Jonathan Godwin, CEO at Orbital: Orbital raised $50m Series B

Orbital recently raised a $50m Series B led by Plural to scale its AI platform for developing advanced materials.Jonathan Godwin is Co-founder and CEO at Orbital Industries. The company is using AI to discover a new GPU cooling material for data centres, with plans to apply the same technology to hardware and manufacturing across sectors such as semiconductors, energy and aerospace.The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here:https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjkSponsors:Mishcon: https://www.mishcon.com/pop-ups/scaling-europeChargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeuropeTimestamps:0:00 - Introduction0:20 - Orbital’s $50m Series B1:50 - Discovering a new GPU cooling material3:45 - The long-term vision for AI industrials5:50 - Raising deep tech before the AI boom8:20 - Why Plural backed Orbital11:20 - The Orb open-source model14:05 - Why Orb is open source15:15 - Why Orbital builds hardware, not just AI models20:40 - Building a mission-driven company