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Satlyt raised $8M to run AI on satellites — after Google and SpaceX said no

Rama Afullo pitched the idea inside both companies and was turned down twice. Now the Sunnyvale-and-Nairobi startup's software is running in orbit.

10/3/2026

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Rama Afullo pitched the idea inside both companies and was turned down twice. Now the Sunnyvale-and-Nairobi startup's software is running in orbit.

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