Exosat

Active · Building a neutral, sovereign alternative to Starlink

YC S26

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7signal of 100 · rising 7

went through YCProgram · this site+4
team of 3Team size · YC's directory+3.1

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AstranisShared: space exploration, satellites, sovereignYC W16ActiveOther	Other	Active	YCW16
Bagaveev CorporationShared: space exploration, satellites, orbitYC W15InactiveOther	Other	Inactive	YCW15
TesseractShared: space exploration, satellites, costYC S17ActiveOther	Other	Active	YCS17
Care WeatherShared: low cost, space exploration, satellitesYC W21ActiveOther	Other	Active	YCW21
AlbedoShared: satellites, aerospace, alternativeYC W21ActiveOther	Other	Active	YCW21

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ElodinShared: satellites, aerospace, aviation and spaceYC W24ActiveOther	Other	Active	YCW24
QuindarShared: space exploration, satellites, aerospaceYC S22ActiveOther	Other	Active	YCS22
Orca AerospaceShared: space exploration, satellites, aviation and spaceYC F26ActiveAI	AI	Active	YCF26
HEO RoboticsShared: space exploration, aerospace, satelliteYC S21ActiveOther	Other	Active	YCS21
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Founders

Edward GeFounder/CEO

About Exosat

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. We're starting off by selling connectivity to device OEMs and network operators, but will eventually use the distributed compute across our constellation to run low-latency inference for robots and autonomous vehicles in remote and rural areas anywhere on the planet. We've already signed hundreds of millions in LOIs to work with operators across Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East, booked our first satellite launch next year, and hold an 11,000 satellite filing with the ITU to build the largest comms network outside of the U.S. and China.

YC batch: S26 · Summer 2026
Status, per YC: Active
Category: AI
Team size: 3
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Founded: 2026
Checked: 13h ago

YC tags: Space Exploration, Satellites, Aerospace, Telecommunications, AI