The equity seed round, led by previous investor GreenSky Ventures of Toronto, will fund further development of Mission Control’s Spacefarer platform. It’s an AI-assisted tool for commanding rovers and other space equipment at long distances where the speed of light is a factor in delaying communication. (The Logic)
Talking point: Mission Control has now raised more than $10.5 million in financing and converted technology it developed through contracts with national space agencies into a branded product. In the announcement, CEO Ewan Reid touted Mission Control as the first company to send deep-learning AI to Earth’s biggest satellite, though the rover that was set to test it in real-moon conditions was lost last spring when the mission lander misjudged its altitude and crashed.