Satlyt raises $8M seed round to run AI software on satellites
Original titleSpaceX and Google both said no. Now his software is riding a SpaceX rocket next to Google’s
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Satlyt, co-founded by Rama Afullo, has raised an $8 million seed round to build software that runs AI models across satellites. Its software launches Thursday on a SpaceX rocket with Google's Project Suncatcher prototype, flying on a TakeMe2Space spacecraft for NASA, Stellerian, and TakeMe2Space. Afullo says the company wants to be live on 20% of satellites by the end of the decade.
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The article shows how a space software startup is targeting shared AI computing across third-party satellites, a practical alternative to building orbital data centers.
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