El Segundo feels like Silicon Valley in the '80s, say hard-tech founders flocking there
bihanmahadewa · x · 2026-10-22
- Founder bihanmahadewa says moving to El Segundo was his best decision this year: the hard-tech boom there feels like witnessing the invention of the computer or internet, but for atoms and manufacturing.
- Blue Ocean Materials founder Lucas Me compares it to 1980s Silicon Valley: no playbook, no career path, just mavericks tackling unsolved problems — Valar Atomics, Rainmaker and peers.
- He notes local founders share deep commitment and domain expertise to rebuild aging industries, aiming to build companies that outlive them like Carnegie or Rockefeller did.
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