UTXO ManagementChris HopsonChief Financial Officer at UTXO ManagementCassie CliftonAdvisory Board Member at UTXO ManagementJonathan SadloweFounder and General Partner at Gossamer Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at F4 Industries1

Paul ShinFounder at F4 Industries

Also worked at SpaceX91

Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesAsanka JayasuriyaPortfolio Support at 8VCJustin RoseInvestment Team at 8VCGARRY HILLInvestment at Makers FundBrannon JonesPrincipal at AlleyCorp

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Also worked at Alabama Rocketry Association1

Paul ShinFounder at F4 Industries

Also worked at Aerojet Rocketdyne3

Krisztina 'Z' HollyOperating Partner at Good Growth CapitalNeal BloomManaging Partner at Interlock CapitalAbhi BalijepalliFounder at CopyCat