Satlyt sends AI software into space on SpaceX rocket

Satlyt, a startup based in Sunnyvale and Nairobi, builds software to run AI models on satellites and coordinate computing between them. In two test missions, one using Google DeepMind's Gemma model aboard a Momentus spacecraft cut data transmissions for software errors by over 60%. The company has raised $8 million in seed funding.

• Gemma model test on Momentus spacecraft cut error data transmission by over 60%
• Savings estimated at hundreds of thousands of dollars per satellite per year
• Next mission will use a spacecraft from Indian startup TakeMe2Space
• Satlyt raised $8M; aims for its software on 20% of satellites by decade's end