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Exosat launch: what they're building and where to launch next

What they're building

Building a neutral and sovereign alternative to Starlink

Batch
Y Combinator Summer 2026
Industry
Industrials
Team size
1
Based
Singapore, Singapore

Founders

exosat.com ↗

See their funding details ↗

Exosat on the record

What they shipped

  • From its YC profile: Exosat is building thousands of low-cost communication satellites to provide a neutral, sovereign alternative to Starlink. By designing our satellites with zero ITAR/EAR-controlled content, we can leverage manufacturers anywhere in the world to produce our satellites at under a tenth of the cost and launch them from other nations to bypass capacity bottlenecks and access equatorial orbits. (source)
  • Its own site describes it as: "Exosat builds sovereign low Earth orbit satellite infrastructure for direct-to-device, IoT, and broadband connectivity, helping operators expand coverage without borders." (source)

Who is behind it

  • Edward Ge, Founder/CEO: Founder @ Exosat. 2x space-tech founder. Previously co-founded Aethero building radiation-hardened GPUs for edge computing and satellite autonomy. Launched 2 satellites (including the first Nvidia Orin in orbit and another one in partnership with Booz Allen Hamilton). Grew it to millions in revenue from big primes like Blue Origin and AFRL. Built CubeSats and high-powered rockets since high school. (source)

Timeline

  1. 2026: founded, per its YC profile. (source)

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