@kchangnyt "Today, at that same launchpad, technicians working for SpaceX, Elon Musk’s upstart rocket company, are preparing.... " (https://www.seattletimes.com/business/elon-musk-has-big-agenda-for-spacexs-big-rocket/ …)
UPSTART!!! - https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/upstart …
I Just hope thats a typo!
Look at the 2nd defn: upstart noun [ C ] (BUSINESS) a new competitor: Larger drug companies are buying up many of the upstart companies.