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The $10B Satellite Empire Putting AI in Orbit, Why Chips Beat Rockets & China's #1 Open Model | EP #266
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Project Suncatcher: Orbital TPUs and the Economics of Compute in Space
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Will reveals the Google-Planet study: at $200–$300/kg launch cost, orbital compute beats terrestrial on pure cost. Google expects most compute in space within 10 years; Planet is building their first test satellites. [1] — Will Marshall "A Google-Planet study found that once launch costs hit $200–$300 per kilogram, it is simply cheaper to run compute in orbit than on the gro…" 49:20 [2] — Will Marshall "Google: most compute to space in 10 years: Google's CEO Sundar Pichai told Planet Labs that within 10 years, most compute is expected to be…" 54:10
A Google-Planet study found that once launch costs hit $200–$300 per kilogram, it is simply cheaper to run compute in orbit than on the ground. Google's Sundar Pichai told Planet: within 10 years, most compute will be in space. Planet is now building Google's first orbital TPU test satellites.
When launch costs reach $200–$300 per kilogram, it becomes cheaper on a pure cost basis to put compute in orbit versus on the ground.
Google's CEO Sundar Pichai told Planet Labs that within 10 years, most compute is expected to be put into space.
Google alone is spending roughly $200 billion per year on compute, roughly equivalent to the entire space industry today.
