NOVI Space

NOVI Space builds AI-enabled satellite infrastructure for Earth observation and orbital data processing. Its GENIE edge-compute payload and smart satellite buses are designed to process imagery in orbit and transmit useful insights instead of raw data.

Facts

Segment: Space
Country: United States
Founded: 2017
Website: https://www.novispace.ai/

Market context

NOVI Space is an orbital compute and sensing-infrastructure company: its relevance is the satellite hardware, edge-processing model and constellation layer that can host AI inference for autonomous monitoring workflows.

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Funding

2025-05-28 - strategic - NOVI Space receives VIPC investment for onboard AI compute and satellite data platform - VIPC invested in NOVI Space to support onboard AI compute systems and a full-stack satellite data platform deployed through SpaceX. - source: vipc.org
2025-03-12 - Seed - NOVI Space secures AIN Ventures seed investment for space-edge processing - AIN Ventures invested in NOVI Space as part of the company's seed round for space-edge processing and AI-enabled Earth observation. - source: newswire.com

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Investors

Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation - Participant - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-03-12 - latest 2025-05-28
AIN Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-03-12
Spirit Electronics Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-03-12

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Timeline

2026-05-18 - Partnership - Ubotica and NOVI Space partner on real-time AI inference at the space edge - Ubotica announced a partnership agreement with NOVI Space to support real-time AI inference in orbit. The collaboration combines Ubotica's SPACE:AI platform with NOVI's GENIE smart-satellite constellation and onboard compute infrastructure. This is a… - source: ubotica.com

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Relations

Ubotica - Space Edge AI Partnership - Ubotica and NOVI Space partner on real-time AI inference at the space edge

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