Satlyt Secures $8M Seed to Run AI on Satellites Without Building Hardware

VentureburnStaff Reporter · 1 October 2026 at 18:33

Sunnyvale- and Nairobi-based startup Satlyt has secured an $8 million seed round led by non sibi ventures to scale its software for running artificial intelligence models directly on satellites. Founded
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