Cowboy Space is developing an orbital power grid that combines satellites and rockets to deliver high‑performance AI compute and optical data transmission from low‑Earth orbit. By integrating a 1‑megawatt data center with active thermal management into the upper stage of each launch vehicle, the company provides scalable, low‑latency compute resources that Earth’s terrestrial grid cannot support.
Funding
$355M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Current terrestrial power and data infrastructure cannot scale fast enough to meet the growing computational and bandwidth demands of advanced artificial intelligence workloads, leading to latency, high energy costs, and limited expansion capacity.
Solution
Cowboy Space builds an integrated orbital power and compute network that delivers high‑performance AI processing directly from Low Earth Orbit. The company launches rockets equipped with megawatt‑class data centers that combine solar power generation, optical data links, and GPU compute in a single vehicle. By placing compute and power generation in orbit, the system reduces latency to ground stations and bypasses the constraints of Earth‑bound energy grids. Data is transmitted via high‑capacity optical links to terrestrial endpoints, enabling AI services to scale at speeds unattainable with conventional ground infrastructure. The architecture is designed to expand incrementally, adding more satellite constellations and launch‑integrated compute modules as demand grows.
Target Audience
Primary customers are AI research labs, cloud service providers, and government agencies that require ultra‑high‑performance compute and low‑latency data links beyond the capabilities of existing terrestrial infrastructure.
Features
- Megawatt‑scale solar power constellation (Stampede) providing continuous energy to orbital compute nodes
- Launch‑integrated 1 MW data center with active thermal management and high‑density GPU clusters
- Optical inter‑satellite and ground‑to‑orbit data transmission for low‑latency, high‑bandwidth connectivity
- Modular satellite architecture allowing incremental capacity expansion with each launch
- End‑to‑end ownership of launch services, satellite deployment, and ground infrastructure for streamlined operations