{
  "title": "Local voices: X accounts within 25 miles of El Segundo",
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-24T14:30:00-07:00",
  "count": 197,
  "categories": {
    "founder": 33,
    "builder": 43,
    "investor": 17,
    "community": 3,
    "civic": 59,
    "news": 20,
    "business": 22
  },
  "sources": "Each handle was looked up on X on Oct 24, 2026 using public read tools. Roles come from the account bio unless the note says otherwise. Company locations come from bios, the CREA/Space Dirt SoCal Hard Tech Landscape and newsletter (spacedirt.beehiiv.com), and public reporting. Follower counts are a snapshot. Inclusion is not endorsement.",
  "suggest": "Suggest or correct an account: reply to @elsegundotoday on X.",
  "license": "Facts compiled from public profiles. Link to original posts; do not republish post media.",
  "accounts": [
    {
      "handle": "@chesterzelaya",
      "name": "Chester",
      "category": "founder",
      "role": "Chester (surname not in bio), founder, Droneforge",
      "city": "El Segundo",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/chesterzelaya",
      "followers": 21196,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-10-24",
      "recentLocalPost": {
        "url": "https://x.com/chesterzelaya/status/2082993261795586445",
        "date": "2026-07-31"
      },
      "why": "Hosts \"beers + drones\" nights at the El Segundo office",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High: bio + @droneforge location"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@DougBernauer",
      "name": "Doug Bernauer",
      "category": "founder",
      "role": "Doug Bernauer, CEO, Radiant (portable nuclear microreactors)",
      "city": "El Segundo",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/DougBernauer",
      "followers": 10763,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-10-23",
      "recentLocalPost": null,
      "why": "Nuclear microreactors built in El Segundo",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High: bio location El Segundo"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@soren_ma",
      "name": "Soren Monroe-Anderson",
      "category": "founder",
      "role": "Soren Monroe-Anderson, CEO, Neros (drones)",
      "city": "El Segundo",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/soren_ma",
      "followers": 9922,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-10-21",
      "recentLocalPost": null,
      "why": "Drone maker; Thiel Fellow; El Segundo flag rivalry with Hadrian",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High: bio location El Segundo"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@FilArons",
      "name": "Fil Aronshtein",
      "category": "founder",
      "role": "Fil Aronshtein, CEO, Dirac (AI process design)",
      "city": "El Segundo / NYC",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/FilArons",
      "followers": 9863,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-10-22",
      "recentLocalPost": {
        "url": "https://x.com/FilArons/status/2104250530080145522",
        "date": "2026-09-27"
      },
      "why": "Dirac lists El Segundo as a base",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High: bio \"NYC and The Gundo\""
    },
    {
      "handle": "@JHL_Express",
      "name": "Jason H. Lu 🇺🇸",
      "category": "founder",
      "role": "Jason H. Lu, founder & CEO, Flyby Robotics",
      "city": "El Segundo",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/JHL_Express",
      "followers": 7388,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-10-21",
      "recentLocalPost": {
        "url": "https://x.com/JHL_Express/status/2082488233250984405",
        "date": "2026-07-29"
      },
      "why": "US-made drones; hiring in El Segundo",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High: bio; Flyby lease at 610 E. Franklin Ave, El Segundo per Space Dirt"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@tfeldmann",
      "name": "Ted Feldmann",
      "category": "founder",
      "role": "Ted Feldmann, founder, Durin (mineral exploration)",
      "city": "El Segundo",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/tfeldmann",
      "followers": 7282,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-10-16",
      "recentLocalPost": null,
      "why": "Discipulus-circle founder; Gundo bonfires",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High: bio + @DurinMining location"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@WillBruey",
      "name": "Will Bruey",
      "category": "founder",
      "role": "Will Bruey, co-founder & CEO, Varda Space Industries",
      "city": "El Segundo",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/WillBruey",
      "followers": 5939,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-10-21",
      "recentLocalPost": null,
      "why": "Varda is one of El Segundo's signature companies",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High: bio; Varda in El Segundo per @kevneuburger"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@divalbanerjee",
      "name": "Dival Banerjee 🦆",
      "category": "founder",
      "role": "Dival Banerjee, founder, Vuecason",
      "city": "El Segundo",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/divalbanerjee",
      "followers": 5153,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-10-23",
      "recentLocalPost": null,
      "why": "Discipulus-circle founder",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High: bio"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@jared_western",
      "name": "Jared West",
      "category": "founder",
      "role": "Jared West, founder & CEO, Western Chemicals",
      "city": "El Segundo",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/jared_western",
      "followers": 4071,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-10-24",
      "recentLocalPost": {
        "url": "https://x.com/jared_western/status/2097810654686216700",
        "date": "2026-09-09"
      },
      "why": "Funny, local warehouse-life posts",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High: bio"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@karantalati",
      "name": "Karan Talati 🔧",
      "category": "founder",
      "role": "Karan Talati, CEO, First Resonance (factory software)",
      "city": "El Segundo",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/karantalati",
      "followers": 3378,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-10-23",
      "recentLocalPost": {
        "url": "https://x.com/karantalati/status/2082860140601163903",
        "date": "2026-07-30"
      },
      "why": "Hosts hard tech + AI meetups in El Segundo",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High: bio says \"Proudly based in El Segundo\""
    },
    {
      "handle": "@Gundo_OG",
      "name": "Nathan Mintz",
      "category": "founder",
      "role": "Nathan Mintz, serial founder (Epirus co-founder per public profiles; bio says \"Original Gundo bro\")",
      "city": "Redondo Beach / El Segundo",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/Gundo_OG",
      "followers": 3087,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-10-24",
      "recentLocalPost": {
        "url": "https://x.com/Gundo_OG/status/2085086326265917630",
        "date": "2026-08-05"
      },
      "why": "Long-time Gundo voice; writes about South Bay life, food, grid and manufacturing",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High: verified in prior pass; Epirus role from public reporting, not bio"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@RobertJohns",
      "name": "Robert Johns",
      "category": "founder",
      "role": "Robert Johns, founder, Relay Industries (brand studio for hard tech)",
      "city": "El Segundo / Los Angeles",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/RobertJohns",
      "followers": 1205,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-10-24",
      "recentLocalPost": {
        "url": "https://x.com/RobertJohns/status/2106176311412900260",
        "date": "2026-10-03"
      },
      "why": "Most prolific \"Gundo\" poster; great quote material",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High: bio + many El Segundo posts"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@mickyabir",
      "name": "Micky Abir",
      "category": "founder",
      "role": "Micky Abir, president, Flyby Robotics",
      "city": "El Segundo",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/mickyabir",
      "followers": 1186,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-10-24",
      "recentLocalPost": {
        "url": "https://x.com/mickyabir/status/2103266375192174959",
        "date": "2026-09-24"
      },
      "why": "Flyby events in El Segundo",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High: bio"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@rad_hardened",
      "name": "Martian Potato",
      "category": "founder",
      "role": "Founder, American Terraforming Corp (Amterra); ex-Radiant, ex-SpaceX",
      "city": "El Segundo",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/rad_hardened",
      "followers": 1154,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-10-22",
      "recentLocalPost": {
        "url": "https://x.com/rad_hardened/status/2096120191847743636",
        "date": "2026-09-05"
      },
      "why": "Runs weekly public chess at Smoky Hollow Coffee Roasters; a great community post source",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High: bio; pseudonymous display name"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@FlexAppeall",
      "name": "Andile (Ethan)",
      "category": "founder",
      "role": "Andile (Ethan), founder & CEO, Transcend Mechanics",
      "city": "El Segundo",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/FlexAppeall",
      "followers": 848,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-10-24",
      "recentLocalPost": {
        "url": "https://x.com/FlexAppeall/status/2110108989958832427",
        "date": "2026-10-13"
      },
      "why": "Discipulus Spring 2026 cohort; robot arm demos at LA Tech Week",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High: bio"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@MiguelArratia",
      "name": "Miguel Arratia",
      "category": "founder",
      "role": "Miguel Arratia, founder (NanduX, quantum sensing for copper)",
      "city": "El Segundo",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/MiguelArratia",
      "followers": 838,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-10-24",
      "recentLocalPost": {
        "url": "https://x.com/MiguelArratia/status/2095194997780107606",
        "date": "2026-09-02"
      },
      "why": "Hiring in El Segundo; Discipulus circle",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High: bio; NanduX link from his hiring post"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@Riyanxali",
      "name": "Riyan",
      "category": "founder",
      "role": "Riyan, building autonomous energy infrastructure",
      "city": "El Segundo / San Francisco",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/Riyanxali",
      "followers": 167,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-10-22",
      "recentLocalPost": null,
      "why": "Energy for frontier startups",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "Medium: bio doesn't name company"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@MarkGroden",
      "name": "Mark Groden",
      "category": "founder",
      "role": "Mark Groden, founder & CEO, Skyryse",
      "city": "El Segundo",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/MarkGroden",
      "followers": 68,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-02-10",
      "recentLocalPost": null,
      "why": "Flight-automation company HQ'd in El Segundo",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High: bio; low post volume"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@bridgitmendler",
      "name": "Bridgit Mendler",
      "category": "founder",
      "role": "Bridgit Mendler, co-founder & CEO, Northwood Space",
      "city": "Los Angeles",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/bridgitmendler",
      "followers": 3009911,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-08-31",
      "recentLocalPost": null,
      "why": "Ground-station startup; huge audience",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High: bio"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@evanspiegel",
      "name": "Evan Spiegel",
      "category": "founder",
      "role": "Evan Spiegel, co-founder & CEO, Snap",
      "city": "Santa Monica",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/evanspiegel",
      "followers": 986650,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-10-23",
      "recentLocalPost": null,
      "why": "Silicon Beach's best-known founder",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High: bio"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@zebulgar",
      "name": "delian",
      "category": "founder",
      "role": "Delian Asparouhov, Varda co-founder; partner, Founders Fund",
      "city": "San Francisco (Varda: El Segundo)",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/zebulgar",
      "followers": 327239,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-10-23",
      "recentLocalPost": null,
      "why": "Large audience; amplifies El Segundo hard tech",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "Medium: he lives in SF; included for the Varda link"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@Peter_J_Beck",
      "name": "Peter Beck",
      "category": "founder",
      "role": "Peter Beck, founder & CEO, Rocket Lab",
      "city": "Long Beach",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/Peter_J_Beck",
      "followers": 280867,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-10-23",
      "recentLocalPost": null,
      "why": "Rocket Lab HQ in Long Beach",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High: bio location Long Beach"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@isaiah_p_taylor",
      "name": "Isaiah Taylor - making nuclear reactors",
      "category": "founder",
      "role": "Isaiah Taylor, founder, Valar Atomics",
      "city": "Los Angeles",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/isaiah_p_taylor",
      "followers": 138087,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-10-24",
      "recentLocalPost": null,
      "why": "Very large audience; featured at Discipulus cohort in El Segundo",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High: bio; location LA"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@lrocket",
      "name": "Tom Mueller",
      "category": "founder",
      "role": "Tom Mueller, CEO & CTO, Impulse Space",
      "city": "Redondo Beach",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/lrocket",
      "followers": 96062,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-10-22",
      "recentLocalPost": null,
      "why": "SpaceX employee #1; Impulse is Redondo Beach based",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High: bio + @GoToImpulse location"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@2112Power",
      "name": "Chris Power",
      "category": "founder",
      "role": "Chris Power, founder & CEO, Hadrian (automated factories)",
      "city": "Torrance",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/2112Power",
      "followers": 95775,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-10-24",
      "recentLocalPost": {
        "url": "https://x.com/2112Power/status/2090520490784035104",
        "date": "2026-08-20"
      },
      "why": "Most-followed South Bay factory founder; posts on factories, workforce, South Bay flags",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High: identified as Hadrian founder in Odd Lots post by @TheStalwart; Hadrian in Torrance per @kevneuburger"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@maxhaot",
      "name": "Max Haot",
      "category": "founder",
      "role": "Max Haot, CEO, Vast (space stations)",
      "city": "Long Beach",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/maxhaot",
      "followers": 13215,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-10-24",
      "recentLocalPost": null,
      "why": "Vast HQ in Long Beach; frequent factory updates",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High: bio + @vast location"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@skyler_chan_",
      "name": "Skyler Chan",
      "category": "founder",
      "role": "Skyler Chan, founder, GRU Space (YC W26)",
      "city": "Hawthorne",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/skyler_chan_",
      "followers": 4982,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-10-20",
      "recentLocalPost": null,
      "why": "Moon base startup in Hawthorne",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High: bio + @gru_space location"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@KaranKunjur",
      "name": "Karan Kunjur",
      "category": "founder",
      "role": "Karan Kunjur, co-founder & CEO, K2 Space",
      "city": "Los Angeles",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/KaranKunjur",
      "followers": 4216,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-10-11",
      "recentLocalPost": null,
      "why": "Large-satellite startup leader",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High: bio"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@jordanbramble",
      "name": "Jordan Bramble",
      "category": "founder",
      "role": "Jordan Bramble, founder & CEO, Antares (microreactors)",
      "city": "Torrance",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/jordanbramble",
      "followers": 3948,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-10-24",
      "recentLocalPost": {
        "url": "https://x.com/jordanbramble/status/2087001380900700555",
        "date": "2026-08-11"
      },
      "why": "Advice on where companies grow (El Segundo to Torrance)",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High: bio + @AntaresNuclear location"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@IanCinnamon",
      "name": "Ian Cinnamon",
      "category": "founder",
      "role": "Ian Cinnamon, co-founder & CEO, Apex",
      "city": "Los Angeles",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/IanCinnamon",
      "followers": 3172,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-10-21",
      "recentLocalPost": null,
      "why": "Spacecraft-bus maker; very active on LA hard tech",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High: bio"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@danpiemont",
      "name": "Dan Piemont",
      "category": "founder",
      "role": "Dan Piemont, founder, Long Wall (missile interceptors)",
      "city": "Long Beach",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/danpiemont",
      "followers": 1870,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-10-23",
      "recentLocalPost": null,
      "why": "Long Beach defense startup; ABL co-founder",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High: bio + @longwalldefense location"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@neelkunjur",
      "name": "Neel Kunjur",
      "category": "founder",
      "role": "Neel Kunjur, co-founder & CTO, K2 Space",
      "city": "Los Angeles (South Bay)",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/neelkunjur",
      "followers": 1736,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-09-09",
      "recentLocalPost": null,
      "why": "Engineering voice of K2",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High: bio"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@lukasczinger",
      "name": "Lukas Czinger",
      "category": "founder",
      "role": "Lukas Czinger, CEO & co-founder, Divergent; founder, Czinger Vehicles",
      "city": "Torrance",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/lukasczinger",
      "followers": 718,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-10-23",
      "recentLocalPost": null,
      "why": "Additive manufacturing at scale in Torrance",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High: bio + @Divergent__Tech location"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@VardaSpace",
      "name": "Varda Space Industries",
      "category": "builder",
      "role": "Varda Space Industries",
      "city": "El Segundo",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/VardaSpace",
      "followers": 39709,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-10-20",
      "recentLocalPost": null,
      "why": "Reentry capsules / in-space manufacturing",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@RadiantNuclear",
      "name": "Radiant",
      "category": "builder",
      "role": "Radiant (portable nuclear)",
      "city": "El Segundo",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/RadiantNuclear",
      "followers": 12229,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-10-23",
      "recentLocalPost": null,
      "why": "Navy microreactor deployment news",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@droneforge",
      "name": "DRONEFORGE",
      "category": "builder",
      "role": "Droneforge (drone autopilots)",
      "city": "El Segundo",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/droneforge",
      "followers": 8211,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-09-30",
      "recentLocalPost": null,
      "why": "Open \"beers + drones\" nights",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@hyprturing",
      "name": "lachlan",
      "category": "builder",
      "role": "lachlan (El Segundo; role not stated)",
      "city": "El Segundo",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/hyprturing",
      "followers": 7708,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2026-10-24",
      "recentLocalPost": {
        "url": "https://x.com/hyprturing/status/2081526137759674654",
        "date": "2026-07-26"
      },
      "why": "Active local voice (Main St, concerts)",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "Medium: role not stated"
    },
    {
      "handle": "@DurinMining",
      "name": "Durin",
      "category": "builder",
      "role": "Durin (mineral exploration tech)",
      "city": "El Segundo",
      "profileUrl": "https://x.com/DurinMining",
      "followers": 5417,
      "followersCheckedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "lastPostDate": "2025-07-09",
      "recentLocalPost": null,
      "why": "Discipulus circle",
      "electedOrCandidate": false,
      "note": "High: bio location; low post volume; dormant (last post 2025-07-09)"
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