Loft Orbital

And in case you had some doubts, it seems orbital data centers are getting more real.

Following on the heels of Google's Project Suncatcher, Loft Orbital has deployed the first phase of satellites in partnership with Orbitworks for a projected 1 billion constellation intended to act as orbital data centers.

Equipped with onboard Edge AI models, these satellites can process multispectral and RF imagery directly in space to provide real-time analytical feeds.

Then, last week, I talked about SpaceX's acquisition of low-band 800 MHz spectrum aimed at building out Starlink Mobile to handle direct-to-smartphone voice, text, and data natively alongside terrestrial carrier spectrum.

But we thought that this is given the direct connection to the space flight and the engineering component and the proposal component, this is the right size for us.

You said you don't include launch companies as part of your accelerator program, but you do have flight sponsors, ExoTrail, Loft Orbital, Rogue Space Systems.

All of those provide access to orbit.

So tell me about how important it is to be able to access orbit compared with access to capital for an early stage space startup.

Mistral self-reported 61.7% on DeepSwee and 82% on CyberGym end-to-end, that last number positioning it as a serious player in cybersecurity workloads.

And Mistral simultaneously announced a $1 billion partnership with Loft Orbital to analyze satellite data in orbit.

A trillion parameter model plus orbital AI compute, Europe is making a very loud statement about where it intends to compete.

And Amber, the third model story that deserves attention is Microsoft's release of Microsoft Decision One, a decision scoring model post-trained from Alibaba's QEN 3.59 billion parameter base.

So these new AI satellites could detect that fire and then send an alert almost immediately that could save lives.

Now, these satellites, of course, are going to be made at a factory in Abu Dhabi, uh, and it's called Orbit Works, and the project is being led by UAE companies, uh, called Marlan Space and Loft Orbital.

They announced, uh, of course, uh, this big deal, of course, event or, um- This project that they want to do in front of the French president, Emmanuel Macron, and the first satellites that have already been built in Abu Dhabi are expected to launch into space within, let's say, the next few weeks or next upcoming weeks.

Now think about that.

One cohort member will win Boeing's Technology in Space Prize, $100,000 in non-diluted funding paid for by Boeing and the Center.

Three flight sponsors, ExoTrail, Loft Orbital, and Rogue Space Systems have committed to free or discounted flight opportunities.

The release doesn't describe the terms or name recipients, and each startup can also get up to $200,000 in cloud credits over two years through Google for Startups Cloud.

Sven Einma, the ISS National Lab's chief economist, said the program has built a term promising space startup ideas into commercial businesses, drawing on private capital and the station's assets.

And projects between France and Germany, we will see Vortex.

France and UAE, we will see as well a wonderful deal with Loft Orbital.

A lot of big investment.

Yesterday was announced for the Exploration Company and some others.