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Intuitive Machines funding, valuation and investors
Lunar delivery, data, and infrastructure services — Nova-C landers and cislunar commerce platforms.
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Funding, valuation & investors
Answer-first snapshotLatest funding
Not publicly disclosed
Latest known valuation
Not publicly disclosed
Total disclosed equity funding
Not publicly disclosed
Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.
Current status
public
public · Houston, TX
Overview
Intuitive Machines is a Houston space infrastructure company providing lunar surface delivery, data transmission, and infrastructure-as-a-service. Founded 2013 by Steve Altemus, Kam Ghaffarian, and Tim Crain. Went public via business combination with Inflection Point Acquisition Corp.; Class A shares trade on Nasdaq as LUNR (and warrants LUNRW) starting February 14, 2023. Operates lunar production/ops facilities at Houston Spaceport.
Why Intuitive Machines is interesting
Houston public space pure-play: SPAC merger put LUNR on Nasdaq (Feb 2023); NASA CLPS lunar lander missions make it a JSC-adjacent proof point founders and scouts actually track.
Product & use cases
Nova-C class lunar landers and related services for NASA CLPS and commercial payloads, plus orbital/data and infrastructure offerings supporting cislunar commerce.
- NASA CLPS lunar payload delivery
- Commercial lunar surface access
- Lunar data relay and infrastructure services
Key facts
- Public (Feb 2023): Nasdaq LUNR via SPAC merger with Inflection Point Acquisition Corp.
- HQ: Houston, TX — Lunar Production and Operations Center at Houston Spaceport
- Founders: Steve Altemus, Kam Ghaffarian, Tim Crain (2013)
- Business: lunar delivery services, data transmission, infrastructure-as-a-service
Funding history (newest first)
IPO / SPAC merger
2023-02- Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. (lead)
Competitive landscape
Edge: Operational lunar lander program from Houston with public-market currency (LUNR) versus private-only peers.
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Firefly Aerospace direct
CLPS lunar lander competitor (public FLY).
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Astrobotic direct
CLPS lunar delivery.
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SpaceX Starship HLS path adjacent
Different architecture/scale for lunar access.
Notable stories
- Intuitive Machines chose a Houston Spaceport manufacturing base — tying lunar lander production to NASA JSC adjacency rather than a coastal HQ story.
Industries
Market / IPO context
Ticker: LUNR (NASDAQ)
IPO status: public
IPO date: 2023-02-14
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