Founder of Relativity Space and Co-founder of Embedded Ventures and Zoo.AI
Jordan Noone is an entrepreneur and investor. He co-founded Embedded Ventures and Zoo and founded Relativity Space.
He invests as a General Partner at Embedded Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm investing in deep tech. He leads portfolio company Zoo as Executive Chairman, the world’s only company that develops full stack generative AI hardware design tools.
He founded Relativity Space in 2015, leading the company as Chief Technology Officer for five years and pioneering the development of 3D-printed orbital rockets. Relativity Space was part of Y Combinator’s Winter 2016 batch and is now led by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt.
He has had a lifelong interest in aerospace and began designing and building spaceflight hardware at the University of Southern California. Jordan led USC’s Rocket Propulsion Lab and became the first student and youngest individual in the world to receive Federal Aviation Administration clearance to fly a rocket into space.
Jordan is still involved with USC’s Rocket Propulsion Lab advising student members, is a member of the USC President’s Leadership Council, and sponsors the USC K-12 STEM Center’s Project Payload.
He received a BS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Southern California, and lives in the greater Los Angeles area.