Aptos Orbital
Techstars '24Mountain View, US · Founded 2024 · 9 employees on LinkedIn · 6 known investors
Aptos Orbital develops a hardware device that integrates computing, communications, and cloud connectivity for satellites and spacecraft in low Earth orbit. The product enables edge AI processing, persistent global communications, and integration with major cloud providers.
Investors · 6
Competitors · 7
by search overlapLoft Orbital13 shared keywordsLoft Orbital operates space infrastructure, providing satellites equipped with sensing resources, onboard edge compute, and connectivity that let customers run missions without deploying their own hardware. It serves commercial and government customers, including national security stakeholders, through virtual missions on its satellite constellation.
Orbital12 shared keywordsOrbital builds commercial AI compute infrastructure in Low Earth Orbit, deploying satellite-hosted GPU payloads with high-bandwidth ground links for AI inference. The company positions space-based data centers as a way to bypass terrestrial power grid constraints.
Orbital AI-industrial10 shared keywordsOrbital Industries is an "AI Industrial" company that develops physical AI models—including AI-accelerated simulators and autoresearch agents for advanced materials—to speed up the design and manufacture of hardware products. Its first commercial products are new molecular classes for high-density GPU cooling in AI data centers, with plans to expand into energy, semiconductors, and other materials and machines.
Terran Orbital10 shared keywordsTerran Orbital manufactures satellite platforms and spacecraft, offering flight-proven vehicles with interchangeable, configurable components for government and commercial partners. It supports missions in defense, Earth observation, and deep space exploration.
Capella Space8 shared keywordsCapella Space designs, builds, and operates synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite constellations that provide all-weather, day-and-night Earth observation imagery at sub-0.25m resolution. It offers an automated end-to-end tasking and data delivery platform serving defense and intelligence, maritime, disaster response, and infrastructure monitoring customers.
Aptos6 shared keywordsAptos Labs develops a Layer 1 blockchain platform using the Move programming language and parallel execution technology, serving developers and users building decentralized applications.
Orbital Insight6 shared keywordsPalo Alto geospatial analytics company applying AI and computer vision to satellite, aerial and mobile location data; acquired by Privateer in 2024.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Aptos Orbital do?
- Aptos Orbital develops a hardware device that integrates computing, communications, and cloud connectivity for satellites and spacecraft in low Earth orbit. The product enables edge AI processing, persistent global communications, and integration with major cloud providers.
- Who are Aptos Orbital's investors?
- Aptos Orbital's investors include AIR Capital, Cleo Capital, GoAhead Ventures, Inflection.xyz, Techstars, at.inc/.
- Where is Aptos Orbital headquartered?
- Aptos Orbital is headquartered in Mountain View, US.




