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Cognitive Space

Houston company whose AI software decides what a fleet of imaging satellites should photograph and when, so operators collect more useful data without planning every pass by hand. (1 product in the atlas)

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    CNTIENT.Optimize

    Software that plans what each imaging satellite photographs

Known rounds

DateRoundAmountLed by
Oct 2023Seed+$4M—⁠1
Dec 2021Seed$4MGrit Ventures⁠2

Government awards

DateAgencyProgramAmount
Apr 2024NOAAGround Processing Demonstrations (BAA-NOAA-GPD-2023)$900K⁠3
Nov 2022Air Force Research LaboratoryContract extension for Cognitive Interference Tasking satellite-tasking software$1.2M⁠4
Nov 2022Space Development AgencySBIR Phase I (on-orbit data sharing algorithms, with Southwest Research Institute)$275K⁠4

Sources

  1. Cognitive SpaceOct 16, 2023
  2. Covington & BurlingDec 8, 2021
  3. Cognitive SpaceApr 10, 2024
  4. PayloadNov 8, 2022
  5. Cognitive Space

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