Starlink crosses 4M customers, after offering a beta in October 2020 and hitting 1M subscribers in December 2022, 2M in September 2023, and 3M in May 2024
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Virginia-based Defcon AI, which aims to use ML to improve US DoD logistics, raised a $44M seed led by Bessemer, and has earned ~$15M in government contracts
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SpaceX launches its first six Starlink satellites capable of offering mobile phone service as part of its Direct to Cell service in partnership with T-Mobile US
On Tuesday, January 2 at 7:44 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched 21 Starlink satellites … T-Mobile : First SpaceX Satellites Launch for Breakthrough Direct to Cell Service with T-Mobile Jean-Pierre Joosting /...
Amazon validates Project Kuiper's optical inter-satellite links, which use infrared lasers to move data around 30% faster than terrestrial fiber optical cables
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Amazon successfully validates Project Kuiper's optical inter-satellite links, which use infrared lasers to move data 30% faster than terrestrial fiber cables
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LA- and Bengaluru-based hyperspectral imagery startup Pixxel raised a $36M Series B led by Google, after launching three demonstration satellites in 2022
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Tokyo-based Gitai, which develops a robotic arm and a robotic rover for in-space applications, raised a ~$30M Series B extension led by Global Brain Corporation
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TriEye, which makes sensing tech for autonomous systems to see better in adverse conditions, raises $74M from investors including Intel and Samsung
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Skyryse, which develops a flight automation operating system called FlightOS, raises a $200M Series B co-led by Fidelity and Monashee Investment Management
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FLYR Labs, which uses ML to help airlines better predict ticket prices, raises $150M Series C led by WestCap
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