About
John Rising is co-founder and CEO of Stackup, a crypto asset management platform. He previously held engineering leadership roles at SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, and Relativity Space, where he served as head of rocket engineering.
John Rising @johnrising_
I've been chipping away at how to make AI write better for a few months now, and I've built something that finally works well enough to share. https://t.co/TDjpb9fVjE
May 22, 2026 Β· β₯ 6
John Rising @johnrising_
In case you have any doubt whether OpenAI uses its own models for their own important decisions - They've named their new service business "DeployCo" https://t.co/keq7MspaEo
May 12, 2026 Β· β₯ 4
John Rising @johnrising_
You could theoretically tell a model to build all of this, but realistically it isn't happening. You need people crawling around your organization figuring out how things actually work. That work is stubbornly, expensively human.
May 12, 2026 Β· β₯ 2
Founder at StackupYC S22
Intro paths
John went through Y Combinator (Summer 2022) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
In turn, John can intro founders to Stackup's investors below.
Stackup's investors Β· 3
Co-founders at Stackup
Experience
- BymorningFoundercurrent2021 β present
- SpaceXSr. Mission Manager2021Hawthorne, CA
- RelativityDirector of Vehicle Engineering2018 β 2020Los Angeles, California
- RelativityLead of Vehicle Systems2016 β 2018Los Angeles, California
- Virgin GalacticSpaceship Propulsion Performance Engineer2014 β 2016Mojave, CA
Education
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMaster of Science (M.S.), System Design and Management2016 β 2017
- University of Southern CaliforniaBachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering
- University of Southern CaliforniaBachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering
Skills & more
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Risk ManagementProgram ManagementMechanical EngineeringAerospaceAerospace EngineeringProduct DesignSolution ArchitectureAnalytical SkillsProduct DevelopmentEngineering ManagementCross-functional Team LeadershipLeadership DevelopmentLanguages English
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Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology977
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Also attended University of Southern California376
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Shared employers
Also worked at SpaceX91
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Also worked at Relativity17
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