Orbital 獲 500 萬美元融資，將在軌道測試 Nvidia 芯片
orbital 獲得 500 萬美元種子輪融資，將把 nvidia blackwell 芯片發射入軌進行 ai 推理，並賭注 spacex 的 starship 最終會降低發射成本，使軌道數據中心在經濟上可行。
orbital, a new space data center startup founded by spin co-founder euwyn poon, raised $5m in seed funding from a16z and others to perform ai inference in orbit. the company plans to fly an nvidia blackwell chip on a demo flight this year and launch data-processing spacecraft with nvidia space-1 gpus by 2028, eventually targeting a constellation of 10,000 satellites. the venture relies on spacexs starship to reduce the brutal economics of launch, with partner andrew chen noting that ai demand justifies long-term capital efforts.