Arx Pax Labs, Inc.

What Arx Pax Labs, Inc. does

Arx Pax Labs, Inc. is a privately held engineering company founded in 2014 by Greg Henderson and co-founded by Jill Henderson, headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area. The company develops and patents two distinct technology families — the SAFE Foundation System (Self-Adjusting Floating Environment), which uses water as a buffer medium in a three-part foundation design (containment vessel, buffer medium, construction platform) to keep structures operational during floods, earthquakes, and sea-level rise; and Magnetic Field Architecture (MFA), which uses electromagnetic fields as a buffer medium to separate structures from the earth. Both families are protected by four granted US patents (8,777,519; 9,103,118; 9,399,878; 9,790,702) and registered trademarks, and the MFA capability was first showcased publicly via the Hendo Hoverboard proof-of-concept in 2015.

The commercial business is structured as a licensing platform. The SAFE Foundation System is made available to qualified builders, land owners and developers, corporations, and survival-driven coastal entities for deployment in floodplain, coastal, and seismic zones, with the explicit value proposition of converting previously unbuildable land into high-value real estate while delivering environmental compliance. MFA is licensed separately to strategic partners developing use cases including Hyperloop transportation infrastructure. Arx Pax monetizes via licensing and royalty arrangements; no public pricing exists, and no customer logos, contracts, or revenue figures are disclosed. Go-to-market relies on content-driven awareness (FEMA/NOAA flood resources, demonstration video, PR coverage in Forbes, Wired, WSJ, Modern Luxury) and a small in-house commercial bench including a Chief Commercial & Investment Officer and a Chief Operations Officer.

Operationally the company is small (11-50 employees), founder-controlled, with no disclosed institutional investors beyond early-stage participation by Moonshots Capital in 2014-2015 (~$4.2M total disclosed funding across that period). The product suite is: SAFE Foundation System (core licensed product, launched October 2016), MFA (licensed technology platform), and Hendo Hoverboard / Hover Tech (proof-of-concept and exploration sub-brand). Company website copyright extends to 2023, indicating operating status, though no material strategic activity has been disclosed post-2017.

Name

Arx Pax Labs, Inc.

Legal name

Arx Pax Labs, Inc.

Website

https://arxpax.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Arx Pax Labs designs and licenses patented SAFE Foundation System flood- and earthquake-resilient building foundations and Magnetic Field Architecture separation technology to builders, developers, corporations, and coastal entities globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Resilient Construction Technology

NAICS

Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413), Engineering Services (541330)

SIC

Prefabricated Metal Buildings & Components (3448)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Site Works EPC (Earthworks, Roads, Drainage, Foundations) (EUAEADAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Offshore Wind Substructures & Marine Engineering (Monopiles, Jackets, Floating) (EUAMACAE)

Keywords

• Floating foundation systems
• Resilient construction technology
• Magnetic field architecture
• Flood resistant buildings
• Earthquake resistant foundations

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Gatos

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. SAFE Foundation System Licensing: The SAFE Foundation System is ready to be deployed and licensed to builders, land owners, developers, corporations, and coastal entities for construction of resilient communities.
2. MFA Technology Licensing: Magnetic Field Architecture technology has been licensed to strategic partners developing the technology for various use cases including Hyperloop applications.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Arx Pax designs, develops and manufactures the SAFE Foundation System (Self-Adjusting Floating Environment), a patented three-part foundation consisting of a containment vessel, a water buffer medium, and a construction platform that lets structures float during floods, seismic events, and rising sea levels. The company also develops and licenses Magnetic Field Architecture (MFA), a related family of patents that uses an electromagnetic field as the buffer medium to separate structures from the earth.

Product overview

Arx Pax Labs, Inc. offers two distinct patented technology families: the SAFE Foundation System (Self-Adjusting Floating Environment) and Magnetic Field Architecture (MFA). The SAFE Foundation System uses water as a buffer medium in a three-part foundation design to protect structures from floods, earthquakes, and rising sea levels, and is ready for deployment and licensing. Magnetic Field Architecture uses magnetic fields to decouple structures from the earth, has been licensed to strategic partners for infrastructure applications including Hyperloop development. The Hover Tech sub-brand encompasses MFA technology applications. Both technologies represent an evolution in resilient construction designed to make sustainability profitable.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SAFE Foundation System: Self-Adjusting Floating Environment technology providing resilient and sustainable foundations for at-risk homes, properties and communities.
• Magnetic Field Architecture (MFA)
• Hendo Hoverboard

Products and services

• SAFE Foundation System A three-part foundation system (containment vessel, water buffer medium, construction platform) that allows structures to float during floods and seismic events, protecting buildings, properties and communities from natural disasters. Offered for licensing to builders, land owners, developers, corporations and coastal entities.
• Magnetic Field Architecture (MFA) Technology A technology family using electromagnetic fields as the buffer medium to separate structures from the earth, enabling infrastructure applications including Hyperloop-style transportation. Licensed to strategic partners developing the technology across a wide range of use cases.
• Hendo Hoverboard Proof-of-concept hoverboard demonstration product developed by Arx Pax to showcase the magnetic-levitation principles behind Magnetic Field Architecture (MFA).

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $10 Billion per year in US flood losses demonstrates the massive addressable market for resilient foundation technologies.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Hyperloop (Strategic Partners)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMagnetic Field Architecture (MFA) technology has been licensed to strategic partners who are developing the technology for solutions in a wide range of use cases including the Hyperloop transportation system.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ICON: ICON develops advanced construction technologies, including 3D-printed and resilient housing systems. Like Arx Pax, it pursues tech-driven disruption of traditional foundation and building methods for affordability and resilience.
• Plant Prefab: Plant Prefab manufactures sustainable, factory-built custom homes with a focus on reducing construction waste and timelines. Like Arx Pax, it pairs patented manufacturing systems with a partner/builder licensing and deployment model.
• Mighty Buildings: Mighty Buildings uses proprietary 3D-printed prefab panels for sustainable, code-compliant homes. Comparable to Arx Pax as a tech-forward prefab/resilient construction innovator targeting housing shortages and climate-driven demand.
• Cover: Cover designs software-driven prefab backyard homes. While smaller-scale than Arx Pax, it represents the same pattern: proprietary construction technology licensed/deployed through a partner ecosystem for residential building.
• Blokable: Blokable produces tech-enabled modular housing units for developers. It shares Arx Pax's positioning around industrialized, repeatable building systems designed to accelerate resilient housing delivery.

Broad incumbents

• Mammoet: Mammoet provides heavy lifting, transport, and foundation-engineering services globally. It is comparable to Arx Pax in the deployment of engineered foundations for large, atypical, or high-risk structures.
• Royal HaskoningDHV: Royal HaskoningDHV is a global engineering consultancy with deep coastal, marine, and flood-resilience practices. Comparable to Arx Pax for clients needing engineered solutions for flood/seismic-resilient infrastructure.
• Trelleborg AB: Trelleborg's marine and infrastructure division supplies engineered solutions for floating structures, quay walls, and coastal protection. It overlaps with SAFE on floating/foundation engineering for harsh marine environments.

Emerging players

• Hyperloop Transportation Technologies: HyperloopTT is a strategic licensee of Arx Pax's Magnetic Field Architecture technology. It is directly tied to Arx Pax through the MFA partnership and pursues large-format transportation infrastructure applications of the same underlying tech.
• Boxabl: Boxabl manufactures factory-built foldable houses shipped as complete units. It overlaps with Arx Pax in patented prefab construction technology aimed at radically reducing on-site build time and cost.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ArxPaxLab
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/3598160

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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