3x founder

Maxim Kraft

Cost Engineering @ Planet | Prev: Vista Power (YC W24), SpaceX, Rocket Lab

Co-founder

Vista Power· Winter 2024 San Francisco Bay Area

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @2001kraft

2026Cost Engineering Manager· Planet

Founder · since 2018

Company

Planet

Role

Cost Engineering Manager

current

Stage

—

no public source

Raised

—

no public source

Based

San Francisco, California, United States

current

Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Vista Power

Batteries and solar for $0 upfront to help businesses save money

Winter 2024

Experience

Career

Planet
Cost Engineering Manager · San Francisco, California, United States · 2026 – Present
2026
Vista Power
Co-founder
Co-Founder, CEO · San Francisco, California, United States · 2023 – 2026
2023
NewSpace @ Berkeley
Student Instructor · Berkeley, California, United States · 2023
2023
SpaceX
Starlink Production Intern · Hawthorne, California, United States · 2023
2023
NewSpace @ Berkeley
Founder
Chief Marketing Officer · Berkeley, California, United States · 2022 – 2023
2022
NewSpace @ Berkeley
Project Manager (Xona Space Systems) · Berkeley, California, United States · 2022 – 2023
2022
NewSpace @ Berkeley
NewSpace Fellow at Planet · Berkeley, California, United States · 2021 – 2022
2021
Rocket Lab
Supply Chain Intern · Long Beach, California, United States · 2022 – 2023
2022
Tour
Co-founder
Co-Founder, CEO · 2018 – 2023
2018
Planet
NewSpace Fellow at Planet · 2021 – 2022
2021
Helpful Engineering
Volunteer Deputy Chief Financial Officer · Remote · 2020 – 2022
2020
UC Berkeley School of Public Health
Administrative Assistant · Berkeley, California, United States · 2021 – 2022
2021

Bio

I care deeply about space, sustainability, and using economics and engineering to build a future worth living in for all humankind. In 2023, I co-founded Vista Power (fka. Vista Space) to help businesses use clean energy to save money on energy bills for $0 upfront. Previously, I worked on profit improvement at Starlink, built supply chain analytics tooling at Rocket Lab, and ran a software startup called Tour (acquired), which I co-founded in high school.