Top 10 Startups developing AI for Space

Oct 24, 2024 | By Siddhant Patel

These startups develop AI applications for satellite communication, autonomous spacecraft navigation, space exploration and Earth observation.
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Country: USA | Funding: $148.9M
Slingshot Aerospace applies advanced analytics, machine learning, computer vision, and collaborative tools to data from earth and space, providing customers with clarity in complex situations.
2
Country: India | Funding: $73.3M
NewSpace is an aerospace startup that claims to be building next-generation aerospace technology, including unmanned air systems, collective robotics, GPS-denied operations, augmented reality, virtual reality, machine learning and artificial intelligence.
3
Country: Finland | Funding: €23.3M
Kuva Space improves life on Earth by using the world's most extensive hyperspectral satellite constellation and artificial intelligence. The company's platform addresses some of the world's most important concerns, including climate change, disaster response, food demand, and safety and security.
4
Country: USA | Funding: $7.8M
Search engine for all of Earth's data for Defense, Property & Insurtech, Infrastructure organizations
5
Country: Ireland | Funding: €4M
Ubotica is to deploy advanced Artificial Intelligence technologies on board every satellite. It enables efficient bandwidth usage and provides flexibility to run multiple parallel applications on satellite data ranging from earth observation (EO) and debris tracking to telemetry.
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Country: UK | Funding: £2.7M
EARTH-i geospatial solutions utilise optical satellite imagery from the DMC3/TripleSat Constellation. The company uses satellite imagery to provide high-resolution images and data that people can use for a wide range of applications, including urban planning, infrastructure development, environmental monitoring, and security and defense. It uses Machine Learning for processing Earth Observation data.
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Country: India | Funding: ₹65M
AADYAH Aerospace is specialising in self-designing satellites, launch vehicle subsystems, space electronics and robotic motion control systems. It aims to revolutionise computer vision, communication, and motion control through the integration of AI.
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Country: Canada | Funding: $173.7K
Qoherent is accelerating the pace of AI signal processing for radio. Qoherent's AI can improve reliability of space communcations by switching to more resilient waveforms, another part of the spectrum, or another path in the constellation.
Editor: Siddhant Patel
Siddhant Patel is a senior editor for AI-Startups. He is based out of India and has previously worked at publications including Huffington Post and The Next Web. Siddhant has a special interest in artificial intelligence and has spent a decade covering the rapidly-evolving business and technology of the industry. Siddhant graduated from the Indian Institute of Science (Bengaluru). When he’s not writing, Siddhant is also a developer and has a deep historical knowledge of the computer industry for the past 50 years. You can contact Siddhant at sidpatel(at)ai-startups(dot)org