Satlyt, founded by a former Google and SpaceX product manager, raises $8M to run AI on satellites
Satlyt wants to be the Android of orbital computing, offering open software that works on many companies' satellites, versus SpaceX's closed, all-in-one iPhone-style approach.
TL;DR
- Satlyt, co-founded by Rama Afullo, has raised $8 million in seed funding to build software for orbital data centers.
- The company's software enables AI models and large computing jobs to run directly on satellites.
- Satlyt's approach is to create an open software ecosystem, contrasting with competitors building integrated hardware and software solutions.
- The software has demonstrated efficiency gains, such as significantly reducing the size of error transmission data.
- Upcoming launches will test Satlyt's software for NASA, Stellerian, and Momentus, with future plans for a distributed, multi-satellite compute cloud.