How an e-scooter founder raised $5 million to build space data centers
TechCrunch AI·5 days ago·Business
Euwyn Poon, co-founder of e-scooter company Spin, has raised $5 million for his new startup, Orbital. The company aims to launch 10,000 space-based data centers into orbit. By moving compute infrastructure into space, Orbital seeks to bypass Earth's power and cooling constraints while providing edge computing capabilities directly in orbit.