Orbital
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Orbital is a Los Angeles-based startup developing orbital AI data centers designed to operate on solar power in low-Earth orbit 1. Founded by Euwyn Poon, who previously co-founded micromobility company Spin (acquired by Ford), the company plans to deploy satellite constellations containing clusters of NVIDIA-powered GPU servers 1. Orbital’s first test mission, Orbital-1, is scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in April 2027 1.
Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Co-investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-14 | Seed | Undisclosed | a16z Speedrun | — 1 |
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SiliconANGLE, “AI satellite constellation startup Orbital gets funded by a16z to verify space-based data center concept,” April 14, 2026. https://siliconangle.com/2026/04/14/ai-satellite-constellation-startup-orbital-gets-funded-andreessen-horowitz-verify-space-based-data-center-concept/↩↩↩↩