Exosat
Exosat is a YC Summer 2026 (S26) company. Based in Singapore, Singapore. Team of 1.
About Exosat
Summary
Exosat builds low-Earth-orbit communication satellites designed with no ITAR/EAR-controlled components, allowing manufacture outside the United States and launch from non-U.S. sites. The constellation targets network operators and device OEMs in Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East that want satellite connectivity without dependence on U.S.-controlled infrastructure. Satellites support direct-to-cell, IoT, and fixed broadband links using existing ground hardware and standard 3GPP modulations, replacing the need for custom gateways or new spectrum filings.
Business model
Connectivity sold to device OEMs and network operators, with options to partially lease or purchase turnkey constellation capacity including spectrum.
Go-to-market
Network operators and device OEMs are the initial customers, reached through direct sales; operators can lease or purchase turnkey constellation capacity on Exosat's pre-filed ITU spectrum, removing the filing burden from the buyer.
From the Y Combinator listing
Building a sovereign Starlink
Exosat is building thousands of low-cost communication satellites to provide a neutral, sovereign alternative to Starlink. By designing our satellites with zero ITAR/EAR-controlled content, we can leverage manufacturers anywhere in the world to produce our satellites at under a tenth of the cost and launch them from other nations to bypass capacity bottlenecks and access equatorial orbits. We're starting off by selling connectivity to device OEMs and network operators, but will eventually use the distributed compute across our constellation to run low-latency inference for robots and autonomous vehicles in remote and rural areas anywhere on the planet. We've already signed hundreds of millions in LOIs to work with operators across Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East, booked our first satellite launch next year, and hold an 11,000 satellite filing with the ITU to build the largest comms network outside of the U.S. and China.
Facts
- Industrials / Industrials -> Aviation and Space
- Singapore, Singapore
- 1
- Active
- Early
Founders (1)
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