Google Said No. SpaceX Said No. He Built It Anyway.

Rama Afullo pitched in-orbit compute to two of the most ambitious companies on the planet. Google passed. SpaceX passed. So he left and built it himself.Satlyt installs software on satellites already in orbit — no launch, no hardware, no waiting on Starship. Rama walks Richard through the trade study that killed his original plan for physical orbital data centers, why up to 90% of downlinked satellite data is lost or worthless, and what happens when you run a small language model in orbit to find and fix faults on its own.He also makes the case most space founders won't: chase revenue from day one. The companies that wait for a defense contract to validate them tend not to make it.Software-defined networking, an Android-style open ecosystem for space, and a domain name bought nine years before there was a company.