The applicant
~800 enlisted slots a year, the highest ASVAB floors in the military, a months-long path — and generic test prep, a PDF of fitness standards, a government locator page. Done alone.
Secure communications. Orbital networks. Mission critical.
The Guardian Network
The network for the people joining, running and building the space economy. QYPR turns the loneliest step in a space career — getting in — into a guided, social, measurable path, and owns the network those people stay on afterwards.
Pre-seed · September 2026 · 17+ · Not affiliated with the USSF or DoD
- 10
- ASVAB subtests in the app
- 1,299
- Sourced recruiter listings
- 10
- Official installation portals
- 40
- Seeded Atlas companies
Counts describe catalog coverage in this repo, not users or outcomes.
Problem
Four seats. No shared graph.
The recruiter
The Space Force stood up its own recruiting squadron in 2025. Small caseloads, consumer tools, no view of a candidate’s progress until test day.
The space professional
A labour-constrained industry with no network of its own. Who builds what and who is hiring lives in hallways and a generic LinkedIn.
The community
Defence-adjacent and professional groups post on platforms they cannot govern, because building their own is out of reach.
Solution
One identity. Three layers.
The applicant who practises at 18 is the Guardian who mentors at 22 and the professional who hires at 30. The graph compounds; the brand never changes hands.
Recruit
17–24 applicants, recruiters, commanders.
Why they come. Practice scores, standards, a real recruiter directory.
Why they stay. Squads, boards, alerts from installations.
Open RecruitAtlas
Space professionals and hiring companies.
Why they come. Who builds what, who is hiring, what is flying.
Why they stay. Follows, saved opportunities, a graph they own.
Open AtlasNetwork
Communities that need their own network.
Why they come. Identity and data they control, closed by default.
Why they stay. Portability — accounts can leave, so trust is earned.
Open Network
Product — live
Built in this room. Shipped to production.
- Web app on qypr.org, auto-deployed from main, with OpenAPI and an MCP surface.
- Adaptive CAT-ASVAB with live scoring, fitness standards, Apple Watch and Whoop import, opt-in compete boards.
- Recruiter and station directory from official locators. 10 installation portals with official news.
- Atlas in the same app: 40 companies, 30 people, 20 missions, 32 opportunities in the seeded catalog, plus follows and saves.
- Self-operated AT Protocol PDS + PLC, closed federation; Pulse ingesting the firehose. iOS (org.qypr.ios) on TestFlight; Android (org.qypr.android) built and unit-tested.
No usage or outcome numbers on this page. Those wait on production metrics, not a slide placeholder.
Walk the Guardian productWhy now
The window is open.
A service that recruits for itself
Authorised end strength 10,400 for FY2026 (+600). First USSF recruiting squadron stood up in 2025 — new habits, no legacy tooling.
Recruiting is a national problem
The services missed FY2023 goals by 41,000. Only the Marines and the Space Force made goal. Budget and attention are on it.
Two people can run a network
The AT Protocol matured: a single PDS is a complete firehose. QYPR already operates one in production.
A workforce short of skilled labour
US commercial space workforce up 4.8% in 2023, seventh straight year; skilled labour is the stated constraint.
Market
Small wedge. Large expansion.
797
Space Force enlisted accessions FY2025 (goal 800, met five months early)
$613B
Global space economy 2024, +7.8%; 78% commercial
200k+
US space jobs (estimate; confirm vs BEA satellite account)
| Layer | Population | How QYPR earns |
|---|---|---|
| Recruit wedge | 15–25k applicants, recruits, recruiters, mentors at any time | QYPR Plus; later recruiter tooling |
| Space workforce | 200k+ US jobs; ~1/3 hiring / early-career / transitioning | Atlas company pages and listings |
| Private networks | Communities that must control their own network | Hosted network per community |
Sources: spaceforce.mil (Jul 2025); Space Foundation, The Space Report 2025 Q1/Q2; CRS FY2026 NDAA.
Competition
One corner each.
Sandboxx is family-side and post-enlistment. RallyPoint is a veteran network. Nobody serves the applicant, the recruiter, and the industry on one identity.
| Applicant prep | Recruiter in the loop | Space-economy directory | Own network | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QYPR | ||||
| Sandboxx ($8M growth round) | — | — | — | — |
| RallyPoint ($24.1M raised) | — | — | partial | — |
| ASVAB prep apps | partial | — | — | — |
| — | — | generic | — | |
| Bluesky / Mastodon hosts | — | — | — | public only |
Business model
Three lines, in order.
Planned prices. Nothing here is a live checkout. $0 spent on paid acquisition before month 12 is the model, not a past result.
From month 7
QYPR Plus
$6.99/mo
Serious-applicant tier: full adaptive bank, fitness plans, squad analytics. Free tier stays generous.
From month 7
Atlas for companies
$149/mo
Claimed company page and unlimited opportunity listings after a 90-day free period. Founder-led supply.
From month 13
QYPR Network
$2,500/mo
A hosted, closed network for a community that needs its own. One design partner first.
Model at month 18: $6.8k monthly revenue, ≈$43k cumulative — proof, not runway.
Team
Two founders. One stack.
Co-Founder & CEO
Inara Tabir
Twenty years connecting people to the space industry. Managing Director of International Development, Space Phoenix Systems (2026). President, Multiplanetary Society. Executive Director, Gaaays in Spaaace. Host of Coffee on the Moon. Owns story, partnerships, station relationships and Atlas supply.
linkedin.com/in/inaratabirCo-Founder & CTO
Logan Golema
Technical founder, 15+ years in software, blockchain and applied AI. Technical Founder & Chairman, HEIR; CTO, AlphaTON Capital (2025); founder, Lunargistics and DEFAI. Built the QYPR stack — web, native, Atlas, network, Pulse — to production with CI and runbooks.
The ask
$200,000 for 5.0%.
Post-money SAFE at a $4.0M cap. 18 months of runway to the seed milestones. 67% of spend on go-to-market and ecosystem incentives. $9.4k reserve.
| Use of proceeds | $ | % |
|---|---|---|
| Ambassador & creator programme | 30,000 | 15% |
| Community / recruiter-success lead | 30,000 | 15% |
| Ecosystem sponsorships & events | 27,000 | 13.5% |
| Content & brand | 18,000 | 9% |
| Station pilot enablement | 12,000 | 6% |
| Atlas launch-partner success | 10,000 | 5% |
| Contract engineering (billing, claiming, stores) | 24,000 | 12% |
| Legal, entity, SAFE, trademark, ethics counsel | 18,000 | 9% |
| Infrastructure, tooling, admin | 21,600 | 10.8% |
Cash for creators, separated-veteran mentors, community organisations and Atlas companies; a 3% advisor pool for the decision makers who open doors. Serving recruiters and commanders get the product only — federal gift rules (5 C.F.R. § 2635.204) allow nothing else.