Tag: cloud computing
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Symphony Space Unveils Orbital Data Center Platform With Upgradeable AI Hardware
Virginia-based startup Symphony Space has unveiled a new orbital data center platform designed to support artificial intelligence workloads in space, expanding its ambitions beyond hosted payload services and into the rapidly emerging market for space-based computing infrastructure. The new platform, known as Adagio-XL, builds on the company’s previously announced Adagio hosted payload satellite and is…
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SpaceX Raises Record $75 Billion in Historic IPO, Reaches $1.77 Trillion Valuation
SpaceX has completed the largest initial public offering (IPO) in U.S. history, raising $75 billion and achieving a market valuation of approximately $1.77 trillion as the company prepares to begin trading on the Nasdaq. The offering was priced at $135 per share, with investors purchasing 555.56 million shares. The transaction surpasses the previous global IPO…
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Orbital Raises $5 Million to Develop Distributed Space-Based AI Data Center Network
Los Angeles-based startup Orbital has raised $5 million in a pre-seed funding round to support the development of a space-based computing network aimed at providing artificial intelligence processing capabilities from orbit. The funding round was led by Speedrun, the startup accelerator operated by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), and included participation from a broad group of venture…
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SpaceX Unveils AI1 Orbital Computing Satellite Ahead of Planned IPO
SpaceX has revealed plans for a new satellite designed to function as a data center in orbit, marking a significant expansion beyond the company’s traditional focus on communications and launch services. The spacecraft, called AI1, is intended to serve as the first generation of a future constellation of computing satellites capable of processing artificial intelligence…
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Starcloud Seeks $2.2B Valuation as SpaceX Shows Interest
Why is SpaceX interested in Starcloud’s $2.2 billion funding round? Starcloud is pursuing a $2.2 billion valuation in ongoing funding discussions, with SpaceX emerging as a potential strategic investor interested in the startup’s edge computing platform for orbital data processing applications. The talks, first reported by The Information on April 30, position Starcloud among the…
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The cloud in orbit: Amazon Web Services demonstrates data analysis on a satellite
An artist’s conception shows D-Orbit’s ION spacecraft deploying smaller satellites. (D-Orbit Illustration) For the past 10 months, Amazon Web Services has been running data through its cloud-based software platform on what’s arguably the world’s edgiest edge: a satellite in low Earth orbit. The experiment, revealed today during AWS’ re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, is aimed…
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LEOcloud, Microsoft team up with Axiom Space to put cloud infrastructure in orbit
An artist’s conception shows Axiom Station taking shape in orbit. (Axiom Space Illustration) When Houston-based Axiom Space starts putting together its commercial space station, some out-of-this-world infrastructure for cloud computing could be close behind — and Microsoft could help make it happen. That vision of “infrastructure as a service” in low Earth orbit, or LEO,…
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Microsoft and Amazon take on new roles in Pentagon’s space communication plans
The Pentagon is working with commercial ventures to upgrade space-based networks. (Microsoft Illustration) Microsoft Azure Space, Amazon Web Services and Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite network are now among the Pentagon’s partners in a campaign to upgrade space- and ground-based communications infrastructure for national security purposes. The Defense Innovation Unit has awarded contracts to those three…
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Microsoft Azure ramps up access to cloud computing via SpaceX’s Starlink satellites
A SpaceX Starlink satellite antenna is connected to Microsoft’s Azure Stack Edge device. (Microsoft Photo) With SpaceX’s help, Microsoft is taking the next step toward merging cloud computing with available-anywhere satellite connectivity. Today Microsoft announced the start of a private preview for Azure Orbital Cloud Access, which lets users link up with the cloud in…
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Microsoft and Xplore team up with NOAA to demonstrate cloud-based satellite operations
An artist’s rendition shows the NOAA-18 satellite in orbit. (NOAA Illustration) What do you do with an aging weather satellite? If you’re the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, you turn to Microsoft Azure and a Seattle-area startup called Xplore to find out if there’s a cheaper way to keep it going. After a yearlong demonstration…