Satlyt Develops Satellite AI Computing Software and Raises $8 Million Seed Round
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On October 1, 2026, TechCrunch reported that Satlyt, a space AI software company co-founded by Rama Afullo, a former Google and SpaceX product manager, completed an $8 million seed round led by Non Sibi Ventures. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California and Nairobi, the company develops software for running AI models in orbit on satellites, positioned as a cross-vendor platform similar to VMWare and Snowflake. Follow-up reporting on October 14 said Afullo had proposed orbital data center projects at both Google and SpaceX and was rejected each time before founding Satlyt. After the two rejections, its satellite computing software will launch aboard a SpaceX rocket alongside the Google Project Suncatcher prototype. The report also mentioned the company's $8 million seed round, consistent with earlier reports.
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- TechCrunch · AISpaceX and Google both said no. Now his software is riding a SpaceX rocket next to Google’s
Engineer Rama Afullo, whose proposals for orbital data centers were rejected by both Google and SpaceX, founded Satlyt, which develops computing software for satellites and has raised an $8 million seed round.
- TechCrunch · AISatlyt, founded by a former Google and SpaceX product manager, raises $8M to run AI on satellites
Satlyt, co-founded by former Google and SpaceX product manager Rama Afullo, completed an $8 million seed round led by Non Sibi Ventures. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California and Nairobi, the company builds software to run AI models on satellites, positioning itself as a cross-vendor platform akin to VMWare and Snowflake.
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